Saturday, August 19, 2023

Analyze STAAR Released Tests for Academic Testing Terms

Leveraging AI to Support Student Learning: Using Chatbots to Analyze STAAR Released Tests for Academic Testing Terms and Critical Vocabulary to Unlock Your Students Best Results 















Standardized tests like end-of-grade (EOG) assessments often contain academic and domain-specific vocabulary (Tier 2 and Tier 3 words) that can be challenging for students. Large language models and chatbots present an opportunity for educators to quickly and easily scan released EOG exams to generate study guides and glossaries focused on key vocabulary. This article explores how teachers and administrators can use conversational AI tools to analyze past reading and math assessments, identify important vocabulary terms, and automatically create materials to help students and parents prepare for upcoming tests. A step-by-step tutorial is provided for using chatbots to extract Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary, with examples from released tests. Recommendations are included for how to incorporate the AI-generated study guides and glossaries into the curriculum and share with families to support learning. The techniques outlined allow educators to harness the power of chatbots for targeted test prep while saving valuable prep time.

Here is a step-by-step guide on how teachers can use large language models (LLMs) to help students prepare for EOG tests by analyzing released state test like the STAAR test PDFs:

1. Gather PDFs of released EOG tests in reading, math, and other subjects. These are often available through the state department of education website.

2. Upload the PDFs to a chat platform like Anthropic, Cohere, or ChatGPT that allows file uploads. Many LLMs like Claude and ChatGPT can process PDFs.

3. Prompt the LLM to scan the PDF and identify Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary words that it thinks are important for students to know. For example: "Please analyze this PDF of a released 4th-grade EOG reading test and generate a list of Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary words that students should study."

4. Have the LLM define each identified vocabulary word and put the words/terms, definitions and kid friendly examples in a glossary format. For example: "Please provide student-friendly definitions for each of the Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary words you identified and format them into a glossary."

5. Ask the LLM to generate expository and narrative texts, and multiple-choice quiz questions for each domain or vocab concept/word. For example: "Please write a multiple choice question that tests knowledge of the word 'factor' from the vocabulary list."

6. Prompt the LLM to write a study guide summarizing key concepts and skills tested in the PDFs. For example: "Please write a one-page study guide for students that summarizes the main skills and knowledge they will need to demonstrate on this 4th grade reading EOG test based on your analysis of the released test PDF." 

7. Export the glossary, quiz questions, and study guide output into a document that can be shared with students and parents.

8. Review the LLM's output for accuracy and tweak as needed before distributing.

Using LLMs in this way can save teachers hours of manual analysis and test prep creation. The AI-generated materials can give students valuable practice with academic vocabulary and concepts featured on the real EOG assessments.

Here is a STAAR Math glossary of common 4th-grade math terms based on the concepts covered in the STAAR and State Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: 

Basic 4TH GRADE Math Glossary ONE! 
  1. Addition: Combining quantities
  2. Algorithm: A step-by-step procedure for calculations
  3. Area: The amount of surface a 2D shape covers, measured in square units
  4. Array: An arrangement of objects in equal rows and columns used to model multiplication
  5. Attribute: A characteristic of an object, such as color, shape, size
  6. Composite number: A whole number that has more than 2 factors
  7. Decompose: Break a number into smaller parts
  8. Decimal: A number written using place value units of tenths and hundredths
  9. Denominator: Bottom number of a fraction that indicates the total parts
  10. Difference: The result of subtracting two numbers
  11. Distributive property: Multiplication may be distributed over addition or subtraction
  12. Divide: Separate into equal parts or groups
  13. Divisor: The number you divide by
  14. Equivalent fractions: Fractions with different numerators and denominators that name the same part of a whole
  15. Evaluate: Find the value of an expression
  16. Expanded form: Writing a multi-digit number by place values
  17. Expression: Numbers, operators, and variables that represent a quantity
  18. Factor: Numbers that divide another number exactly
  19. Fraction: Part of a whole
  20. Hundredths: Place value unit 1/100
  21. Line plot: Data display that uses a number line to show frequency
  22. Line symmetry: A shape has line symmetry if it can be folded across a line to match exactly
  23. Measure: Find dimensions, capacity, or amount of an object
  24. Mixed number: A whole number and proper fraction combined
  25. Multiple: The product of a given whole number and any other whole number
  26. Multiplication: Repeated addition or combining equal groups
  27. Numerator: Top number of a fraction that indicates the parts
  28. Number sentence: An equation using numbers and operational symbols
  29. One-digit divisor: A one digit number used as a divisor
  30. Parallel lines: Lines in a plane that never intersect
  31. Pattern: Repeating or growing sequence
  32. Perimeter: Distance around a 2D shape
  33. Perpendicular lines: Two lines that intersect at a right angle
  34. Place value: The value of where a digit is located in a number
  35. Prime number: A number with only 2 factors, 1 and itself
  36. Product: The result of multiplication
  37. Protractor: A tool used to measure angles
  38. Quotient: The result of division
  39. Rectangular array: Rows and columns used to illustrate multiplication
  40. Rectangular prism: A 3D shape with 6 rectangular faces
  41. Remainder: The amount left over when dividing
  42. Round: Approximate a number's value
  43. Sum: The result of addition
  44. Tenths: Place value unit 1/10
  45. Unit fraction: A fraction with a numerator of 1
  46. Variable: A symbol used to represent a quantity that can change
  47. Vertex: A corner point of a shape
  48. Volume: The amount of space a 3D shape takes up, measured in cubic units
  49. Whole numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3...
Here is a 36 question multiple choice test covering the 3rd grade math vocabulary: BENCHMARK TEST 

1) What is addition?
A) Putting numbers in order from least to greatest  
B) Finding the distance around a closed shape
C) The operation of combining numbers
D) Separating a shape into equal parts

2) What does capacity refer to?
A) The length of an object
B) The maximum amount something can contain 
C) The result of multiplication
D) A unit of area 

3) Which term describes shapes that are exactly the same size and shape?
A) Variable
B) Congruent
C) Parallel 
D) Perimeter

4) Which measurement system uses meters, liters and grams? 
A) Customary system
B) Metric system
C) Time system
D) Imperial system

5) What is a fraction?
A) A visual representation to understand a concept
B) A whole number that can be divided by 2 evenly
C) Part of a whole
D) The distance around a closed shape

6) What does a variable represent in a math expression?
A) The result of multiplication 
B) A symbol used to represent a number
C) The maximum amount something can hold  
D) The perimeter of a shape

7) What is subtraction?
A) The operation of combining numbers
B) To add a number to itself a certain number of times
C) To take one number away from another
D) To separate into equal parts or groups

8) Which measurement unit would be used to find the mass of an object? 
A) Liter
B) Kilogram
C) Inch
D) Degree

9) What is multiplication? 
A) Separating a shape into equal parts
B) The operation of combining numbers  
C) To take one number away from another
D) To add a number to itself a certain number of times

10) What is a vertex?
A) A repetitive or predictable sequence
B) The amount of space inside a 2-dimensional shape
C) Point where lines meet to form an angle
D) A statement that two expressions are equal

11) What is a model in mathematics?
A) A unit of capacity 
B) A 3D shape with polygon ends  
C) Visual representation to help understand a concept
D) Organized data in rows and columns

12) Which number is an even number?
A) 17
B) 9
C) 12 
D) 29

13) What is data?
A) Lines that are the same distance apart
B) Measurements
C) Facts or information  
D) The result of addition 

14) What is a numeral?
A) A repetitive or predictable sequence
B) A symbol used to represent a number
C) The maximum amount something can contain
D) Lines that meet to form an angle

15) What is a pattern?
A) A statement that two expressions are equal  
B) A repetitive or predictable sequence 
C) The operation of combining numbers
D) Part of a whole 

16) What does area refer to?
A) The amount of matter in an object
B) The maximum amount something can contain
C) The amount of space inside a 2-dimensional shape
D) Measurements  

17) What is a product?
A) Something that repeats in a predictable way
B) The amount of space taken up in 3 dimensions  
C) The result of multiplication
D) A visual representation to help understand a concept 

18) Which measurement unit would be used to find the length of a pencil?
A) Kilogram
B) Liter 
C) Inch
D) Degree

19) Which number is odd?
A) 24
B) 18 
C) 12
D) 15

20) What does perimeter refer to? 
A) The distance around a closed shape
B) A repetitive or predictable sequence 
C) The amount of space inside a 2-dimensional shape  
D) A symbol used to represent a number

21) What is a table?
A) Point where lines meet to form an angle
B) Organized data in rows and columns
C) Part of a whole
D) Numbers and operations grouped together 

22) What is division?
A) Combining numbers  
B) Separating into equal parts or groups
C) Adding a number to itself multiple times 
D) Arranging numbers from least to greatest

23) What is place value?
A) The measurement of an object's length
B) The maximum amount something can contain
C) The value of a digit based on its position in a number
D) A visual representation to help understand a concept

24) What is a dot plot? 
A) A repetitive or predictable sequence
B) A table with organized data
C) A graph using dots to show frequency of data
D) An equation with two equal expressions  

25) What is volume?
A) The measurement of how long something is
B) The amount of space taken up in 3 dimensions
C) The distance around a closed shape 
D) A unit of area 

26) What are integers?
A) Whole numbers that can be divided by 2 evenly
B) Positive and negative whole numbers and zero  
C) Parts of a whole
D) Symbols used to represent numbers

27) Which lines are parallel?

A)  
B)   
C)  
D)   

28) What is a number sentence?
A) An equation using numbers and operations  
B) A statement describing a mathematical relationship
C) A visual representation using numbers
D) A sequence of steps to solve a problem

29) What is a prism? 
A) A symbol used to represent a number
B) A 3D shape with polygon ends and rectangular sides 
C) The distance around a closed shape
D) The amount of space inside a 2D shape

30) What is an expression?
A) The result of addition
B) Numbers, operations, and variables grouped together
C) A statement that two values are equal 
D) A visual representation to understand a concept

31) What does measurement refer to?
A) Combining numbers
B) The value of a digit based on position
C) Quantifying or comparing attributes
D) Data organized in rows and columns   

32) What does order refer to?
A) Separating numbers into equal groups 
B) Arranging numbers from least to greatest
C) Repeating patterns or sequences
D) Combining numbers 

33) Which number is a fraction?
A) -8
B) 15
C) 1/2
D) 102

34) What is a square inch?
A) A unit of volume
B) A unit of area equal to a 1 in. by 1 in. square  
C) A 3D shape with 6 square faces
D) The measurement of an object's mass

35) What does equate mean?
A) To be equal
B) To divide into groups
C) To put in order 
D) To find the distance between 

36) What does subtract mean? 
A) To combine numbers
B) To separate into parts
C) To find a total 
D) To take one number away from another

ADVANCED 4TH GRADE MATH Glossary!
  1. Addition: The process of combining two or more numbers to get a new number.
  2. Angle: A measure of how much two lines are turned from each other.
  3. Area: The amount of space inside a closed figure.
  4. Bar graph: A graph that uses bars to show the data.
  5. Circle: A round shape with no straight lines.
  6. Classifying: Putting things into groups based on their similarities.
  7. Comparing: Finding similarities and differences between two or more things.
  8. Decimal: A number that has a decimal point and a number to the right of the decimal point.
  9. Decomposing: Breaking down a whole into smaller parts.
  10. Density: The amount of mass in a given space.
  11. Describing: Giving information about something.
  12. Digits: The numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
  13. Division: The process of splitting something into equal parts.
  14. Equivalent: Two numbers that have the same value.
  15. Estimating: Making a guess about how much something is.
  16. Expanded form: A way of writing a number by showing the value of each place value.
  17. Expression: A mathematical phrase that does not have an equal sign.
  18. Factor: A number that divides evenly into another number.
  19. Fraction: A number that represents a part of a whole.
  20. Graph: A picture that shows data.
  21. Greater than: A symbol (>) that means that one number is greater than another number.
  22. Grouping: Putting things together based on their similarities.
  23. Histogram: A graph that uses bars to show the data.
  24. Hundredth: One of the hundred equal parts of a whole.
  25. Identify: To recognize or name something.
  26. Inch: A unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot.
  27. Inequality: A statement that shows that two numbers are not equal.
  28. Integer: A whole number that can be positive, negative, or zero.
  29. Interpreting: Explaining what something means.
  30. Length: The distance from one end of something to the other end.
  31. Less than: A symbol (<) that means that one number is less than another number.
  32. Line graph: A graph that uses lines to show the data.
  33. Mass: The amount of matter in an object.
  34. Measurement: The process of finding the size, weight, or amount of something.
  35. Mental math: Doing math problems in your head.
  36. Meter: A unit of length equal to one hundred centimeters.
  37. Multiplication: The process of combining two or more numbers to get a new number.
  38. Number line: A line that shows numbers in order.
  39. Numerator: The number on top of a fraction line.
  40. Operation: A mathematical process, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
  41. Ordering: Putting things in a certain order.
  42. Percent: A number that shows how much of something is out of one hundred.
  43. Perimeter: The total length of all the sides of a closed figure.
  44. Place value: The value of a digit based on its position in a number.
  45. Plane: A flat surface.
  46. Polygon: A closed figure with three or more sides.
  47. Positive number: A number that is greater than zero.
  48. Prediction: A guess about what will happen in the future.
  49. Problem solving: Using what you know to find a solution to a problem.
  50. Product: The answer to a multiplication problem.
  51. Proportion: A statement that two ratios are equal.
  52. Reading: Getting information from a picture or graph.
  53. Record: To write down information.
  54. Representing: Showing something in a different way, such as with a picture or graph.
  55. Result: The answer to a problem.
  56. Same: Having the same characteristics.
  57. Scale: A way of showing how much something is bigger or smaller than something else.
  58. Scatter plot: A graph that shows the relationship between two sets of data.
  59. Shape: The outside form of an object.
  60. Solution: The answer to a problem.
  61. Solid: A three-dimensional figure.
  62. Subtract: To take away.
  63. Sum: The answer to an addition problem.
  64. Table: A way of organizing information in rows and columns.
  65. Term: A word or phrase that has a special meaning in mathematics.
  66. Thousandth: One of the thousand equal parts of a whole.
  67. Two-dimensional: Having length and width.
  68. Unit: A standard amount of something, such as a meter or a pound.
  69. Variable: A symbol that stands for a number.
  70. Weight: The amount of force that gravity pulls on an object
Here are 70 multiple-choice questions covering 4th-grade math vocabulary: 4TH  GRADE BENCHMARK TEST 

1) What does parallel mean?
A) Intersecting
B) Perpendicular 
C) Curving
D) Never touching  

2) What is a factor?
A) The result of division
B) A number that divides another number evenly
C) The difference between two numbers 
D) A number being multiplied 

3) What is a ray?
A) A part of a line with one endpoint
B) A flat surface  
C) A part of a line with two endpoints 
D) A curved line

4) What is a proportion? 
A) A statement that two ratios are equal
B) An equation with variables
C) A number on a number line
D) A fractional part of a whole

5) What is probability?
A) How likely an event is to occur
B) A geometric figure with many sides
C) A number with a decimal point
D) The distance around a shape 

6) What is a supplementary angle?
A) Two angles with a common vertex and side  
B) Two angles whose sum is 90 degrees
C) Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees
D) Two angles whose sum is 360 degrees

7) What does reciprocal mean? 
A) Curved
B) Corresponding
C) Opposite
D) Adjacent 

8) What is a denominator?
A) The top number in a fraction
B) The bottom number in a fraction 
C) An angle measuring 90 degrees
D) The number of parts in a whole

9) What is a quadrilateral?  
A) A four-sided polygon
B) A triangle with one right angle
C) A prism with a polygonal base
D) Two halves of a circle  

10) What does evaluate mean?
A) To solve a problem
B) To multiply 
C) To divide
D) To find the value of an expression

11) What is a hundredths grid?
A) A coordinate plane  
B) A graph divided into hundredths
C) A map scaled to hundreds of miles
D) A display of hundreds of objects

12) What does elapsed time mean? 
A) Time that has passed
B) A length of time  
C) Time remaining 
D) Time speeding up

13) What is symmetry?
A) When a shape folds into matching parts  
B) When measurements are equal
C) A line dividing a shape in half
D) A part compared to the whole

14) What is a formula?
A) A statement showing the relationship between quantities  
B) An equation with multiple variables 
C) Rules for solving a math problem
D) A number pattern 

15) What does depict mean? 
A) To solve
B) To represent  
C) To measure
D) To divide

16) What is a coordinate grid?
A) A network of horizontal and vertical lines  
B) A map drawn to scale
C) A flat shape with straight sides 
D) A graph showing data trends

17) What doeshicks perimeter refer to?
A) The distance around a 2D shape
B) The area within a 2D shape 
C) The surface area of a 3D shape
D) The total volume inside a 3D shape

18) What is a dependent variable?
A) The variable that causes a change
B) The variable that depends on other factors  
C) The variable with the larger value
D) The variable that is constant  

19) What does round mean?
A) To flatten 
B) To find the sum
C) To estimate a number value 
D) To divide into equal groups 

20) What are associative properties?
A) Rules for grouping numbers with operations 
B) Relationships between angles 
C) Attributes of geometric shapes
D) Ways to break apart numbers

21) What is a reflection?
A) Pointing out an error
B) An image flipped over a line  
C) When light bounces off a surface
D) Careful thought 

22) What does ratio refer to?
A) A fraction comparing amounts
B) The difference between two numbers
C) The probability an event will occur
D) The steepness of a slope   

23) What does discrete mean? 
A) Separate and distinct
B) Curved  
C) Having the same measure
D) Related to or connected  

24) What does annotate mean?
A) To remove details 
B) To combine points
C) To make notes or add comments
D) To memorize information

25) What does transform mean in math?
A) To make larger
B) To change the position or form of a shape   
C) To reflect over a line 
D) To rotate through a turn

26) What does adhere mean?  
A) To stick to
B) To divide into groups
C) To line up evenly 
D) To transfer from one to another 

27) What is rate?
A) How much of something  
B) A measure of one amount relative to another 
C) Speed 
D) A fraction with different units

28) What does justify mean? 
A) To make a graph 
B) To create a model
C) To provide evidence for reasoning
D) To find the average of a set of numbers

29) What does concurrent mean?
A) Intersecting  
B) Not corresponding 
C) Occurring at the same time
D) Touching at a point

30) What does depict mean?
A) To represent visually 
B) To compare two amounts
C) To make an inference  
D) To summarize data

31) What is a projection?
A) An estimate or guess
B) A numerical value rounded 
C) A 2D representation of a 3D object  
D) The measurement of an angle 

32) What does constitute mean?  
A) To be made of
B) To divide into parts
C) To join points into a figure 
D) To show on a graph

33) What does ascending order mean?
A) Decreasing values
B) Random arrangement
C) Increasing values  
D) Equal intervals 

34) What is a linear equation?
A) An equation with exponents 
B) An equation that makes a straight line graph
C) An equation with one variable
D) An equation with multiple operations

35) What does function mean?
A) A mathematical relation between values
B) An equation with two variables
C) A shape with a specific number of sides
D) A number pattern or sequence

36) What does magnitude mean?  
A) Direction 
B) Speed
C) Size or amount
D) Slope

37) What does undergo mean?
A) To change  
B) To reflect over an axis
C) To rotate through a turn
D) To translate on a coordinate plane

38) What are integers?
A) All positive numbers
B) All negative numbers
C) Positive and negative whole numbers
D) Positive and negative fractions

39) What does initial mean?  
A) Complete 
B) Final
C) Original 
D) Eventual 

40) What does coordinate mean? 
A) To compare two amounts
B) To draw a network of lines
C) To locate a point using two values
D) To organize data into categories 

41) What is volume?
A) Length x width 
B) Length x width x height
C) The area of all faces of a 3D shape
D) The amount a shape weighs

42) What is a dividend? 
A) The remainder in division
B) The total after multiplication
C) The number being divided 
D) The quotient in division

43) What is a circumference?  
A) The radius 
B) The diameter 
C) The distance around a circle
D) The center of a circle

44) What is an interval?
A) The difference between values 
B) A ray on the coordinate plane
C) The distance around a polygon
D) A set containing all points between two endpoints

45) What does transparent mean?
A) Easy to see through
B) Reflective 
C) Flexible
D) breakable

46) What is a coefficient? 
A) A number multiplied by a variable
B) The sum of a series of numbers
C) The result of a division expression 
D) The largest number in a data set  

47) What does sequence mean?
A) Order of operations 
B) Data increasing by equal amounts
C) A pattern with numbers in order
D) Numbers arranged by place value

48) What is a cylinder?
A) A pyramid without a base
B) A prism with circular ends
C) A 3D shape with one circular face
D) A cone that is cut off

49) What does distribute mean?
A) To rearrange randomly
B) To separate into groups
C) To spread out evenly
D) To give out quantities in portions  

50) What is an exponent?
A) The base of a shape
B) The faces of a 3D shape
C) A number that indicates repeated multiplication
D) A number being multiplied 

51) What does adjacent mean? 
A) Separate
B) Connected 
C) Overlapping
D) Next to 

52) What does justify mean?
A) To move a shape on a grid
B) To make angles equal
C) To create a graph
D) To give mathematical evidence for reasoning  

53) What does discrete mean?
A) Related
B) Separate and distinct 
C) Consecutive 
D) Tangent 

54) What is a unit fraction?
A) Any common fraction
B) A fraction with a 1 in the numerator
C) A fraction equal to 1 whole
D) A fraction with a numerator larger than 1

55) What does compose mean?
A) To put together
B) To compare
C) To sort into groups 
D) To draw geometric shapes

56) What does property mean in math?
A) Characteristics of shapes
B) Numerical statistics  
C) Unique features of numbers 
D) Fixed traits describing numbers

57) What does justify mean in math?
A) To move a shape on a grid
B) To make angles equal
C) To provide evidence for reasoning  
D) To create a graph

58) What does transform mean in math?
A) To make larger
B) To reflect over an axis
C) To rotate through a turn
D) To change the position or form of a shape

59) What does random mean?
A) Mysterious
B) Accidental
C) Without a pattern  
D) Frequent

60) What is statistics?
A) The study of shapes
B) The science of patterns 
C) The study of data  
D) The use of formulas 

61) What is capacity?
A) Speed 
B) Volume
C) Area
D) Maximum amount that can be contained  

62) What is a dividend?
A) The number being divided
B) The remainder  
C) The total 
D) The difference 

63) What is range? 
A) Lower to upper bounds for data
B) A measure of central tendency
C) The height of a 3D shape
D) Distance between two points

64) What is a multiple?
A) Product of multiplication
B) A number with an integer factor 
C) Larger than the original amount
D) Smaller than the original amount 

65) What does adjacent mean?
A) Separate
B) Connected
C) Overlapping 
D) Next to

66) What does linear refer to? 
A) Curving 
B) Zigzag
C) Straight 
D) Fixed 

67) What does percent mean? 
A) Part of 100
B) Decimal value
C) Fraction
D) Rate

68) What does sum mean?
A) Difference
B) Product 
C) Total  
D) Ratio

69) What is an exponent?
A) Base of a shape
B) Number being multiplied
C) Number indicating repeated multiplication  
D) Result of multiplication

70) What does percentile mean?
A) Percent divided by 100
B) Measure out of 100 
C) Fraction with 100 as denominator
D) Number multiplied by 100

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