English Language Proficiency Standards The English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards contain the language skills that limited English proficient children in Texas are taught to ensure that they have the full opportunity to learn English and succeed academically. The ELP standards are part of the state-required curriculum, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The ELP standards consist of the Spanish language arts TEKS (grades K-6) and the English as a second language TEKS (grades K-12).
Interpreting Assessment Results This guide provides information about the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), the Reading Proficiency Tests in English (RPTE), the State-Developed Alternative Assessment (SDAA), and the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS); displays and explains examples of standard and optional assessment reports; and assists school personnel in understanding and interpreting student performance data as required by Section 39.030(b) of the Texas Education Code.
Linguistically Accommodated Testing (LAT) Alternative mathematics assessment process for English Language Learners (ELLs) who are LEP-exempt from regular TAKS mathematics tests in Grades 3-8 and 10. LAT results are used in the Adequate Yearly Progress Accountability (AYP) system required by NCLB.
TEA List of Approved Tests TEAs annual review of approved tests for use in the identification of students of limited English proficiency as well as entry/exit from bilingual education and special language programs, in accordance with 19 TAC §89.1225(d) relating to Testing and Classification of Students.
Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) This Assessment system consists of Reading Proficiency Test in English (RPTE) and Texas Observation Protocols (TOP) to measure language proficiency progress of Limited English Proficient Students (LEP).
The Locally Determined Alternate Assessment (LDAA) Locally assigned assessment used to measure the learning of a student receiving special education services whose ARD committee has determined that both the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and the State-Developed Alternative Assessment (SDAA) are inappropriate.
The State Developed Alternative Assessment (SDAA) Assesses special education students in Grades 3-8 who are receiving instruction in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) but for whom TAKS™ is an inappropriate measure of their academic progress.
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