Do Not Score Letter
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Do Not Score Letter
The TEA requires that districts submit refused assessments for scoring (not absences--actual refusals). Obviously, we view this as falsification of data, as it creates a record of participation and assigns the lowest scaled score to the student. FERPA permits a parent to place a corrective statement in their student's records which must be made available with the scores. However, a request for correction is the first step. This letter will meet that requirement.
BG
Does the acceptance in previous letters of the S scoring negate the right to then not have the test scored as S in their records?
admin
I don’t understand the question.
Anonymous
If a parent exercised the right to opt out of STAAR in 2021 and the student provided a refusal statement on the answer key, what could the district face as a consequence if the answer key is scored and scored with a singular correct answer if no answers were actually marked by the student?
admin
Well it should be scored based on the TEA guidance, so there is no repercussion for scoring it. If a blank answer sheet returned a single response, that should be reported for investigation. It is probably a glitch or scoring error, which is on the testing vendor not the district. If someone actually bubbled a single answer, that would be a huge violation. How it would be proven that it was the district and not the kid, I am not sure. But I would report it for investigation. I’m completely willing to believe the scoring equipment is so unreliable as to be the cause.
Josie Cobayashi
My school teacher said that next year if he fails math english or reading je will have tomake up 40 hrs of tutoring, which I don’t understand he’s a third grader and hes been taught as of he was 4th or 5th grade. Right now he’s nervous because suddenly je was recognized with a gold star for Math and when I asked the teacher she said it was a team work, I don’t even understand some math and won’t use it at my job.
Sincerely,
A worried mom from EPISD
Thanks
admin
That’s not the whole story.
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Courtney D
Hi. What if my child has already taken the 2022 STAAR but you do not want the test scored or counted against them? I did not know I can refuse my child taking the STAAR test.
admin
You took STAAR. It will be scored.