There are many changes to Texas student assessment for the 2021-2022 school year. This blog post will examine the known changes as well as some of the things that will not change for the upcoming year. Change in Test Vendor Cambium Assessments, Inc. (CAI) will be the new state test vendor...
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...
TEA has released the Spring 2021 State Assessment Guidance document that offers districts and campuses flexibility on the administration of required...
The STAAR Alternate 2 is the alternate statewide assessment for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. This post will discuss a...
TEA has recently released guidance around the December 2020 STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) administrations. As a reminder, December EOC administrations...
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...
TEA has recently updated the 2020-2021 Testing Calendar. Windows for the online administrations of most state tests have been extended. These...
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...
House Bill 3906 was passed during the 8th Texas Legislature session in 2019. This house bill created many changes to education and assessment policy...
