Student Assessment Correspondence with Districts
Below is a list of correspondence sent to all local education agencies from the TEA Student Assessment Division during the current school year.
2023–2024
- 08/10/2023 Updated STAAR Alternate 2 Participation Requirements
- 08/04/2023 Selection for 2024 Stand-Alone Field Test
Previous Years
05/16/2023 Viewing STAAR Results in CRS
04/27/2023 Final Testing Calendars Available
04/21/2023 STAAR Allowed Time to Test
03/10/2023 Instructions for Additional Opportunity to Request Paper Materials for Spring 2023 STAAR
03/03/2023 Draft 2025-2026 Testing Calendar Announced
01/17/2023 Updated TELPAS Holistic Ratings Process
01/12/2023 Guidance on STAAR and UIL Conflicts
11/28/2022 Public Notice of Texas' Waiver Request for STAAR Alternate 2 Requirements
08/29/2022 Texas Assessment Program Updates 2022-2023
04/27/22 May 2022 STAAR Grades 3–8 Paper Administration
02/10/22 Update to the 2022–2023 Student Assessment Testing Calendar
01/07/22 February 2022 Stand-Alone Field-Test Instructions
12/10/21 Public Notice of Texas Request of Waiver for Assessment and Accountability Requirements
12/07/21 Character Count Limits for the December 2021 STAAR Online Tests
11/19/21 December 2021 STAAR Guidance
09/03/21 Update on Released Tests, Practice Tests, and Optional Assessments
08/31/21 Updated Information for February 2022 Stand-Alone Field Test
06/30/21 House Bill 4545 Testing Calendar Updates
06/23/21 New Training Activities for the Texas Assessment Program
05/20/21 Student Assessment Updates for the 2021–2022 School Year
05/11/21 May 2021 STAAR Grade 3 Reading Online Tests Update
04/30/21 May 2021 STAAR Grade 3 Reading Online Tests
04/30/21 May 2021 STAAR—Important Reminder to Verify Online Test Settings
04/30/21 STAAR Resources for Families
04/07/21 April 2021 STAAR Online Testing Update
04/06/21 Additional Information on Technical Difficulties with the April 2021 STAAR Online Tests
04/06/21 Technical Difficulties with the April 2021 STAAR Online Tests -- Update
04/06/21 Technical Difficulties with the April 2021 STAAR Online Tests
02/05/21 New Supplemental STAAR Alternate 2 Training Module
01/14/21 Spring and Summer 2021 Assessment Guidance
12/22/20 Award of Student Assessment Contracts
12/16/20 Request Participation in New Item Type Cognitive Lab
11/17/20 Draft Waiver Request Notice on One Percent Cap
10/27/20 December 2020 STAAR EOC Assessment Guidance
10/08/20 BOY Registration Window Closing
09/23/20 Guidance on Tracking Covid-19 2020 Waivers
09/17/20 New Supplemental STAAR Training Modules
09/10/20 Beginning of Year (BOY) Testing Window Extension
09/01/20 Texas Formative Assessment Resource (TFAR) Demonstration Webinars
08/17/20 Texas Formative Assessment Resource and STAAR Interim Assessments
06/26/20 Update to 2020–2021 Testing Calendar
06/02/20 Assessment Survey June 2020
04/22/20 Optional End of Year Assessments Webinar
03/12/20 Oral Administration of STAAR Reading
03/09/20 2020 TELPAS Manual Additional Corrections
03/03/20 Clarification on Substitute Assessments
02/18/20 TELPAS Test Administrator Manual Corrections
01/27/20 TELPAS TETN email
12/18/19 Future Technology Changes
07/31/19 Testing Calendar Update for 2019-2020
06/26/19 2018-2019 Released Assessments
05/21/19 Update to the 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 Testing Calendars
04/18/19 STAAR Alternate 2 Testing Window Extension
12/19/18 December 2018 Assessment Updates
05/10/18 2018 Teacher Institutes
05/07/18 New STAAR Alternate 2 Participation Requirements
05/05/18 Student Assessment May 2018 Newsletter
04/09/18 Student Assessment April 2018 Newsletter
04/06/18 Important Changes for the 2018 STAAR Administrations
03/20/18 Request for District Participation in the TELPAS Alternate Pilot Test
03/02/18 2018 TELPAS Listening and Speaking Reminders
11/14/17 December 2017 STAAR EOC Assessment Test Administration Supplement
10/09/17 Testing Information Regarding Former TAKS Examinees Taking STAAR
10/09/17 Student Assessment Newsletter
09/11/17 Important Changes to the Texas Assessment Program for the 2017–2018 School Year
09/11/17 Update to the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 Testing Calendars
08/04/17 2017 STAAR and TELPAS Released Tests