STAAR 2013 - 8th Grade Math Item Analysis - 14 & 20

Scared of STAAR Mathematics? FEAR NOT!  We are here to help!

In this series of posts, we are exploring 10 troublesome items on the 2013 April Administration of the 8th Grade Mathematics STAAR and offer strategies your students can use to successfully navigate similar problems in the future.

Even if you don't teach 8th grade, many of the strategies here are useful for solving problems in other mathematics courses. 

According to the 2013 STAAR item analysis provided by the Texas Education Agency, all 10 of the items we will explore were answered correctly by fewer than 50% of test takers in the state of Texas!

In today's post we explore items 14 and 20

60% of test takers missed this question!

59% of test takers missed this question!

Thanks for visiting Texan Math! Please share these posts with your teacher colleagues, and stay tuned for additional posts on STAAR Mathematics Assessment items.

STAAR 2013 - 8th Grade Math Item Analysis - 9 & 11

Do you teach 8th Grade Mathematics in the state of Texas?  If so, you probably already know that the new STAAR for 8th grade Math is a really challenging assessment!  But, never fear! Texan Math is here to give you some insights, resources and tools to prepare your students for the 2014 STAAR administration.

In this series of posts, we are going to explore 10 troublesome items on the 2013 April Administration of the 8th Grade Mathematics STAAR assessment and offer strategies your students can use to successfully navigate similar problems in the future.  Even if you don't teach 8th grade, many of the strategies here are useful for solving problems in other secondary mathematics courses.

According to the 2013 STAAR item analysis provided by the Texas Education Agency, all 10 of the items we will explore were answered correctly by fewer than 50% of test takers in the state of Texas!

In today's post we explore items 9 and 11

51% of test takers missed this question!

55% of test takers missed this question!

Hopefully you have learned some new strategies to share with your students.  Stay tuned for additional strategies as we explore eight more low-scoring items on 2013 8th Grade STAAR Mathematics in the next Texan Math posts. 

Share with your colleagues and stay tuned!