The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has redesigned the 2027-2028 Student Assessment Testing Calendar to address changes made by HB 8 (89th Texas Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2025).
This proposed calendar includes, as established by law:
- testing dates for the beginning-of-year (BOY), middle-of-year (MOY), and end-of-year (EOY) administrations of the instructionally supportive assessment program referred to as the Student Success Tool (SST), which replaces the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) starting with the 2027–28 school year (the last administration of STAAR will be spring 2027 for grades 3–8 and December 2027 for end of course);
- earlier testing dates for the writing portion of reading language arts (RLA), to allow time for scoring to be completed and combined with the remainder of the RLA assessment scores; and
- a stand-alone field-testing window.
The testing calendar maintains:
- the six-week testing window for the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) and TELPAS Alternate;
- the five-week testing window for the SST Alternate assessment, previously STAAR Alternate 2; and
- reporting dates and time frames for state-mandated components of the Texas Assessment Program, including updated reporting requirements mandated by HB 8.
The proposed calendar is available on the Test Administration Resources webpage. Public comments on the calendar will be accepted until Thursday, April 16, 2026. The full correspondence from TEA can be found here.
