updated Aug. 17, 2009 | Contact Student Assessment | Printing PDFs
Texas Education Code §39.023(e) requires the Texas Education Agency to release only the primary form of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills–Modified (TAKS–M) for every grade and subject tested every three years. The three-year release schedule was enacted by the 80th Texas Legislature in 2007 and modified by the 81st Texas Legislature in 2009. The new release schedule will be implemented in 2009 and will affect assessments given in the 2008–2009 school year. Student Success Initiative (SSI) and exit level retests will not be released.
New Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) reading tests for grades 2–12 were implemented in the 2007–2008 school year. The first release of these tests is planned for summer 2010.
The released tests are available in the following formats:
- TAKS™ - A set of representative TAKS items was released in 2008.