STAAR Redesign Update

by | Dec 21, 2020

Shelly Ramos, Senior Director, Curriculum, Texas Education Agency
Iris Tian, Division Director of Assessment, Texas Education Agency

Staff from TEA’s Curriculum and Student Assessment divisions will present updates related to the STAAR redesign in alignment with the requirements of HB 3906, including the 75% multiple choice cap, new item types, Reading/ Language Arts redesign, and transition to 100% electronic testing.

Thought Leader Session: Strategies to Address the Emotional Issues Arising from Social Isolation 

by | Dec 21, 2020

Ruby Payne, CEO, aha! Process, Inc.

This session will focus on re-engagement after the pandemic is contained. Re-engagement will require emotional connections and meaning. Hear from best-selling author, Ruby Payne, about the “emotional tells” the body gives, the tools needed for brain/emotional development — particularly for adolescents — and gain some tools for re-engaging “lost” students.