Spring 2024

STAAR Testing/Non-Testing Plan

Dallas ISD Guideline:
“This waiver allows the district or charter school to modify the schedule of classes for students who
are not being tested to report to and attend school after the state assessment testing period has
ended, therefore reducing the interruptions during the testing period. Students who are not being
tested must still meet the maximum 2-through-4 hour requirement for funding (see SAAH 3.6.6
Attendance Accounting during Testing Days).”

Testing Students
● Students will report to school and report directly to their testing room.
● The testing environment will remain secure until the close of the testing period,
● Once the testing environment is no longer secure, we will remain with our testing teachers.

STUDENTS CAN DO STUDENTS CANNOT DO

● Watch a PG-13 or lower rated movie ● Walk the halls

● Complete brain teasers
● Complete stress/anxiety free activities
such as coloring, word search puzzles,
etc.
● Listen to music or explore social media
on their own devices
● Take a nap
● Play games on their phone
● Visit different classrooms
● Call parents to indicate they are finished
testing and can be picked up
● Be extremely loud and disruptive
● Bring a video game console or a play a
video game from a video game console
● Leave classrooms messy from snack
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Non-Testing Students Who Stay Home

● Students will not report to school.
● Students will complete the Attendance Quiz posted in the teacher’s Google Classroom.
● Students will engage in teacher selected assignments through Google Classroom, ClassKick,
or any other educational platform selected.

Non-Testing Students Who Report to School

● Students will report to the gym.

STUDENTS CAN DO STUDENTS CANNOT DO

● Watch a PG-13 or lower rated movie ● Walk the halls

● Complete brain teasers
● Complete stress/anxiety free activities
such as coloring, word search puzzles,
etc.
● Listen to music or explore social media
on their own devices
● Take a nap
● Play games on their phone
● Visit different classrooms
● Call parents to indicate they are finished
testing and can be picked up
● Be extremely loud and disruptive
● Bring a video game console or a play a
video game from a video game console
● Leave classrooms messy from snack
trash