STAAR Alternate 2
Texas definition of a student with a significant cognitive disability is a student who:
- exhibits significant intellectual and adaptive behavior deficits in their ability to plan, comprehend, and reason, and ALSO indicates adaptive behavior deficits that limit their ability to apply social and practical skills such as personal care, social problem-solving skills, dressing, eating, using money, and other functional skills across life domains;
- is NOT identified based on English learner designation or solely on the basis of previous low academic achievement or the need for accommodations; and
- requires extensive, direct, individualized instruction, as well as a need for substantial supports that are neither temporary nor specific to a particular content area.
TEA has developed the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) Alternate 2 assessment to meet the federal requirements mandated under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a federal education law previously known as No Child Left Behind. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) designed the STAAR Alternate 2 to assess students in grades 3–8 and high school who have significant cognitive disabilities and are receiving special education services.
KEY DOCUMENTS
STAAR Alternate 2 AND TELPAS Alternate MEDICAL EXCEPTION Eligibility -English
STAAR Alternate 2 and TELPAS Alternate MEDICAL EXCEPTION Eligibility -Spanish
STAAR Alternate 2 and TELPAS NAAR Eligibility -English
STAAR Alternate 2 and TELPAS NAAR Eligibility -Spanish
STAAR Alternate 2 Participation Requirements -English
STAAR Alternate 2 Participation Requirements -Spanish
STAAR Alternate 2 Participation Requirements COMPANION DOCUMENT-English
STAAR Alternate 2 Participation Requirements COMPANION DOCUMENT-Spanish
STAAR ALTERNATE 2 RELEASED TESTS Grades 3-8
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End-of-Course RELEASED TESTS
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