TELPAS Proficiency Levels 4

Question 1

Which organization develops and oversees TELPAS in Texas?

Accepted Answer

Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Answer

The Texas Education Agency develops and administers TELPAS as part of the state's accountability system for ELLs.

Question 2

A student scoring at the Intermediate level in Listening can most likely:

Accepted Answer

Follow simple conversations and understand high-frequency phrases

Answer

Intermediate listeners can follow simple, familiar conversations but need contextual support for more complex listening tasks.

Question 3

In TELPAS holistic rating, which approach do teachers use to determine a student's speaking level?

Accepted Answer

Comparing student performance to proficiency-level descriptors over time

Answer

Teachers compare accumulated observations of student speaking to the TELPAS proficiency-level descriptors to assign a holistic rating.

Question 4

Which TELPAS proficiency level best describes a student who writes multi-paragraph texts with mostly correct grammar but occasional complex-structure errors?

Accepted Answer

Advanced

Answer

Advanced writers produce multi-paragraph texts with good control but still make errors with complex grammatical structures.

Question 5

What distinguishes Advanced High from Advanced in the TELPAS framework?

Accepted Answer

Advanced High students exhibit near-native proficiency with minimal errors

Answer

Advanced High is distinguished by near-native English proficiency with only occasional, minor errors across all language domains.

(TELPAS) Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System Practice Test

(TELPAS) Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System Practice Test

TELPAS Proficiency Levels 4