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State Assessments for Emergent Bilingual Students
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What is TELPAS?
TEA designed the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) and TELPAS Alternate to assess the progress that emergent bilingual students make in learning the English language.
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What is STAAR?
The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) program, which was implemented in spring 2012, includes annual assessments for
- reading and mathematics, grades 3–8
- writing at grades 4 and 7
- science at grades 5 and 8
- social studies at grade 8
- end-of-course (EOC) assessments for English I, English II, Algebra I, biology and U.S history.
STAAR Resources Included:
- Understanding your student's test score
- STAAR/EOC Blueprints
- Released test questions
