Talk:Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills

50% score?

I don't think it is a 50% score needed to pass, as many in my own school have made 60% scores and have yet to pass the test. IronCrow 02:10, 3 November 2006 (UTC).]

The scale moves up every year. --Mrrightguy10 06:07, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

01:19, 17 April 2007 (UTC)~~

It's not a 50% score. We have to have at least 67% at our school. If it was 50% I'm pretty sure everyone could pass it half asleep or stoned.

                                         - Cady -

You need a 69 or below to fail. (I hate this test!!!) 72.183.236.199 02:14, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah there's no way that's right, I go to BISD and I know we need at least 70% to pass. Maybe the other guy was right when he said the scale moves, but I have a hard time believing it was ever at 50.

I'm in the AISD. I got my TAKS results back today and they're based on 2100 point scales. Don't know if that will help with a discussion.

P.S. Sophomore Social Studies is an easy test. I got commended on that one.

The score that you need to pass is set by the State not the ISD. The scale started in the 50's when it was first implemented and moves up every year to make sure the progress of the students is acceptable. Eventually it will reach the 70 benchmark inline with the report card pass of 70. The 2100 is the minimum grade to pass 2400 marks a commended performance. --Mrrightguy10 03:45, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

If you're interested in the performance standards, you should consult the TEA website. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/scoring/pstandards/index.html It varies from subject to subject and grade level to grade level. Most subjects require significantly more than 50% to meet standard. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Peanut512 (talk • contribs) 17:52, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

Multiple Choice Answer?

The test consists of multiple choice questions, and multiple choice questions have one answer (as opposed to multiple choice answers, as the article stated). There is only one answer from the multiple choices presented.

Just so im clear is this what you are talkin about.

Ex. Two kids walk into a store and buy three items each. How many items do they have together?

A. 6 B. 4 C. 3 D. 12

--Mrrightguy10 03:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Clean-up

I added some information on grad requirements earlier, and I just now tried to re-structure the article towards a semblance of organization. I tried not to remove anything, but I did move most of the questionable/POV/citation-needed content to a new "Controversies" section. Most of the sentences/paragraphs throughout the article still need a total re-write and citations...but I guess this is a start. --Hebisddave 19:21, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Little reason to censor

Failures and coverups by government agencies should not be censored from the public without good reason.  Hebisddave did not support any reason to censor the well supported facts that the Texas Education Agency issued false statements about and failed to correct scoring mistakes made on several questions of the Spring 2003, TAKS released Mathematics and Science tests. 27 June 2007

• I'm excited to see someone passionate about improving the TAKS article. Apologies if I stepped on your toes! Here are some of the things I was considering in my edit: WP:RS states that "Reliable publications are those with an established structure for fact-checking and editorial oversight." What would appear to be Mark Lowe's personal web space does not seem to meet this guideline. As I assumed you were acting on Good Faith (see WP:AGF), I kept the link to Mark Lowe's personal web space. To attempt to strengthen the claim in your edit, I added information supporting Mark Lowe as a potential authority on the subject (candidacy for State Board of Education and educational background in the relevant areas). Assuming Mark Lowe is a citation-worthy authority on this subject, why did you remove reference to him in the body text of the article? You may also have noticed that some of the changes I made were to conform the reference URLs you included to the existing references structure. Why was it necessary to change the references back and force two reference structures into the article? Based on what I have read at the citations you provided, I would respectfully disagree that the statement "the Texas Education Agency issued false statements" is well-supported, and I invite you to add a citation clarifying this. (Also, I've found that it's the little things that help Wikipedia run well: leaving edit summaries, signing talk page contributions, etc...the things listed at Wikipedia:Etiquette :) ) --Hebisddave 17:32, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
• Thank you Hebisddave.  Edits have been made based on your points regarding information about Mark Loewe and the form of references.  More specific references have been added regarding false statements issued by the Texas Education Agency. 29 June 2007

top of the article

Technically, the sections are called English Language Arts (not English) and Social Studies (not Social Science). Here's a released test which confirms that terminology. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/release/taks/2006/grxltaksjuly.pdf —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Peanut512 (talk • contribs).

unsure how to cite

I have citations for all of the info I posted, but I don't know how to include that. If you know, either let me know or add these:
citation for the 2100 2400 thing in scoring http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/scoring/pstandards/index.html
citation for the grad. requirement http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/grad/grad_broch.pdf
citation for test structure http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/taks/blueprints/index.html Peanut512 18:02, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Also, sorry if I deleted things you guys wrote already. I am sure of the accuracy of what I have posted, but in my efforts to add clarity, if I took out anything that I shouldn't have, I apologize. This is new to me.  :) Peanut512 18:02, 22 August 2007 (UTC)