COVID-19 Support: Student Assessment
Welcome to the COVID-19 support page for student assessment. Here you can find guidance and resources organized by the following categories. Simply click on a category link to be taken directly to those resources below on the page. For questions, please email disasterinfo@tea.texas.gov.
 2020 - 2021 School Year |
| STAAR Assessment | Optional Beginning of Year Assessments | TELPAS |
| Other Assessments |
FAQ and Guidance
- Online Testing Window Extensions for 20-21 (PDF) June 16 2020
Correspondence and Notices
FAQ and Guidance
- Optional Beginning of Year Assessments FAQ (PDF) September 10 2020
Tools, Templates, and Resources
Correspondence and Notices
- Optional Beginning-of-Year Assessments for 2020-2021 (PDF) July 9 2020
FAQ and Guidance
- SY 20-21 English Learner Guidance (PDF) October 8 2020
FAQ and Guidance
- SY 20-21 College Prep Assessments: SAT, SAT, TSIA, AP/IB (PDF) September 24 2020
- SY 20-21 Reading Diagnostic Instruments Guidance (PDF) June 4 2020
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2019 - 2020 School Year |
| STAAR Assessment | Optional Beginning of Year Assessments | TELPAS |
| FitnessGram | Other Assessments | Optional End of Year Assessments |
FAQ and Guidance
- Assessment Guidance (PDF) May 26 2020
- Guidance On Individual Graduation Committees (PDF) May 19 2020
Tools, Templates, and Resources
- Instructions for Submitting a Parent Notification for Students at Risk of Failure Waiver (PDF) May 28 2020
Correspondence and Notices
- Governor Abbott Waives STAAR Testing Requirements (PDF) March 16 2020
- TAA: STAAR Cancellation (PDF) March 18 2020
- STAAR Test Material Return (PDF) March 17 2020
- STAAR Alt 2 / TELPAS Material Return (PDF) March 17 2020
- Texas ESSA Waiver Request on Assessment and Accountability (PDF) March 24 2020
- USDE Approval of Texas ESSA Waiver Request on Assessment and Accountability (PDF) March 30 2020
FAQ and Guidance
- English Learner Guidance (TELPAS and LPAC) (PDF) May 26 2020
FAQ and Guidance
- FitnessGram Assessment and Reporting Guidance (PDF) March 27 2020
FAQ and Guidance
- ASVAB FAQ (PDF) May 5 2020
- Reading Diagnostic Instruments Guidance (PDF) June 4 2020
Tools, Templates, and Resources
- Instructions for submitting an ASVAB Waiver (PDF) May 5 2020
FAQ and Guidance
- Optional End of Year Assessments FAQ (PDF) May 7 2020
Tools, Templates, and Resources
- Optional End of Year Assessments Website
- Optional End of Year Assessment Webinar (PPT) April 28 2020
- Optional End of Year Assessment Webinar Recording April 28 2020
- How to provide a student registration data file for optional end of year assessments (YouTube)
- Spring 2020 Optional End of Year Assessment District Registration Webform
- Spring 2020 Optional End of Year Assessment Parent Registration Form
- https://tea.texas.gov/student-assessment/testing/student-assessment-overview/optional-end-of-year-assessments (Overview)
- https://tea.texas.gov/student-assessment/testing/student-assessment-overview/parent-registration-for-eoy-assessments (Registration)