In order for student work to qualify as a valid part of the Body of Evidence, the content of the assignment must align directly to the learning objective and the assignment itself must directly measure student progress toward increased proficiency. It is critical that SLOs used for purposes of TIA determine end-of-year student progress on an entire body of evidence of student work, not just one BOY and one EOY assessment. In order to increase the accuracy of the body of evidence, it is recommended that it include multiple pieces of student work (best practice is at least 5) that represent the student's mastery throughout the year.

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Given the increase in virtual classrooms and requests from districts statewide, the TEA has developed an aligned T-TESS rubric which isolates relevant, high-leverage practices in virtual instruction settings. This streamlined rubric will address the Planning, Instruction, and Learning Environment domains, including all current T-TESS dimensions within these domains. The rubric communicates best practices for virtual instruction and allows for focused observations and feedback with virtual instruction teachers. Here's the link to the rubric: