Assessment Reports and Studies
Technical Digest
The Technical Digest provides information to Texas testing coordinators, educators, researchers, and interested citizens about the development procedures and technical attributes of the state-mandated assessment program. The most recent technical digests can be found below.Ìý Previous digests can be found on the Assessment and Reports Archive webpage.
- Chapter 1:ÌýHistorical Overview of Assessment in Texas
- Chapter 2:ÌýBuilding a High-Quality Assessment System
- Chapter 3:ÌýStandard Technical Processes
- Chapter 4:ÌýState of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø)
- Chapter 5:Ìý168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Alternate 2
- Chapter 6:ÌýTexas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS)
- Chapter 7: TELPAS Alternate
- Chapter 8:ÌýResources
- Bibliography
- Appendix A:ÌýQuality Control System
- Appendix B:Ìý168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Statistical Tables
- Classification Accuracy Tables
- Correlation Estimates
- Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error ofÌý Measurement (CSEM)
- Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- Progress Measure Results by Content Area and Grade
- On-Track Results
- Score Distributions and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
- English Learner Performance Measure
- Appendix C:Ìý168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Alternate 2 Statistical Tables
- Appendix D:ÌýTELPAS Statistical Tables
- Classification Accuracy TableÌý
- Correlation Estimates
- RSSSÌýConversion Tables andÌýCSEM
- Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- Score Distribution and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
- Validity Evidence Based on the Consequences of Testing (Proficiency Level Trends)
- Appendix E:ÌýTELPAS Alternate Statistical Tables
- Chapter 1:ÌýHistorical Overview of Assessment in Texas
- Chapter 2:ÌýBuilding a High-Quality Assessment System
- Chapter 3:ÌýStandard Technical Processes
- Chapter 4:ÌýState of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø)
- Chapter 5:Ìý168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Alternate 2
- Chapter 6:ÌýTexas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS)
- Chapter 7: TELPAS Alternate
- Chapter 8:ÌýResources
- Bibliography
- Appendix A:ÌýQuality Control System (QCS)
- Appendix B: 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Statistical Tables
- Classification Accuracy Tables
- Correlation Estimates
- Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- Progress Measure Results by Content Area and Grade
- On-Track Results
- Score Distributions and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
- English Learner Performance Measure
- Appendix C: 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Alternate 2 Statistical Tables
- Appendix D: TELPAS Statistical Tables
- Appendix E: TELPAS Alternate Statistical Tables
Standard–Setting Reports
168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø
- 2023 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Grades 3–8 Standard Setting Technical Report
- 2023 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø EOC Standard Setting Technical Report
- 2013Ìý168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Combined Standard SettingÌýTechnical ReportÌý
- Chapter 12: Redesigned 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø English EOC Standard Setting
- Chapter 13: 2015 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Grades 3–8 Mathematics Standard Setting
- 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Standard Setting Questions and Answers
168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Alternate 2
- 2023 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Alternate 2 Grades 3–8 Standard Setting Technical Report
- 2023 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Alternate 2 End-of-Course Assessments Standard Setting Technical Report
- 2015 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Alternate 2 Standard Setting TechnicalÌýReport
- 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Alternate 2 Standard Setting Process Overview
- 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Alternate 2 Standard Setting Questions and Answers
TELPAS
- 2018 TELPAS Listening, Speaking, and Reading Standard SettingÌýTechnical Report
- 2023 TELPAS Writing Standard SettingÌýTechnical Report
TELPAS Alternate
Alignment Studies
House Bill 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Study
House Bill 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, required the Commissioner of Education to direct a study on the state assessment instruments to independently evaluate the readability and alignment.Ìý
- 2019 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Study Report Part I
- 2019 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Study Report Part II
- 2019 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Study ProtocolÌý
House Bill 743, 84th Texas Legislature, 2015, 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Study
House Bill 743, 84th Texas Legislature, 2015, required TEA to conduct an independent evaluation of the validity and reliability of the 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø grades 3–8 tests.
Grade Correlation Studies
- 2022–2023 Grade Correlation Study (Algebra I)
- 2020–2021 Grade Correlation Study (168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø English II)
- 2018–2019 Grade Correlation Study (168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø English I)Ìý
- 2016–2017 Grade Correlation Study (168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Biology)
Additional Reports and Studies
- 2024ÌýCivics Questions
- 2024 Civics Data
- 2023 TTAP Year 1 Technical Report
- 2023 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø Hybrid Scoring Study
- 2023 Civics Questions
- 2023 Civics Data
- 2021 Validity Evidence Based on the Consequences of Testing: Proficiency-Level Trends
- 2020 State of Texas Transition to Online Assessments Feasibility Study
- 2019 TELPAS Writing Audit Report
- 2018 Lexile Linking Study
Previous Technical Digests, reports, and studies can be found on the Reports and Studies Archive webpage.
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