Kealing Middle School
March 24, 2021
STAAR Information
Thank you for your on-going support and participation in your child’s education. We continue to recognize how resilient students have been in the face of the many challenges we’ve all encountered this year. Students have seized on opportunities to enhance their use of technology, grow academically, and continue learning.
One of the many ways we support students in their academic growth is through standardized testing, including the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR). The STAAR helps us all understand how much a student knows and has mastered in core subject areas like English, math, science and social studies at the elementary and middle school levels.
These tests are simply one measure of student knowledge, and the results can provide important information to families, teachers, administrators and the students themselves. This is especially important as we know that students have been affected in different ways due to the changes we’ve had to make in providing instruction during the pandemic.
While Austin ISD has offered remote learning to families for the entire school year, Texas Education Agency guidelines require us to administer the STAAR on-site. It is our goal for every student who is able to come to campus to do so. All safety measures will be in place for the administration of the test including masks, social distancing where feasible, and easily available handwashing and sanitizing stations.
We ask that you complete the short survey below indicating your family's intentions for in-person testing. Please submit your family's survey by Tuesday, March 30, 2021. This will provide our testing team appropriate time to plan for STAAR administration.
Please remember that students who come on to campus must meet the Texas Health and Human Services immunization requirements for school. Please contact Stephen Mansolo, stephen.mansolo@austinisd.org, if you have any questions regarding immunizations.
For additional questions regarding STAAR administration, please contact our Academy Director, Tim Estes at timothy.estes@austinisd.org.
Thank you for your cooperation and continued support,
Mr. Wilson
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