Fwd: New Standards-based Tests in Spanish Field Test

[Susan Harman <susanharman@igc.org>]

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> From: "STAR" <STAR@ETS.ORG>
> Date: Fri Apr 7, 2006  11:34:45 AM US/Pacific
> To: "STAR" <STAR@ETS.ORG>
> Subject: New Standards-based Tests in Spanish Field Test
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> Dear District STAR Coordinator,
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> On behalf of the State Board of Education and the California Department of Education, ETS would like to introduce the new Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS). The purpose of the STS is to permit students to demonstrate achievement of the California content standards in reading-language arts and mathematics through primary language tests that are aligned to the California content standards.
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> ETS will conduct a census field test September 12–14 in grades 3, 4, and 5 to field-test the grades 2, 3, and 4 test items. All students who tested with Aprenda® 3 at grades 2, 3, and 4 in the spring 2006 should take the STS field test this fall at grades 3, 4, and 5, respectively. To successfully field-test enough items, we need the entire population of students eligible for Aprenda 3 to take the STS field tests. Please plan to participate in the development of these important new tests.
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> We will contact district STAR coordinators in mid-April to collect STS field-test orders. ETS will send you an estimate of the number of STS field-test booklets that your district may require, based on district 2006 Aprenda 3 orders. Please confirm or adjust this estimate as best you can, so your district receives enough STS test booklets.
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> California Education Code section 60640(f)(3)(A) requires the development of the STS. The State Board of Education (SBE) adopted the STS blueprints at the July 2005 meeting. Blueprints may be viewed as part of SBE Item #15, located at http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr05/documents/bluejul05item15.doc.
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> The first operational administration of the STS will occur in 2007 in grades 2, 3, and 4. The STS will gradually replace Aprenda 3 as grade-level STS operational tests become available.
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> For further information, please contact your STAR TAC representative. Thank you.
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> Sincerely,
>
> STAR Technical Assistance Center
> 800-955-2954
> Fax: 800-541-8455 or 925-808-2118
> star@ets.org
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