Texas Education Code - EDUC § 39.022. Instructionally Supportive Assessment Program

(1) provides for progress monitoring;

(2) is balanced, innovative, and streamlined;  and

(3)  is based on essential knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education under Section 28.002.

(1) provide information regarding student academic achievement and learning progress to:

(2) evaluate the achievement level and learning progress of each assessed student in reading language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies;

(3) provide information to the agency for the purpose of making decisions regarding public school accountability, campus recognition, and the improvement of public school operations and management;

(4) identify the educational strengths and needs of individual students and the readiness of those students to be promoted to the next grade level or to graduate from high school;

(5) assess whether educational goals and curricular standards are being met at the campus, district, and state levels;

(6) provide information to help evaluate and develop educational programs and policies;  and

(7) provide instructional staff with immediate, actionable, and useful information regarding student achievement of standards and benchmarks that may be used to improve the staff's delivery of student instruction.