ELEMENTARY
Bilingual/ESL Department
TELPAS Writing Collection Calendar
Jan - February 2016
(Writing Collection Dates are suggested)
Monday
Jan 25
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Jan 26
Jan 27
Jan 28
Jan 29
Feb 1
2
3
4
5
8
9
10
11
12
Online Basic
Course available
for new and
returning raters
Online Basic Course
window closes
15
16
Official TELPAS
writing collection
window opens
17
18
19
25
26
K-1: Math
2-5th: Math
CALIBRATION OPENS
Possible Bad
Weather/ Holiday
22
23
24
Deadline to
submit names of
teachers who
failed Calibration
Set 1 to
D. Yanotta and
P. Moreno
K-1: Science
2-5th:
Language Arts
TELPAS Support
Session for
Calibration 1
Failures
ELEMENTARY
Bilingual/ESL Department
TELPAS Writing Collection Calendar
March 2016
(Writing Collection Dates are suggested)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
29
March 1
2
3
st
K-1 :
LA Narrative
2nd -5th:
LA NarrativePast Tense
7
8
TELPAS
Assessment
window opens
9
2-5th:
Science
Friday
4
Calibration
Window Closes
Submit names of
teachers that did
not pass
Calibration Set 2
10
11
2-5th:
Soc. Studies
(for online reading,
L,S,W ratings and
verification)
14
15
16
17
18
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
21
22
23
24
25
30
31
April 1
TELPAS
Support Session
for Calibration 2
Failures
28
29
ELEMENTARY
Bilingual/ESL Department
TELPAS Writing Collection Calendar
April 2016
(Writing Collection Dates are suggested)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
4
5
6
7
TELPAS
Assessment
Window
closes
(for online reading,
L,S,W ratings
and verification)
Data
verification
and window
opens
Friday
8
Data
verification
window
closes
11
12
13
14
15
18
19
20
21
22
25
26
27
28
29
Bilingual/ESL Department
TELPAS Writing Collection Calendar
*The suggested dates are a recommendation of what week teachers should complete
the sample. (ex: The math sample can be collected the week of February 15-19.) The
suggested dates (ex: February 17th) are not intended to be the actual writing collection
date.
Reminders:
1. Samples may continue to be gathered until the time raters are required to turn in
students’ rating to the campus coordinator.
2. Inter-rater reliability (team of raters) is highly encouraged to ensure objective ratings.
3. Teachers shall use the proficiency level descriptors (PLDs) rubric to rate each set of samples
4. TELPAS samples become secured documents after:
 the teacher has selected the samples to be rated, submitted as the “official” set to
the verifier, and
 the teacher places and staples the cover sheet on the writing collection.
5. Samples must be verified before they can be rated.
6. Collect samples from authentic classroom activities that are grounded in the content
area TEKS and ELPS.
7. Assemble writing collections that accurately reflect students’ overall ability to express
themselves in writing in English.
8. Choose writing samples that reflect the student’s proficiency level, and avoid samples
that interfere with the ability to rate the student effectively.
Select writing samples taken from authentic classroom activities that are
grounded in content area TEKS and ELPS
TELPAS writing collection should…
a. Include 3 samples for K-1 and 5 samples for 2-12th
based on required types
b. be authentic writing supportive of classroom
instructional practices
c. be written completely or primarily in English
d. be rated as a collection (Holistic rating)
e. have student’s first and last name
f. be dated
g. come on or after February 15, 2016
What NOT to include in the TELPAS writing collection:
a. copied assignments
b. writing show teacher corrections
c. writing revised and edited by either teacher or peer
d. writing written in student’s primary language
e. worksheets
f. question-answer responses
g. brief or rushed writing
Please refer to your Administrators’ Manual for specific directions.