State Assessment News & Updates

• May 22 - Last Day of Classes, early release
• May 23 - Staff Planning & Prep Day 📝
• May 26 - HOLIDAY! 🏖️

If you need to catch up, find links to this newsletter on the Resources page of our PfISD State Assessments website.

I'm never surprised to see our APs listed as campus Humanitarian of the Year. Congratulations!

• Lisa Bonilla, DRES
• Veronica Vance, WDES

Melissa Rangel at NES & Cari Gabbert at WLES achieved 100% participation on all Spring 2025 assessments (TELPAS, TELPAS Alternate, STAAR, STAAR Alternate). Cari shares the celebration with Allie Bost who coordinated TELPAS.

As noted in the reporting timeline below, authorized staff who are TIDE users will have access to student results in CRS as noted below. Campus coordinators should update TIDE rosters by May 16.

• TE user role allows access to rostered students
• CRV user role allows access to campus reports and must be used sparingly
• PR user role is restricted to the campus principal, associate principals, assistant principals & admin interns.
• Interventionists, and others who work with groups of students must be assigned the TE role and attached to students they serve on a TIDE roster.
• Most other user roles do not provide access to student level results in CRS.
• OTA user role has been removed from all users because it is only used for proctoring test sessions and does not provide any additional access.

Current users will have access through June 30. In July, I will begin resetting TIDE user accounts for 2025-2026. Except for the PR user role, all user accounts will be deleted. I'm happy to provide temporary access for campus staff who need access for specific PD or organized curriculum planning they may be participating in. They can reach out to me in July to request temporary access.

Except for those assigned to work June STAAR EOC, the CTC user role will be removed and you will be assigned the PR user role over the next few weeks. In August, some "refresh/what's new" training in TIDE's LMS will be required to regain access to your CTC user role. Details will be shared when available.

All 2024-2025 manuals for state assessments (TELPAS, STAAR) must be thrown out/recycled. Do not keep these on campus. The only exception is at WHS where we will use these for June EOC and then toss them.

If you still have any materials used by students during testing, those must be destroyed. This includes scratch paper, reference materials, supplemental aids, etc... . Please make sure these are shredded.

Documentation that has been scanned/saved does not need to be kept on campus, but you may choose to do so.

Campus principals should have a plan in place to ensure results for state assessments are shared in a confidential way with families as well as with staff. Assessment results are only available to those with an educational need. See this one-pager for all dates below.

TIDE users who are rostered to students will have access to student results as noted below. Campus coordinators should update TIDE rosters by May 16.

IMPORTANT: Upon release of Early Results, campus coordinators must immediately identify any incomplete results. When Preliminary Results are received, campus coordinators will use their findings from Early Results to immediately identify any missing or questionable results and report to Kelly. (For example, every student listed as present on a seating chart should be listed with results in CRS.) A precise timeline of when reports of missing or questionable results must be reported to Kelly is included below in order to request corrections that will be included in accountability. These dates are marked with 🚩 below. (If your work calendar concludes during the reporting windows, ensure that your principal is prepared to review the data and report any issues.)

🚨Campus administrators have a legal responsibility under FERPA to protect the confidentiality of student education records. You may provide education records, including assessment results, only to those with a legitimate need to use the data in the completion of their responsibilities as an educator.

✅ April 23 - TELPAS Alternate preliminary reports (including summary reports, student report cards and reporting data file) are available to district coordinator

✅ April 28 - TELPAS Alternate results available to families in Family Portal (via Skyward Family Access), public results available in TEA’s Research Portal; campuses should make paper copies of student report card available on request

✅ May 1 - Any questions or problems with TELPAS Alternate results must be submitted to district coordinator (deadline to ensure data is accurately reported for 2025 Accountability)🚩

May 21 - Early results for TELPAS available to district coordinator and will be shared with principals for student-level decision-making

May 23 - Early results for Spring STAAR EOC available to district coordinator and will be shared with principals for student-level decision-making (graduation requirements)

May 23 - Early results for TELPAS available in CRS to rostered campus educators

May 28 - Early results for Spring STAAR EOC available in CRS to rostered campus educators

May 30 - Early results for Spring STAAR 3-8 available to district coordinator and will be shared with principals for student-level decision-making

June 4 - Early results for Spring STAAR 3-8 available in CRS to rostered campus educators

June 4 - TELPAS preliminary reports (including summary reports, student report cards and reporting data file) are available to district coordinator

June 5 - Spring STAAR EOC preliminary reports (including summary reports, student report cards and reporting data file) are available to district coordinator

June 6 - Any questions or problems with TELPAS results must be submitted to district coordinator (deadline to ensure data is accurately reported for 2025 Accountability)🚩

June 9 - Early results for STAAR Alternate 2 available to district coordinator and will be shared with principals for student-level decision-making

June 9 - Any questions or problems with STAAR EOC results must be submitted to district coordinator (deadline to ensure data is accurately reported for 2025 Accountability)🚩

June 10 - STAAR EOC results available to families in Family Portal (via Skyward Family Access), public results available in TEA’s Research Portal; campuses should make paper copies of student report card available on request

June 11 - Early results for STAAR Alternate 2 available in CRS to rostered campus educators

June 12 - Spring STAAR 3-8 preliminary reports (including summary reports, student report cards and reporting data file) are available to district coordinator

June 12 - TELPAS results available to families in Family Portal (via Skyward Family Access), public results available in TEA’s Research Portal; campuses should make paper copies of student report card available on request

June 16 - Any questions or problems with STAAR 3-8 results must be submitted to district coordinator (deadline to ensure data is accurately reported for 2025 Accountability)🚩

June 17 - STAAR 3-8 results available to families in Family Portal (via Skyward Family Access), public results available in TEA’s Research Portal; campuses should make paper copies of student report card available on request

June 20 - STAAR Alternate 2 preliminary reports (including summary reports, student report cards and reporting data file) are available to district coordinator

June 24 - Any questions or problems with STAAR Alternate 2 results must be submitted to district coordinator (deadline to ensure data is accurately reported for 2025 Accountability)🚩

June 24 - STAAR Alternate 2 results available to families in Family Portal (via Skyward Family Access), public results available in TEA’s Research Portal; campuses should make paper copies of student report card available on request

Over the next few weeks, you'll see an informational campaign to help parents be prepared to receive state assessment results. The district communication does not take the place of campus communication. Please have a communication plan ready to launch before the last day of classes.

You will find some resources at this link (including EN/SP/V). Parents should plan to access results through Skyward's Family Access. The student's unique access code is not needed to access via Skyward. We have already uploaded unique access codes to Skyward for all students who participated in TELPAS and STAAR administrations and this will allow single sign on access via Skyward.

However, it is important that families keep the unique access code for future reference. If they leave PfISD, they will not have access through Skyward, and must use the unique access code to manually log in to the state's portal. Cambium provides some tools for you in TIDE. Open the "After Testing" Section for more information. I always recommend that families keep the unique access code with their important family documents.

Additionally, families may request a paper copy of the STAAR (TELPAS, etc...) Report Card (SRC). These will be saved in your campus folder in StateAssessments on the dates noted above. You may need to make a copy to save elsewhere for others to access when you are off calendar (enjoying a pretty drink on a chic beach🌴). Alternatively, you can let parents know when you will be available to provide these on request. Keep in mind that these must be kept confidential, and only authorized persons may receive these. You'll need to verify that the person making the request is authorized to access confidential student records.

We will have a new program for June 2025. Students will prep for 1-2 days (2 days of prep for EOC E1 & E2) and then take their test on the next day. More information is available here.

• For high schools & middle schools, if a student missed or is not successful on an EOC, you will be required to coordinate communication about June STAAR prep and testing. The campus is required to make at least 2 contacts with students.
• May 22 -
  • Last Day of Classes
  • EOC Results available to DTC.
  • Campuses begin student communication
  • Registration opens
• BY May 29 - 1st campus communication
• June 2-5 - 2nd campus communication
• More information. Templates and scripts for communication will be shared in the next few weeks.
• Angie Matysek is coordinating June STAAR EOC activities, and she will be in touch with middle and high schools.

STAAR EOC English I & II

Test Prep Days (2 days) - June 16 & 17

Test Days - June 18, students who need to take both EOC tests, will take the 2nd test on June 19

STAAR EOC Algebra I

Test Prep Day - June 23

Test Day - June 24

STAAR EOC U.S. History

Test Prep Day - June 23

Test Day - June 24

STAAR EOC Biology

Test Prep Day - June 25

Test Day - June 26

Region 13 is hosting TEA's Student Assessment Division to conduct a virtual training on using TIDE's Centralized Reporting System (CRS) and how to run reports. Data from TFAR and Interim will be used as model data for the training, and the methods can be used with any test data stored in CRS (STAAR, TELPAS, etc.).

• Thursday, June 12, 9-11:30 (registration available at the link below)
• Wednesday, August 27, 9-11:30 (not sure about registration for this session, but I'll share when I have it)
• Registration: Mastering the Centralized Reporting System (CRS)

Feel free to register and share this opportunity with other campus leaders who may be interested.

We're planning PD opportunities for August 2025. I'm putting together some opportunities to grow your spreadsheet skills to improve efficiency and accuracy.

Watch for a draft calendar coming soon.

Take some time to reflect on the 2024-2025 calendar, including any feedback shared by teachers, and give consideration to this when a draft is published.

I'm considering proposing a 2-week schedule for 2026. It would look generally like this:

HS

• W1 = EI/II (2 days, +1-2 for make-ups)
• W2 = A1/BI/US (3 days, +1 extra for make-ups)

MS

• W1 = RLA/SS (2 days, +1-2 for make-ups)
• W2 = MA/SC (2 days, +1-2 for make-ups)

ES

• W1 = RLA (2 days, +1 for make-ups)
• W2 = MA/SC (2 days, +1-2 for make-ups)

Please respond to the poll below to give me an idea of your general preference.

We usually share a final calendar in July/August.

I'd like to have input from campus coordinators and SA2 test administrators on scheduling this administration in Spring 2026. Please use the link below to complete the survey and share with any SA2 test administrator who may be interested in contributing.

Are you an ODS user? If you're not, you should be. Use your PfISD username/address to login.

From the PfISD website > Staff > Staff Resources > Systems & Data Resources > OnDataSuite

You'll find a ton of live and recorded trainings by clicking the "Trainings" menu. If you filter for "past," I recommend the following for beginners:

• Overview of Dashboards
• My Dashboard
• Staff & Student Profiles
• Basics of ODS

High school campus coordinators must ensure that Testhound, including all exclusions, are up-to-date no later than Monday, June 2, 2025.

Upcoming Training Opportunities - Find the link and/or preregister at this link (must be logged in to Testhound).

• Testhound Tune-Ups (live work sessions, bring your questions)
• These opportunities continue and are the schedule is available by clicking "Help" in Testhound.
• Find all available learning by clicking "Help" in the Testhound menu.
• From "Help", navigate to
• "Register for a Live TestHound Educational Session" or
• "Watch a Recorded Testhound Educational Session."

🦊 STAAR is over & Testhound went outside to explore and meet the BES fox! He's been so busy learning about PfISD this spring! 🐶

Share your puppy pics here, please! Include the name of your campus when you save your photo in the designated folder.