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Texas Through-year Assessment Pilot Participant Resources

The Texas Through-year Assessment Pilot is exploring whether Texas's current summative assessment can be replaced with a cohesive progress monitoring system that generates a cumulative score.

Purpose of Participant Resources

This webpage has been created specifically for TTAP participants in the 2024–2025 school year, including teachers, campus administrators, district testing coordinators (DTCs), campus testing coordinators (CTCs), and academic support staff, while our public TTAP webpage remains available to the general public. This webpage houses all Year 3 resources and serves as a one-stop shop for everything needed to support TTAP participants and provide assessment planning guidance for the 2025–2026 school year.

NEW: 2025–2026 School Year TTAP Update

For the 2025–2026 school year, the pilot will be solely focused on analysis and research using all the data TEA has accumulated over the last three years. As a result, there will not be a test administration of TTAP during the 2025–2026 school year.

2025-2026 School Year FAQs

What is the plan for TTAP in the 2025-2026 school year?

TEA will utilize data collected from TTAP participants over the past three years and continue researching the feasibility of a full-scope through-year model as a summative replacement. This includes investigating the impact of missing scores during the school year and using existing student data from Reading Language Arts (RLA) items to study a potential RLA model.

What can TTAP participants expect this year?

There are no impacts on the remainder of the 2024–2025 school year. Districts should continue following the pilot's expectations. District participation and implementation play a crucial role in the success of the program, as the pilot requires adequate collection of student performance data as well as in-depth participant feedback to inform decision making and draw conclusions. The Opportunity 3 administration is occurring as planned, and it provides the most comparable information to how your students are expected to perform on STAAR at the end of the school year.

What should TTAP participants for the 2024-2025 school year do for next year?

TTAP campuses and districts should explore various interim/benchmarking assessment options for the 2025-2026 school year. TEA recommends transitioning to STAAR Interim Assessments, which is a free and viable alternative that uses the same system and testing platform. Districts can attend the September STAAR Interim Assessments training for more details about implementing STAAR Interim Assessments in the 2025-2026 school year.

 

2024-2025 School Year Participant Responsibilities and Expectations

District participation and implementation play a crucial role in the success of the program, and current participants should continue following the pilot's expectations as outlined in the table below.

Responsibility DTC/CTC Campus Admin Teachers
Test Administration: Administer TTAP 3 times a year during testing windows to all eligible students. Yes Yes Yes
Training Completion: Complete all required training modules assigned. Yes Yes Yes
Teacher Liaison: Communicate with the TTAP team when participants have pilot-related questions. Yes Yes No
Assessment Strategy: Ensure all TTAP Guidelines are being followed by enforcing security requirements and confirming that no other benchmarks are given.  Yes Yes No
Student Data: Access and interpret student results after each testing opportunity. Campus admins should guide teachers on score report interpretation.  No Yes Yes
Training Tracking: Ensure staff are completing required trainings and feedback loops (e.g. surveys). Yes No No
Administration Logistics: Register and roster students in TIDE and create test sessions in TDS. Yes No No
Contact List: Upload initial TTAP participant contact list and update as needed throughout the school year.  Yes No No

Training Requirements

All required and supplemental TTAP trainings can be accessed in the Learning Management System (LMS). After logging in, users can navigate to "Catalog" in the left panel and select "TTAP Trainings" to access all published pilot trainings. The password to access TTAP training in Year 3 is “TTAP-24-25”. The table below includes the training windows for the 2024–2025 school year, along with required and recommended participants for each training.

  Coordinator Orientation Educator Orientation Opportunity 1 Training Opportunity 2 Training Opportunity 3 Training
LMS Window 10/1/2024–10/3/2024 10/7/2024–10/25/2024 11/11/2024–11/22/2024 1/27/2025–2/7/2025 3/10/2025–3/28/2025
Campus Admin Optional Required Required Required Required

Teachers*

 Optional Required Required Optional Optional

DTCs

 Required Optional Optional Optional Optional

CTCs

 Required Optional Optional Optional Optional
Curriculum Staff Optional Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended

*Teachers who have previously participated in the pilot will only be required to complete the Educator Orientation and Opportunity 1 training module, as well as any modules that were not completed during the 2023-24 school year.

Key Dates

Key Dates Description
October 1–3, 2024 TTAP Coordinator Overview (Live)
October 7–October 25, 2024 TTAP Educator Overview
October 1–31, 2024 TIDE Rostering Period
November 11–15, 2024 Opportunity 1 Administration Window
November 11–22, 2024 Opportunity 1 Training Window
November 18, 2024 Opportunity 1 Score Reports Available
January 27–January 31, 2025 Opportunity 2 Administration Window
January 27–February 7, 2025 Opportunity 2 Training Window
February 3, 2025 Opportunity 2 Score Reports Available
March 10–28, 2025 Opportunity 3 Training Window
March 24–28, 2025 Opportunity 3 Administration Window
March 31, 2025 Opportunity 3 Math Score Reports Available
April 7, 2025 Opportunity 3 Science & Social Studies Score Reports Available

    Academic Resources

              For 2024–2025, the blueprints for each testing opportunity will be similar in length and the TEKS assessed will be proportional across opportunities.

              TTAP consists of test items that are aligned to standards at different degrees of rigor.  Expanded item samplers are offered to give participants examples of the types of questions students might see on TTAP and illustrate the differences in difficulty.

              Draft Range Performance Level Descriptors (RPLDs) are available in Year 3 to provide guidance on the knowledge and skills expected of students to demonstrate proficiency of learning standards. This resource will continue to be refined as we collect educator feedback from pilot participants throughout the school year.

              Facilitation guides are an optional resource available to help guide participants through the process of interpreting score reports and combining TTAP data with formative data to guide student groupings and next steps. Facilitation guides are best used in a collaborative setting with a designated facilitator to guide the process.

              For districts interested in communicating general information about TTAP to families, the TTAP One-Pager and Family Letter Information Template are available.

              Four optional training videos will be available to Year 3 participants. These are short, content-specific trainings that participants can access at any time throughout the school year. Participants will be updated as trainings are posted.

              • Range PLD Supplemental Video [NEW]: This training will identify the intended uses of this new resource, provide guidance on aligning classroom tasks to Range PLDs, and will include scaffolding support to promote student growth.
              • CRS Navigation Tool: The CRS, or centralized reporting system, is where all TTAP student data is stored. This video is a step-by-step guide to help users access and log into the CRS and find and export student data files.
              • Balanced Assessment System: This supplemental video will cover what a balanced assessment system is and why it is important, the data each type of assessment provides and its intended uses, and how TTAP fits into a balanced assessment system.
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              Office Hours

              To support districts with the transition from TTAP, TEA will continue to offer office hours on an as-needed basis. Only district testing coordinators and campus administrators should sign up on behalf of their district. Attendees are asked to sign up at least 24 hours in advance and should come with specific questions to ask.

              TTAP Office Hours Link

              Contact Information

              Jamie Kwan
              Director of Assessment Initiatives

              Emily Winward
              Program Coordinator

              TTAP@tea.texas.gov

              (512) 463-1569