Next Monday and Tuesday, my students will be taking the 2015 Grade 8 Released Science STAAR Test. The data collected from this test will be used to focus my review sessions and decide how I can best help each student be successful.
But I feel that this cannot be a task that only I take on....I must give ownership and responsibility of the test to my students. They need to understand how the test is laid out, what the state of Texas says they should know at this point, and what they need to work on before the testing date in May.
I have created an updated Student Analysis page with additional goal setting for the 2015 Released Test. This document gives students the opportunity to understand the type of questions they are successful with and the areas where they need a little more work.
Each question provides the TEKS and a student friendly description of what the TEKS means. As you go over the test, students will mark/highlight the questions they got wrong and will quickly see the TEKS that need more work. Students graph their score and determine where they lie on the scale. Are they "almost there" or are they a "total rock star"? Graphing the score has really been beneficial for my "bubble students" because they can see that if they had worked a little harder on just another question or two, they probably would have passed.
One thing to keep in mind is that the passing standard is raising this year. This document still has the standard set to what it was in 2015, but your students need to know that the bar is rising in 2016.
To get this FREEBIE, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store by clicking HERE!
But I feel that this cannot be a task that only I take on....I must give ownership and responsibility of the test to my students. They need to understand how the test is laid out, what the state of Texas says they should know at this point, and what they need to work on before the testing date in May.
I have created an updated Student Analysis page with additional goal setting for the 2015 Released Test. This document gives students the opportunity to understand the type of questions they are successful with and the areas where they need a little more work.
Each question provides the TEKS and a student friendly description of what the TEKS means. As you go over the test, students will mark/highlight the questions they got wrong and will quickly see the TEKS that need more work. Students graph their score and determine where they lie on the scale. Are they "almost there" or are they a "total rock star"? Graphing the score has really been beneficial for my "bubble students" because they can see that if they had worked a little harder on just another question or two, they probably would have passed.
One thing to keep in mind is that the passing standard is raising this year. This document still has the standard set to what it was in 2015, but your students need to know that the bar is rising in 2016.
To get this FREEBIE, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store by clicking HERE!
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