All students enrolled in Texas public schools and open-enrollment charter schools are required by federal and state law to participate in the Texas Assessment Program. EB students are required to be assessed annually until they meet emergent bilingual reclassification criteria.The in English language proficiency until they are determined to be proficient by meeting the EB reclassification criteria. This includes students classified as EB/EL in PEIMS whose parents have declined bilingual or ESL program services (PEIMS code C).
A student’s ARD committee, in conjunction with the LPAC, should must determine if an EB student receiving special education services is eligible meets the participation requirements for TELPAS Alternate. Refer to the TELPAS Alternate Participation Requirements LPAC Decisions Educator Guide on the TELPAS Alternate LPAC Resources webpage. The following grade-level guidelines apply:
Students in grades 3–12 who meet ALL the all participation requirements will take TELPAS Alternate. If students do not meet all participation requirements, they must take TELPAS.
For students in grade 2, the ARD committee, in conjunction with the LPAC, will be required to must make an assessment determination for TELPAS Alternate, as there is no STAAR Alternate 2 assessment for grade 2. The student should take TELPAS unless the committees determine that TELPAS Alternate is more appropriate.
Students in kindergarten and grade 1 are not eligible for TELPAS Alternate. They will ; they must be assessed with TELPAS holistically rated assessments.
If the In rare circumstances a student’s ARD committee determines that an EB student in grades 2–12 may determine prior to the test administration that the student will not participate in TELPAS Alternate because the student meets the eligibility criteria for “No Authentic Academic Response” or a “Medical Exception,.” the student will not be required to participate in TELPAS Alternate. For eligibility criteria, refer to Refer to the eligibility criteria on the TELPAS Alternate Resources webpage.
For information on EB students who enroll in a district before or during the administration window, refer to the Student Mobility section /wiki/spaces/ODCCM2324/pages/2974918468 page of these Coordinator Resources.