Texas Assessment of Academic Skills

instruction under these guidelines is impossible. The STAAR’s predecessor TAKS had the same results lending credibility to Stroups theory that the test Every year since 1980 the State of Texas has implemented some form of standardized testing. The theory behind these tests is to monitor the efficacy of teachers and performance of student as well as prepare them for life after graduation. These standardized tests are used for creating marketable young adults. The first of these Standardized tests in Texas was the TABS, Texas Assessment of Basic Skills. The TABS test was utilized from 1984 to 1990. This test was administered to students in grades 1,3,5,7,9. If a student failed, they continued…

Justin Madrid English 1301 Scott 1/23/2015 Justin 1 The Importance of Literacy Throughout My Lifetime Have you ever thought about a time that you didn’t need literacy? The answer to that question would obviously have to be no. Literature is basically what defines our existence, without it there would be no writing, no language, and importantly no history. Can you imagine if there was no means of communication, our world as we know would cease to exist and everything would be in complete chaos. 1…

Cheryl Smith works at Howard College here in San Angelo, and coordinates with the Director and Assistant Director of the West Texas Training Center also located on the campus. Smith is the Assistant Director of Adult Education and Literacy (AEL). She is the AEL Career Navigator and Coordinator, and can be found in the Academic Building in office SAA120 on the campus. Smith coordinators with eight other teachers that help adults study for their General Education Diploma (GED), and various…

Mary Beth Stevens suggests writing supports reading by asking students to draw upon common knowledge and thinking processes (2014). In the Texas Treasures Literature curriculum students continually respond to text through writing activities. At the end of each section they record their responses by writing a personal response. These responses require critical and higher order thinking skills because students answer open-ended questions and utilize summarization, inference and interpreting…

match between the curriculum and assessments. Background The author conducted an in-person interview with Morgan Sedlacek, who works with Allen ISD as a first-grade teacher in a general education classroom.…

international student programming and assessment, and who aspires to transfer student’s passions and skills into designated career paths. I am that person. I have more than three years of experience working with international students, and my first-hand experience as one of them motivates me to help these underprivileged students achieve academic, career and personal success. My bachelor degree in International Business, graduate degree in Higher Education Administration, experience of social…

leadership. They incorporate theory and practical experience that focuses on developing ethical leaders for tomorrow! The essential ingredient in Alverno’s approach to education is that they concentrate on both engaged learning and an active approach to the assessment of learning outcomes. The primary focus in student development is to support students in developing their strengths in each of the learning outcomes Faculty is expected to teach in a variety of methods to ensure that students are…

that is available to influence students’ lives. I did not realize how much of an impact all of my teachers had on me until I began school at Texas A&M Whether it was good or bad, they helped me become the person I am today. I will forever be grateful for the lessons they taught me, and for their influence on my career choice. My results for the Texas Genuine Assessment were a motivation during the stressful end of semester times. The top result was education and training, second was…

students benefit by becoming more independent learners, achieve greater academic success,…

attached. Posner (2004) supports this by restating what Robert Mager’s said, “an objective is an intent communicated by a statement describing a proposed change in a learner….It is a description of a pattern of behavior (performance) we want the learner to be able to demonstrate (p. 106). Therefore, although this curriculum strives for student knowledge to grow and it facilitates complete understanding of Language Arts, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) dictates a certain level of…