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Contacts

Mark Taylor

Director of Assessment
(682) 867-7406
mark.taylor@arlingtonisd.org

Welcome to Assessment, a division of Research & Accountability. Join us as we embrace the power of assessment to shape a brighter future together.

Assessment is responsible for:

The administration of state assessments, including all State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), STAAR End of Course (EOC), STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS, and TELPAS Alternate; district assessments; and credit-by-exam for grade level acceleration and course credit.
Managing the district’s assessment data management system (Edugence).

STATE ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

For questions related to STAAR, contact Traci Seibold or call (682) 867-7416.

For information about the state assessment program, go to Texas Education Agency (TEA) Student Assessment Division
To access your student's state assessment results in the Student Portal, go to the Texas Assessment Management System

Requesting a Paper STAAR Assessment (HB 1225)

Under Texas House Bill 1225 (HB 1225), parents and guardians may request a paper administration of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) for their student by completing the form below:

Important Guidelines & Deadlines

December 1 Request Deadline: Requests for the spring STAAR administration must be submitted no later than December 1. Requests received after this state deadline cannot be processed.
3% District Cap: State law limits the total number of paper tests provided by request to a maximum of 3% of the district's total enrolled students per assessment. Requests will be processed in the order received.

Limitations of Paper Testing

Before submitting a request, please consider how a paper assessment differs from the standard online testing experience:

Inaccessibility of Online Accommodations: Certain built-in online supports—such as Text-to-Speech (TTS), Speech-to-Text (STT), content/language pop-ups, auto-correct features, and digital screen-contrast tools—are designed strictly for the online testing software and cannot be provided on paper assessments.
Static Formatting for Technology-Enhanced Items: The STAAR test uses interactive Technology-Enhanced Items (such as drag-and-drop, graphing, hot spots, and multi-select questions). On paper, these items appear as static printed images, which do not display or translate as dynamically as they do on a digital screen.
Instructional & Practice Mismatch: District instruction, daily coursework, and official STAAR practice tests take place online throughout the school year. Moving to paper on test day departs from your student’s regular learning environment and deprives them of the online tools they practice with daily.
Separate Testing Location: Due to specialized handling of paper test materials and specific proctoring rules, students who test on paper will take their assessment in a separate testing room from peers taking the online test.

HB 1225 Parent Paper Request Form

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