The LPAC committee in Texas: the three required members, the four statutory deadlines, what it decides at each review, and how monitoring works after reclassification.
TELPAS Alternate explained: who qualifies, which committees decide together, the two exemptions, and how the alternate descriptors differ from regular TELPAS.
The TELPAS writing rubric explained: the twelve-point scale, its three traits, what a writing collection must contain, and how to use TEA's annotated examples.
TELPAS calibration explained: the four required rater activities, the 70 percent standard, and why the training belongs in September rather than February.
TELPAS practice test links by grade cluster: the free official TEA released tests, the online practice site, and the rater scoring guides, and what each one fixes.
Texas English Learner requirements: how Emergent Bilinguals are identified, the bilingual and ESL program rules, the LPAC, TELPAS, and reclassification.
Emergent Bilingual is the Texas term for an English Learner. Where it came from, how newcomers and Long-Term EBs differ, and what supporting them requires.
