Texas Through-year Assessment Pilot Application, School Year 2023-2024

Texas Through-year Assessment Pilot Application, School Year 2023-2024

Thank you for your interest in participating in year 2 of the Texas Through-year Assessment Pilot (TTAP)!

Last year, TEA launched the multi-year, through-year assessment pilot to study the impacts of this assessment model and to determine if this model could, sometime in the future, replace the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR). TTAP will be administered over three progress monitoring opportunities – one in the fall, winter, and spring – providing students multiple opportunities to demonstrate their learning and teachers with timely data throughout the school year so that they can best support their students. More information about the TTAP can be found on TEA’s website.

The testing opportunities windows are tentatively set as the following:

Opportunity 1 (Fall)—November 6–10, 2023
Opportunity 2 (Winter)—January 29–February 2, 2024
Opportunity 3 (Spring)—March 25–29, 2024

All applications are due by 11:59 P.M. (CT) on April 28, 2023. This application will take less than 1 hour to gather the information required and complete. Please have an authorized signatory confirm interest in the pilot after reviewing the assurances. TEA will confirm participating districts by mid-May.

Basic Information

Select your district*

Select or enter value

Confirm that you are your district's testing coordinator.*

Input your name*

Input your email*

Select the title(s) that your district is interested in participating in.*

Grade 5 science

Grade 6 math

Grade 7 math

Grade 8 social studies

Grade 5 Science Participation

Approximately how many students will participate in Grade 5 science?*

How many campuses will participate in Grade 5 science?*

Of the campuses in your district that teach Grade 5 science, which will participate in the pilot?*

All will participate

Some will participate

Please list the names and campus ID numbers of the campuses that will participate in Grade 5 science.*

Grade 6 Math Participation

Approximately how many students will participate in Grade 6 math?*

How many campuses will participate in Grade 6 math?*

Of the campuses in your district that teach Grade 6 math, which will participate in the pilot?*

All will participate

Some will participate

Please list the names and campus ID numbers of the campuses that will participate in Grade 6 math.*

Grade 7 Math Participation

Approximately how many students will participate in Grade 7 math?*

How many campuses will participate in Grade 7 math?*

Of the campuses in your district that teach Grade 7 math, which will participate in the pilot?*

All will participate

Some will participate

Please list the names and campus ID numbers of the campuses that will participate in Grade 7 math.*

Grade 8 Social Studies Participation

Approximately how many students will participate in Grade 8 social studies?*

How many campuses will participate in Grade 8 social studies?*

Of the campuses in your district that teach Grade 8 social studies, which will participate in the pilot?*

All will participate

Some will participate

Please list the names and campus ID numbers of the campuses that will participate in Grade 8 social studies.*

Programmatic Questions

Why is your district interested in the Texas Through-year Assessment Pilot?*

What types of trainings or supports would be most valuable to your district during its participation in the pilot?*

Which benchmark assessment(s) - not including TTAP - does your district currently use?*

A benchmark is defined as a full scope assessment used to monitor student progress periodically throughout the year.

If "Other" is selected above, please note other benchmark assessment(s) that is being used.

Is your district participating in the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) for the 2023-24 school year?*

If TTAP is not already mentioned in the TIA documents for the test titles you plan to participate in, please submit an Expansions/Modifications Application to the TIA team by April 17, 2023.

More information on districts participating in both TIA and TTAP can be found in this link.

Yes, we are applying to TIA for the first time for the 2023-24 school year

Yes, we have already been accepted in previous year(s) and are continuing in the program

Is there anything else you'd like for TEA to know regarding your application?

Final Assurances

Please select which informational webinar you plan to attend about TTAP Year 2*

TTAP Informational Webinar Option 1 – April 3, 2023, 4:00-5:00 PM [Registration Link]

TTAP Informational Webinar Option 2 – April 11, 2023, 8:00-9:00 AM [Registration Link]

I plan to attend the live information webinar (April 3 or April 11)

I plan to review the information posted on the TTAP webpage week of April 3

Check through all the following assurances to ensure district eligibility of the pilot.*

Districts will use TTAP in place of existing interims/benchmarks to limit disruptions to instructional time (e.g., STAAR Interims, NWEA MAP, iReady). This only applies to the grade levels/subjects that a district has opted into for the pilot.

All eligible students from selected campuses will participate in the pilot. Students that require ASL videos or Braille tests are exempted from year 2 participation.

All registered students will aim to participate in all three opportunities.

All registered students will take the tests online.

Teachers will participate in trainings throughout the course of the year to help with data interpretation and next steps. Teachers will earn continuing professional education (CPE) hours after completing trainings.

District personnel, teachers, and students will participate in data collection efforts, such as feedback loops through surveys (3-4 times per year).

District Testing Coordinator will work with campus staff to ensure that teachers are completing trainings and that all appropriate staff provide feedback as requested.

Superintendent has approved of the district’s potential participation in TTAP during the 2023-24 school year.

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