HB 3906, passed in 2019 by the 86th Texas Legislature, requires that by the 2022-2023 school year no more than 75% of the items on STAAR tests be of the multiple choice item type. TEA has defined multiple choice as “an assessment Item in which the student is tasked with selecting...
TEA has released the Spring 2021 State Assessment Guidance document that offers districts and campuses flexibility on the administration of required...
TEA has recently released guidance around the December 2020 STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) administrations. As a reminder, December EOC administrations...
In our unusual school year, teachers and administrators have more data to track and analyze than ever before. With virtual, face-to-face...
As it has for the past few years, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has created optional online interim assessments for the 2020-2021 school year that...
One of the greatest challenges in education has been pulling data to make pedagogical decisions to increase the effectiveness of teaching and...
TEA has recently updated the 2020-2021 Testing Calendar. Windows for the online administrations of most state tests have been extended. These...
TEA has made both the TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate assessments optional for LEAs to complete for the 2019-2020 school year. For those who want to...
With the cancellation of all STAAR assessments for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year, TEA has issued an Assessment Guidance document for...
Governor Abbott has used his authority as governor of Texas to suspend annual academic assessment requirements for the remainder of the 2019-2020...
