All students enrolled in Texas public schools and open-enrollment charter schools, including virtual schools, are required by federal and state law to participate in the Texas Assessment Program. EB students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 who are not over the age of 21 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 student reclassification criteria available on the Bilingual and English as a Second Language Education Programs webpage. This includes students classified as EB/EL in PEIMS whose parents have declined bilingual or ESL program services (PEIMS code C). Refer to the LPAC Decisions Educator Guide on the Assessments for Special Populations webpage.
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 available on the TELPAS Alternate 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. Such students 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 must be assessed with TELPAS holistically rated assessments.
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, as there is no TELPAS Alternate assessment for those grades.
In rare circumstances a student’s ARD committee 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 a medical exception or no authentic academic response. Refer to the eligibility criteria on the TELPAS Alternate Resources webpage for more information.
For information on EB students who enroll in a district before or during the administration window, refer to the Student Mobility section page of these Coordinator Resources.