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Standard Reports
The following reports of student performance on STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS, and TELPAS Alternate are provided to all Texas public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. For additional details about what is contained in reports specific to each program, as well as sample reports, refer to the Interpreting Results page.
Student Report Cards
After each administration, an electronic student report card is provided through the Secure File Center for each student for whom an assessment record was submitted. The confidential student report cards are provided with preliminary assessment reports, and updated report cards are provided with final assessment reports. Student report cards must be made available to parents and guardians.
The student report cards for the various programs and grade levels are structured as follows:
For STAAR grades 3–8 assessments, all subjects tested in a grade during the school year are included in one combined student report card.
For STAAR end-of-course (EOC) assessments, the student report card includes cumulative results for all courses tested.
For STAAR Alternate 2 grades 3–8 assessments, all subjects tested in a grade during the school year are included in one combined student report card.
For STAAR Alternate 2 EOC assessments, the student report card includes results for any test taken during the school year.
For TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate, the student report card indicates the English language proficiency (ELP) rating for each of the four language domains assessed and the composite rating. Information on these report cards is provided in both English and Spanish.
Student Labels
After each administration, an electronic student label is provided through the Secure File Center for each student for whom an assessment record was submitted. The confidential student labels are provided with preliminary assessment reports, and updated labels are provided with final assessment reports. Student labels must be added to the student’s academic achievement record.
The labels contain the following information:
For STAAR grades 3–8 assessments, the label shows the student’s performance level and scale score in each subject per grade.
For STAAR EOC assessments, the label shows the cumulative performance levels and scale scores for all courses tested.
For STAAR Alternate 2 grades 3–8 assessments, the label shows the student’s performance level and scale score in each subject per grade.
For STAAR Alternate 2 EOC assessments, the label shows the student’s performance levels and scale scores for any test taken during the school year.
For TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate, the label shows the student’s proficiency rating in each of the four language domains assessed and the composite rating for the current and previous year.
Request for Printed Student Report Cards and Student Labels
To receive printed copies of student report cards and student labels for the spring administrations, district testing personnel must opt in during the windows noted on the Calendar of Events. Orders received after the windows close will incur additional processing fees.
District personnel can request printed copies through the Score Reporting and Label Requests module in the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE).
Printed copies of student labels are available for the December and June administrations of STAAR. However, printed copies of student report cards are not available for the December or June administration.
District testing personnel can order additional copies of printed student report cards and student labels for the current school year by contacting Texas Testing Support.
An additional printed copy of a student report card or student label is $0.50 each per student. There is a minimum charge of $50 per order. In addition, requests for additional printed copies received after the last day of each testing window are subject to a $100 processing fee.
All orders must be submitted with a purchase order number for processing.
Campus Rosters
A campus roster is available for each campus and lists every student for whom an assessment record was submitted.
For STAAR and STAAR Alternate 2, the campus roster provides detailed student-level results for each grade and subject or course assessed. STAAR Spanish results are available on separate rosters. These confidential campus rosters are available only with final assessment reports.
For TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate, the campus roster provides detailed student-level results by grade for all language domains assessed and composite ratings. These confidential campus rosters are available only with final assessment reports.
Summary Reports
A summary report is available for each grade and subject, course, and language domain assessed at each campus and in each district. The summary reports contain aggregate information for every student for whom an assessment record was submitted. The reports summarize the performance results of each demographic group assessed. Summary reports are provided with preliminary assessment reports, and updated summary reports are provided with final assessment reports.
For STAAR, a summary of performance at each reporting category is displayed, as well as the number and percentage of students at each performance level. Summary reports for STAAR and STAAR Spanish are provided separately and in a combined report. The combined report shows the number and percentage of students achieving Approaches Grade Level performance for each assessment and across both assessments. For STAAR EOC assessments, summary reports are available for all students, for first-time testers, and for retesters.
Reporting Data Files
A reporting data file contains individual data records for each student for whom an assessment record was submitted. The student record includes identification and demographic data as well as scores for each grade and subject, course, or language domain assessed. Reporting category data are also included. This file is provided in fixed-length text format as indicated on the Data File Formats webpage. Reporting data files are provided with preliminary assessment reports, and updated data files are provided with final assessment reports.
Results for STAAR grades 3–8 and STAAR Spanish grades 3–5 assessments are provided in the same file.
Results for STAAR EOC assessments are provided in a separate file that includes cumulative history information for each of the five assessments.
Results for STAAR Alternate 2 grades 3–8 and STAAR Alternate 2 EOC assessments are provided in separate files.
Additional STAAR Reports
Campus Roster—Students Not Achieving Approaches Grade Level
This confidential report is available for each grade and subject or course assessed at each campus. It lists every student for whom an assessment record was submitted but who did not achieve a passing score, including students who were marked “Absent” or “Other.” Students who took STAAR Spanish are available on separate rosters. This campus roster is available only with final assessment reports.
Campus Roster—All Out-of-School Examinees
This confidential report is available for each course assessed at each campus for which there were out-of-school examinees and lists each out-of-school examinee for whom a STAAR EOC assessment record was submitted. This campus roster is available only with final assessment reports.
Item Analysis Summary Reports
Item analysis summary reports are available for the spring administration of STAAR. This report is provided for all students who took the non-accommodated online form of the assessment and does not include data for students who were assessed with a paper, braille, or sign language version. The item analysis summary report shows the percentage of students at the state, district, and campus levels who answered each question correctly. For multi-point questions, the report shows the percentage of students who received no, partial, and full credit and the distribution of student performance on extended constructed-response items. STAAR Spanish reports are provided separately. The item analysis summary report is available only with final assessment reports.
Student Extended Constructed-Response Report
This confidential report shows student responses to extended constructed-response questions for the spring administration of STAAR reading language arts (RLA) assessments. It is available by campus and provided only with final assessment reports.