How Do You Improve TAKS Test Scores For Special Education Students?
The importance placed on testing grows each year in American schools. Students in Texas are required to take the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) beginning in third grade. Math, reading, English language arts, social studies and science tests reflect the state’s mandated curriculum. Failed tests can prevent a child’s promotion to the next grade. Failed exit tests prohibit graduation from high school. As of 2008, special education students are assessed at grade rather than skill level. Alternative TAKS tests are in place for special education. Involved parents and teachers can help special education students to prepare for TAKS. Determine which subjects are assessed at the child’s grade level. TAKS math tests are administered from third through eleventh grades. Reading is tested from third through ninth grades. Writing is assessed in fourth and seventh grades. English language arts tests are given in tenth and eleventh grades. Science is assessed in fifth, eighth, 10th an