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Bryan ISD leaders outline how STAR2, accountability changes affect district and propose new local assessments
Summary
District teaching-and-learning leaders told the board that Texas'''s new STAR2 assessment and revised A'''through-F calculations make year-to-year letter-grade comparisons unreliable; staff said Bryan ISD is leaning away from MAP in grades 3'''012, pursuing lower-cost STAR2-like item banks, and awarded grants for instructional coaching.
Dr. Barbara Ybarra, Bryan ISD'''s associate superintendent for teaching and learning, told trustees that the state'''s updated assessment (STAR2) and revamped A'''through-F accountability system fundamentally changed both item types and rating calculations, which can produce lower letter grades even when student outcomes improve.
Ybarra said STAR2 introduces technology-enhanced items (drag-and-drop, inline choice, highlighting and embedded writing in grades 3 through high'''school), and that the agency adjusted indicators and cut points for the accountability system. She said the district'''s prior 86 (a B) would have been a 75 under the new methodology and noted the Texas Education Agency published…
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