Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) and TELPAS Alternate

A federally required assessment program designed to measure the annual progress that ELLs make in learning academic English in grades K - 12.

General Information about TELPAS

• TELPAS assesses students in alignment with the Texas English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)

• There are four language domains used to assess TELPAS: listening, speaking, reading, and writing

• Student performance is reported in terms of the four English language proficiency levels: beginning, intermediate, advanced, and advanced high

• TELPAS results are used in accountability and performance-based monitoring indicators

Eligibility Requirements

• All K-12 ELLs, including those whose parents declined bilingual/ESL program services (denials/PEIMS code C) are assessed annually

• There are rare circumstances in which a student served by special education may not be required to participate in one or more TELPAS language domains.

TELPAS Alternate

• Available fall 2021

Required Training for TELPAS Alternate

• Available fall 2021