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The letters in TELPAS stand for the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System. The Texas Education Agency developed TELPAS to meet state and federal requirements. Texas annually assesses the English language proficiency of students who have been identified as English learners (ELs) in four language domains—listening, speaking, reading, and writing. TELPAS evaluates the progress that each EL makes in becoming proficient in the use of academic English.\u003Cbr>Who takes TELPAS? |  |  |  |\n|  | | Students in grades K-12 that have been identified as an EL are required to take TELPAS. This includes ELs whose parents have declined bilingual or English as a Second Language (ESL) program services. They will stop participating in TELPAS when their language proficiency assessment committee (LPAC) determines that they are proficient in the English language and have met exit criteria. This applies to all ELs even those who are not in a bilingual or ESL program. Once a student has met the state’s exit criteria, they will no longer be identified as an EL and will not have to participate in TELPAS. Information about the state’s reclassification (exit) |  |  |\n|  | criteria can be found at [https://tea.texas.gov/bilingual/esl/education/](https://tea.texas.gov/bilingual/esl/education/) .\u003Cbr>How are the TELPAS language domains assessed?\u003Cbr>In grades K-1, TELPAS includes holistically-rated listening, speaking, reading, and writing assessments based\u003Cbr>on ongoing classroom observations and student interactions. For each language area assessed, teachers use specific language proficiency guidelines to determine whether your child is at the beginning, intermediate, advanced, or advanced high stage of learning English. The proficiency guidelines take into account that young children do not all learn to read and write at the same rate.\u003Cbr>Students who are not yet at the stage of reading or writing in any language are evaluated on how well they use English in prereading and prewriting activities.\u003Cbr>In grades 2-12, TELPAS includes online reading and listening and speaking tests and holistically-rated student writing collections. The TELPAS reading test and listening and speaking test are designed especially for students who do not speak English as their first language. These tests are made up of test questions that span a full range of English reading , listening, and speaking ability. While the beginning level reading selections and questions include very common English words and many pictures, the advanced and advanced high reading\u003Cbr>selections and questions require a near-native understanding of English. Once students reach a proficiency rating of advanced high on the test, they have little difficulty understanding what they read in class and on state assessments of academic skills. The results in listening, speaking, and writing indicate how well students understand and use English during academic instruction.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>|  |  |  |\n|  | What do TELPAS results tell me about my child?\u003Cbr>Every student who participates in TELPAS receives a report card with their test results. TELPAS uses four proficiency ratings—Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, and Advanced High—to show the progress students make in learning English from year to year. For students to reach their full academic potential, it is important for them to make steady progress in learning English. Your child’s proficiency ratings in listening, speaking, reading, and writing will give you a good idea about the |  | |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n\n\n|  | progress he or she is making. 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