EOC Potpourri
Short Numbers
Writing for the STAARS
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TAKS vs. STAAR
100
The number of multiple-choice questions on the test.
What is thirty?
100
Two.
What is the number of short answer questions on the reading test?
100
Three
What is the number of essays required on the ninth grade EOC?
100
Generally, three
What is the number of EOC tests per core subject area that a student must pass?
100
The Revising and Editing sections of the test are exempted from this practice on the TAKS, but may be used throughout the entire STAAR.
What is the use of dictionaries or thesauri?
200
TEKS objectives that will always be tested.
What are the readiness standards?
200
Ten
What is the number of lines allowed for the short answer response?
200
Expository and Persuasive
What are the two essays required of tenth grade writers?
200
Passage of this level of test indicates that students are prepared for postsecondary endeavors.
What is English III?
200
It is unlimited on TAKS but stops at four for the STAAR.
What is the number of hours allowed to take the test?
300
The percentage of the total score assigned the multiple choice.
What is 16%?
300
Three
What is the highest score assigned to a short answer question?
300
Accomplished
What Performance Level is assigned to an essay receiving a 4?
300
15%
What is the percentage that the EOC counts in the student's year-end average?
300
The type of break that is not allowed on STAAR, but is allowed for TAKS.
What is lunch?
400
The number of graders assigned to each essay
What is two?
400
Nine
What is the total number of points possible for the short answer portion of the test?
400
Requires a writer to take a position and present a consistent, sustanted argument that supports it.
What is a persuasive essay?
400
One of three significant changes to the assessment program.
What is grade-based to course-based assessments?
400
The emphasis is on one type in ELA TAKS, but four types on the STAAR.
What are types of essays?
500
The "Adajcent Scoring" model whereby the all of the graders do not have to assign the same exact score to a single essay.
What type of model is used to score the STAAR compositions?
500
The percentage of the total score contributed by the short answer questions
What is 32?
500
26
What is the maximum number of lines allowed for an essay?
500
Under this program, students must take all twelve STAAR/EOC assessments.
What is the State Recommended High School Program?
500
The method by which TAKS essays are scored in which a third, and sometimes fourth grader reads the paper to determine a final score.
What is the Perfect Agreement model?
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