Who: 

10th graders and Select 9th and 11th grade Dallas ISD Scholars        

Why:

• Scholarship opportunities-National Merit, Commended, Achievement and National Hispanic Recognition Program

• Satisfy graduation requirements-students can use satisfactory scores on several assessments including PSAT NMSQT in place of STAAR EOC assessments ass long as the student has taken the EOC at least once.

Who: 

Fall- Only “Accelerated Tester” seniors.  Accelerated Testers are students who complete high school end-of-course (EOC) exams in math, reading/language arts or science before entering high school.  These students must take the SAT to meet specific performance level targets.

Spring- Juniors

Why:

• Scholarship opportunities-National Merit, Commended, Achievement and National Hispanic Recognition Program

• Satisfy graduation requirements-students can use satisfactory scores on several assessments including SAT in place of STAAR EOC assessments ass long as the student has taken the EOC at least once.

What:

• The Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0 (TSIA2), is designed to assess test takers’ readiness for college-level coursework in the general areas of English language arts and reading (ELAR) and math.  

• Designed and scaled specifically to assess the academic knowledge and skills of entering undergraduate students in ELAR and math.

• Scores are intended to be used for college placement purposes.

Exemptions:

• Have met minimum college readiness standard on SAT, ACT, or a statewide high school test

Scores:

• TSIA2 ELAR College Ready Scores: 

  • CRC 945-990 AND Essay 5-8 or CRC 910-944 AND Diagnostic Level 5-6 AND Essay 5-8

• TSIA2 Math College Ready Scores:

  • CRC 950-990 or CRC 910-949 AND Diagnostic Level 6

Who:

• Students in grades 10-12

What:

• The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Career Exploration Porgram

• Multiple aptitude test

• Interest Self-Assessment

• Career Exploration

• Gives a current snapshot of their skill levels so they may improve performance on high-stakes standardized tests.

• Participants have no obligation to talk to a military recruiter or enter military service

What:

• The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR)

• End-of-Course (EOC) assessments 

  • English I

  • English II

  • Algebra I

  • Biology

  • U.S. History

• Students test once they have completed the course

• Retesting takes place in December, and can be offered again in the Spring if needed

• EOC exams take place in the Spring

• All five tests are required for graduation

• Seniors who need to retest and don’t sit for the December exams MAY become summer graduates instead of Spring graduates

• Coordinator and counselors work together closely to monitor student test progress, but need parent involvement and monitoring to help ensure all students are successful

• Assessments of Course Performance (ACP)

• Used each semester in grades 9-12 as part of the student summative evaluation

• Created for courses in Mathematics, Reading/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, English-as-a Second Language (ESL), World Languages, Visual and Performing Arts, Technology, Health and Physical Education

• Per Board Policy, ACPs account for 15% of a semester grade

• Fall testing takes place in December

• Spring testing takes place in May