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Board debates ASAP technical updates, early interventions and test-development timeline
Summary
Board members and TEA staff discussed proposed updates to ASAP indicator rules (use of clinical-experience records, survey transitions), early-intervention options (monitors/conservatorship), and shifted timelines for redesigned core-subjects exams and the future teacher performance assessment to better align with forthcoming TEKS and evaluation-tool updates.
TEA staff briefed the board on proposed technical updates to the Accountability System for Educator Preparation (ASAP) chapter and on assessment-development timelines for core-subjects exams and the future teacher performance assessment (TTEP).
Staff proposed moving to clinical-experience records to identify indicator populations so that observation and internship measures align to the year a placement actually concludes, rather than to later finish dates. Staff also proposed piloting updated teacher/principal surveys in 2027 with a report-only year in 2028 and full counting in 2029 to align with revised TTES evaluation rubrics.
Board members raised recurring themes: (1) earlier intervention and support for programs approaching probation rather than waiting for a three-year statutory trigger; (2) better communications to EPPs about where they stand on the index and on subgroup performance; (3) concern about the impact of raising standards on small programs and candidates in training. Staff agreed to return data, including an ASAP landscape summary and a look at warning/probation cohorts, to the July work session.
On testing timelines staff recommended shifting the redesigned core-subjects launch to 2029 to align with SBOE TEKS work; similarly, TTEP rollout was pushed to the 2028–29 academic year to align with the refreshed TTES pilot and stakeholder work.
Why it matters: the discussion focused on how to make the accountability system more transparent and supportive while preserving rigor, and on ensuring assessment tools are aligned to the state's content and evaluation frameworks before statewide launch.
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