TELPAS
TELPAS is an English language proficiency assessment designed to assess the progress that EB students make in learning the English language. The assessment is aligned to the Texas English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS). TELPAS fulfills ESSA, which requires that all EB students be assessed annually until they are determined to be proficient in the English language.
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TELPAS for kindergarten and grade 1 includes holistically rated observational assessments of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. For grades 2–12, TELPAS consists of online assessments for listening and speaking and for reading and writing. TELPAS is administered once a year, in the spring, and retest opportunities are not offered.
For more information about TELPAS, refer to the TELPAS Resources webpage.