For the 2022–2023 school year, TEA will offer a two-week preview window and a five-week test administration window in the spring for STAAR Alternate 2 as indicated on the Student Assessment Testing Calendar. However, districts may also preview the test during the administration window as long as testing has not begun for that particular student.
Each district should establish a local schedule to administer the assessments during the STAAR Alternate 2 testing window. Tests may be given over multiple short sessions throughout the testing window. Districts should determine the appropriate number of days to test an individual student to accommodate the student’s needs. Districts should plan to test students during the first four and a half weeks of the testing window and reserve the last two to three days to enter data into DEI and verify that all data are entered.
Make-up Testing
Since STAAR Alternate 2 tests are administered during a five-week test administration window, districts should offer make-up opportunities to students who were absent on their scheduled assessment day. When providing make-up testing opportunities, districts must maintain the security of the assessments to ensure that the test content remains valid throughout the assessment window.
Students Who Become Sick During a Test
Make-up testing opportunities may also be used for a student who becomes sick and leaves campus during the test. If the student has not completed the assessment, the student may do so upon returning to school within the scheduled testing window.