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.
2024–2025 Correspondence
- 02/26/2025 Development of the 2027–2028 Student Assessment Testing Calendar
- 12/02/2024 Notice of Texas' Waiver Renewal Request for Accelerated Testers
- 11/25/2024 Notice of STAAR Alternate 2 Waiver Request
- 08/23/2024 Texas Assessment Program Updates for 2024-2025
Previous Years
- 05/02/2024 School Closures Due to Flooding During Spring STAAR
- 03/20/2024 Hybrid Scoring Resources Available
- 03/18/2024 Draft 2026–2027 Testing Calendar
- 03/01/2024 December 2023 STAAR Extended Constructed Responses
- 01/05/2024 New Research Portal for the Texas Assessment Program
- 08/10/2023 Updated STAAR Alternate 2 Participation Requirements
- 08/04/2023 Selection for 2024 Stand-Alone Field Test
- 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
- 01/06/22 Update on English I and English II STAAR Interim Assessments Available for Administration in Window 3
- 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
- 08/20/21 Selection 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
- 09/24/19 Testing Calendar Update for 2019–2020
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