TELPAS & TELPAS Alt

  • Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System 
    TELPAS is an assessment program for students in Texas public schools who are learning the English language.  The Texas Education Agency (TEA) developed TELPAS to meet state and federal testing requirements.  Texas assesses English language learners (ELLs) annually in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  Students learning the English language begin participating in TELPAS in kindergarten and stop participating when their language proficiency assessment committee (LPAC) determines that they are proficient in the English language. 

    For students in kindergarten through grade 1, TELPAS consists of holistically rated assessments in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  The holistically rated assessments use classroom observations to measure students' progress in listening, speaking, and writing in English. 

    For students in grades 2-12, TELPAS has multiple-choice reading tests and holistically rated assessments in listening, speaking, and writing.  TELPAS assesses the progress that students are making in learning English.  The multiple-choice reading test is a one-day test that measures students' annual progress in learning to read in English.  The assessments of listening, speaking, and writing are based on classroom observations and a collection of the students' writing. 

    ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Testing Dates

    Elementary 
    Feb. 21 Listening and Speaking
    Feb. 22 Reading and Writing

    Middle School 
    Feb. 21 and 22
    Feb. 20 Listening and Speaking
    Feb. 21 Reading and Writing

    High School 
    Feb. 22 and 23
    Feb. 22 Listening and Speaking
    Feb. 23 Reading and Writing

    TELPAS Alternate
    The Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) Alternate is a holistic inventory aligns to the Texas English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPs); however, TELPAS Alternate is based on alternate proficiency level descriptors. This assessment is designed to address the specific access needs of emergent bilingual (EB) students in grades 2–12 with the most significant cognitive disabilities. TELPAS Alternate fulfills the requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act for assessing the English language proficiency of EB students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.  

    TELPAS Alternate holistically assesses EB students in grades 2–12 in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

    GPISD TELPAS Alterante will be conducted the week of Feb. 20 - 23.