Assessment in Social Studies:

1
Assessment in Social Studies

• Beyond Names and Dates
• Brenda Tingle, Student Assessment
• George Rislov, Curriculum

2
TAKS UpdateWinter 2004
3
 
4
Phase-in of Panel Recommendation
5
TAKS Primary Source Passages

• Some bracketed translation will be offered on the
  8th grade TAKS
• None will be offered on the 10th or 11th TAKS
  some contextual clues may be added in brackets
• A Reminder from the World History TEKS
• (26) Social studies skills. The student
  communicates in written, oral, and visual forms.
  The student is expected to
• (A) use social studies terminology correctly

6
Example from Released 8th TAKSBracketed
Definitions

• With malice hatred toward none . . . with
  firmness in the right . . . Let us strive on to
  finish the work we are in, to bind up the
  nations wounds . . .

7
Example from Released 11th TAKSBracketed Context

• We must protect not free thought for those who
  agree with us, but freedom for the thought that
  we hate.
• --Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes,
  Jr., 1929

8
Released Tests

• HB 3459 reduced the frequency with which TEA can
  release TAKS tests
• For 2004, grades 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 will be released
• For 2005, grades 4, 6, 8, 10 will be released

9
Make-up Testing For Statewide Tests Does Not
Include Social Studies
Make-up tests will be allowed for the Texas
Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and
State-Developed Alternative Assessment (SDAA)
subject area tests and grade levels that are
included in the calculation of AYP
NO MAKE-UP TESTS ARE ALLOWED FOR SOCIAL STUDIES,
SCIENCE, AND WRITING OR ANY SUBJECT AREA TESTS AT
GRADES 9 AND 11. Ref. Letter of November 14,
2003, Robt. Scott
10

• Points to RememberAdministration of the
  retest is determined by the district. The
  district-
• A. May administer two tests in one day B.
  Schedule make-up testing throughout the
  rest of the week C. Open campuses on Saturday to
  administer make-up testReturned
  material for makeup tests must be returned along
  with all District testing material

11
All students must be assessedLOCALLY DETERMINED
ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT (LDAA)
Students who are receiving social studies
instruction in TEKS at grades 8, 10, and 11, but
for whom the TAKS is inappropriate are required
to take a locally determined alternate assessment
or LDAA. The LDAA and the test expectation is
determined by the students ARD committee. ALL
Means ALL!
12
There is no state-mandated or state-approved
list of appropriate LDAAs.The ARD committee
should choose an assessment that is most closely
aligned with the instruction the student is
receiving in the TEKS

• LDAA administrations must take place before the
  corresponding TAKS/SDAA administration dates.

13
SOMETHING NEW!

• LDAA data is recorded on the TAKS answer
  document. This procedure eliminates the need to
  submit these data separately to the Division of
  Special Education at TEA as has been required in
  previous years.

14
(No Transcript)
15
Item Development in Social Studies

• Some Examples

16
TAKS Social Studies Issues

• TAKS is taken at grades 8, 10, and 11
• All three have the same 5 objectives
• Objectives 1 and 4 bring forward 8th grade
  content to high school- Early American history

17
TAKS Social Studies Issues

• Given that SOME review of 8th grade material
  will be appropriate for SOME students,
• How do we maintain the integrity of the other
  courses?

18
(8.16) Government. The student understand the
American beliefs and principles reflected in the
U.S. Constitution and other important historic
documents. The student is expected to

• (D) Analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects
  the principles of limited government,
  republicanism, checks and balances, federalism,
  separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and
  individual rights.

19
One Principle of the U.S. Constitution

• Checks and Balances
• A system by which each branch of government
  limits the power of the other branches

• Which of these is an example of the system of
  checks and balances?
• A Congress can regulate industry.
• B Governors can pardon federal prisoners.
• C The president can veto bills passed by
  Congress.
• D The Supreme Court can impeach members of
  Congress.

20
00 Which of the following is an example of checks
and balances found in the U.S. Constitution?

• A The president can veto Supreme Court
• rulings.
• B Congress must approve the appointment of
• federal judges.
• C Congress can pass laws.
• D The Supreme Court can impeach elected
• officials.

21
Use the headlines and your knowledge of social
studies to answer the following question.

• Senate Rejects
• Treaty of Versailles

• Supreme Court Declares Minimum Wage Law
  Unconstitutional

• President Truman Vetoes
• the Taft Hartley Act

• 00 Which government principle is illustrated in
  these headlines?
• A Federalism
• B Popular sovereignty
• C Checks and balances
• D Individual rights

22
Still The Best Way to Ensure Success on TAKS for
All Students
TEACH THE TEKS!!
23
Any Questions?
24
For more information, contact
Brenda Tingle Social Studies Content
Coordinator TEA Student Assessment Division 1701
N. Congress Austin TX 78701-1494 512-682-2200 btin
gle_at_tea.state.tx.us
George Rislov Director, Social Studies TEA
Division of Curriculum 1701 N. Congress Austin
TX 78701-1494 512-463-9582 grislov_at_tea.state.tx.us