Assessment and Accountability

Main Contact Information

Phone: (512) 463-9414
Email: ReviewandSupport@tea.texas.gov

Main Contact Information

Phone: (512) 463-5226
Email: pmidivision@tea.texas.gov

Main Contact Information

Phone: (512) 463-9536
Email: studentassessment@tea.texas.gov

Main Contact Information

Email: DataComplaints@tea.texas.gov

Main Contact Information

Phone: (512) 463-9704
Email: performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov

Main Contact Information

Phone: (512) 463-9536
Email: studentassessment@tea.texas.gov

Support

Texas Assessment Program Help Desk

Additionally, TEA supports local education agencies with data submissions, data systems, monitoring and interventions.

The Self-Reported Data Unit (SRDU) within the Office of Governance works together with local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve data submissions and ensure that they are in compliance with related state and federal laws, rules, and regulations. The team supports multiple data-driven systems, including the state accountability system, and TEA program areas by examining the data submitted through the Texas Student Data System (TSDS) Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) as well as Performance-Based Monitoring (PBM) data validation indicators.

The Results Driven Accountability (RDA) Data and Reports, formerly Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS), is an automated data system that reports annually on the performance of LEAs in selected program areas (Bilingual Education/English as a Second Language/Emergent Bilingual, Other Special Populations, and Special Education).

The School Improvement Division supports the state’s goal to improve low-performing schools by reviewing, evaluating, monitoring, and intervening with campuses and their districts to ensure excellence in education for all students. The major responsibilities of the division include monitoring and interventions for state accountability, federal accountability, and dropout recovery.

Contact Information

Performance Reporting - Welcome to the TEA Help Desk

Self-Reporting Data Unit

Division of Review and Support

Phone:
(512) 463-9414

School Improvement Division

Accountability

The Texas Education Agency evaluates public schools and districts under state accountability requirements. In this section, you will find information about a district’s accreditation status, financial accountability and state accountability ratings and standards.

TEA accredits public schools in Texas at the district level for grades K-12. The Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions section of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) states how accreditation statuses will be determined and assigned to school districts. Those statuses are defined as Accredited, Accredited-Warned, Accredited-Probation, and Not Accredited-Revoked. The TAC rules also establish accreditation standards and sanctions, including definitions, purpose and oversight appointments.

The state's school financial accountability rating system, known as the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST), ensures that Texas public schools and charters are held accountable for the quality of their financial management practices and that they improve those practices.

The Texas Legislature in 1993 enacted statutes that mandated the creation of the Texas public school accountability system to rate school districts and evaluate campuses. Our state accountability page has information available about our statewide accountability rating system, the Texas Academic Performance Reports, school report cards, and the 2012-2013 Texas Performance Reporting System.

Contact Information

Program Monitoring and Interventions

Phone:
(512) 463-5226

Assessment and Accountability

Access tools and resources on assessment and assessment reporting, state and federal accountability reporting, and A-F Accountability…

General information to support test administration activities for the Texas Assessment Program is provided below.

Testing Calendars

The links below open the Student Assessment testing calendars.  For other key dates in each administration, refer to the Calendar of Events.

Test Security

Maintaining the security and confidentiality of the Texas Assessment Program is critical for ensuring fair and equal testing opportunities for all Texas students. Given the many uses of student performance data and the need to assure educators, parents, students, and the public that test results are meaningful and valid, it is imperative that all individuals participating in the Texas Assessment Program preserve the integrity of test content and student data through strict adherence to the instructions and procedures contained in the test administration materials. Refer to the Test Security section of the District and Campus Coordinator Resources for detailed information, including test security oaths. 

Trainings

Most trainings for the Texas Assessment Program may be found within the Learning Management System. The Student Assessment Division coordinates with the Technology Alliance for Statewide Initiatives (formerly the Texas Education Telecommunications Network) to present webinars on timely topics throughout the school year. Specific presentations provided by assessments staff are linked below. 

2025 Texas Assessment Conference Presentations

Educator Guides

Educator guides are documents designed to familiarize Texas educators with a specific testing program or process.  

Test Administration Manuals

The District and Campus Coordinator Resources (DCCR), a collection of webpages, are published at the beginning of each school year and provide the information necessary for district and campus testing coordinators to prepare, administer, and complete the assessments within the Texas Assessment Program.  

Test administrator manuals explain the responsibilities of test administrators. Test administration information documents supplement the manuals for specific test administrations. 

Updating Local Educational Agency Contact Information

TEA and Cambium must maintain accurate information about the name, email and mailing address of the superintendent and district testing coordinator, as well as the current shipping address for delivery of testing materials. For specific directions to update names, emails, shipping or mailing addresses, refer to the following:

  • For school districts for which the name, email, or mailing address of your superintendent or district testing coordinator has changed, please submit that change to TEA's AskTED (Texas Education Directory) database through your district's AskTED administrator. For help with AskTED, please call (512) 475-3523 or visit the AskTED website.
  • If you are a school district and have a change to the shipping address, your AskTED coordinator can make this update through TEAL. Make sure to use the physical address where all testing materials are received, not the mailing address where normal correspondence is sent unless they happen to be the same address. This change cannot be made over the phone or by email.
  • If you are an open-enrollment charter school for which the name, email, shipping or mailing address of your chief administrative officer or district testing coordinator has changed, please contact the Charter School Division at (512) 463-9575.