Texas Testing Calendars

View the current assessment calendar for Texas at this site.

Texas Students and Parents Page

This Texas page was designed to meet assessment questions for students and parents. Links to information about assessments, reports, graduation requirements, released tests, and scoring guides.

Texas Charter Schools

There is plenty of information about Texas charter schools on their homepage. You’ll find lists of schools, Web links, a handbook and FAQs. Be sure to loook at the lefthand menu.

Texas Home Schooling

At this Texas Home School page you can find a link to a Home School Information letter, the commissioner's letter, and the TEA code for home schooling.

Texas Alternative Assessments for Exit-Level TAKS

This is the Commissioner's rules for acceptable Texas Alternative Assessments for Exit-Level TAKS. A senior student who enrolls for the first time (or has been absent from the public school system for 4years) in a Texas public high school after January 1 and meets all other graduation requirements may be exempt from specific subject area TAKS assessments as detailed in this document. Currently this document lists the required score performance required for exemption from the English/language arts and the math tests only. Students are still required to pass the science and social studies TAKS tests.

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Whether you scroll down the main body of the screen or use the right menu on this web page for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, you will find lots of resources and information.

Texas School for the Deaf

Scroll to the box just below the words Learn, Grow, and Belong to find the links to information on state programs on this Texas School for the Deaf Web site.

Texas School Directory

This is the site for locating Texas state, district, and school directory information.

These are the new graduation requirements that go into effect in Texas with the 2007-08 school year.