ALICE ISD staff: 122 students took TELPAS; district administered 6,300 state assessments

An ALICE ISD staff member told a district meeting that 122 students took the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment (TELPAS) and that the district administered 6,300 state assessments districtwide.

"I our district total. We had 122 students, who did take the TELPAS for us, and this is from grades kindergarten all the way through twelfth grade," the staff member said.

The staff member described the alternate assessment used for certain students with significant cognitive disabilities, saying the alternate is available to "certain special ed students who meet specific criteria from the state" and applies to grades 3–8 and end-of-course exams. The speaker said the district recorded 64 total alternate assessments but did not specify whether that number is included in or counted separately from the 6,300 total assessments administered.

The staff member said the state posts group-level assessment data to the Texas Research Portal and encouraged the public to consult the portal when the state releases results. "It's very transparent. You can go in there once those drop in the state," the staff member said.

The remarks summarize what the presenter characterized as participation and test administration counts; the district did not provide a districtwide participation-rate percentage in the remarks on the record. The staff member noted the state provides criteria for which students may take the alternate assessment but did not specify which students in the district met those criteria.

The statements appeared during the district's reporting on testing and assessment administration. No motions or votes were recorded in the meeting transcript excerpts provided.