Emergent Bilingual Student Identification – Important Program Information
Welcome to our new, refreshed Texas LAS Battery of Assessments website!
We're excited to share our newly updated site! Here you’ll continue to find the latest tools, resources, and updates made to support your Dual Language Immersion/Transitional/ESL program in an easier-to-navigate site!
We're committed to keeping this space current and useful, so be sure to check back periodically — we'll be regularly adding new content, resources, and important updates to help you stay informed and prepared.
Upcoming Training
Scroll down to find a section dedicated to upcoming training opportunities.
DRC INSIGHT Portal Enhancements
This fall, DRC will introduce several portal enhancements/updates that impact how users enroll students (Student Management) and create test sessions (Test Management). These updates are designed to be intuitive, allowing users to seamlessly transition to the updated experience.
View this DRC INSIGHT Portal Enhancements Guidance Video
which provides preview information about the upcoming DRC Portal enhancements.
What is NOT changing:
- How students are assessed
- How items are holistically scored, nor how they are educator-scored (although enhancements are on the roadmap for educator scoring!)
- Test results: how scores and reports are generated and interpreted
Detailed information will be shared during all summer training sessions (both ESC and Statewide). Also, please be sure to review all DRC communications in the coming months, as we will provide rollout updates and preview these enhancements ahead of their release.
Summer Training
DRC has scheduled training with each of the ESC’s. Click here to see the schedule and check with your individual ESC for registration information.DRC will provide the following statewide summer training opportunities. Space is limited, so please be sure to register.
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When: Jul 22, 2026 09:00 AM CST
Topic: LAS Battery of Assessments – DRC INSIGHT Technology Training (TX) Register in Advance for this Webinar |
When: Jul 22, 2026 01:00 PM CST
Topic: PreLAS Online Administration Training (TX) Register in Advance for this Webinar |
When: Jul 30, 2026 08:30 AM CST
Topic: LAS Links Online Administration Training (TX) Register in Advance for this Webinar |
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When: Jul 22, 2026 01:00 PM CST
Topic: PreLAS Online Administration Training (TX) Register in Advance for this Webinar |
When: Aug 11, 2026 02:00 PM CST
Topic: LAS Battery of Assessments – DRC INSIGHT Technology Training (TX) Register in Advance for this Webinar |
When: Aug 13, 2026 01:00 PM CST
Topic: LAS Links Online Administration Training (TX) Register in Advance for this Webinar |
Progress Assessment
- Available in English and Spanish
- Monitors individual student’s oral language and literacy skills through observations conducted during daily activities and routines multiple times over any period of time.
- Results provide information that is useful for instructional planning, program evaluation, and for sharing with a child’s parents or guardians
- Meets the requirements TAC 89.1250 (d) (7) for Summer School
- Reporting of student progress shall be approved by the board of trustees. A summary of student progress shall be provided to parents at the conclusion of the program. This summary shall be provided to the student's teacher at the beginning of the next regular school term.
Interested in learning more about the PreLAS Observational Progress Assessment? Please provide your contact information by filling out this Interest Form.
Spanish Course Placement
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- LAS Links Español Form B is an option that LEAs may use to be sure that students are placed with accuracy and fidelity in Spanish I-VI courses.
- Research-Based Placement – Developed through extensive research and educator focus groups, DRC has created a research study
that has aligned LAS Links Español Form B student assessment outcomes with ACTFL proficiency levels and TEKS expectations - Clear Placement Guidance – The DRC research study provides an easy-to-use cross walk between LAS Links Español achieved scores and recommended cut scores for Spanish I–IV placement and Credit by Examination (CBE).
- Easy Implementation – Administered through DRC INSIGHT, the platform already used by Texas LEAs for Emergent Bilingual student identification, making implementation seamless.
Interested in learning more about using LAS Links Español B for Credit by Exam and Spanish Course Placement? Please provide your contact information by filling out this Interest Form
(TIA)
LAS Links has been approved by the TEA as a growth measure in Texas under Texas Education Code (TEC), 48.112 (Teacher Incentive Allotment).
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- DRC offers additional forms of LAS Links to be used for interim testing while providing a research-based growth study allowing LEAs to set realistic and achievable growth targets using LAS Links data.
- LAS Links Online reporting provides longitudinal data allowing stakeholders to easily monitor student growth to meet the reporting requirements of the TIA.
- DRC has developed robust professional development designed to engage stakeholders to develop instructional strategies specific to domain and composite growth target needs (by student/by cohort) as determined by the district while investigating trends and outcomes from previous administrations (met/missed growth targets).
Visit the LAS Links Teacher Incentive Allotment page to learn more.
- LAS Links interim assessments (English and Spanish) provide data to support instructional planning, student growth, and accountability.
- DRC’s Professional Development helps educators use assessment data to guide school improvement, monitor progress, and improve student learning outcomes.
- LAS Links provides the data LEAs need in their annual report to meet the Chapter 89.1265 Program Evaluation requirements:
- Measures English proficiency growth among emergent students across program models, including partner-language proficiency in dual language immersion programs.
- Click here to learn more.
- Development is the key to empowering teachers, both EB-certified and content-area teachers.
- DRC’s PD connects LAS Links data to instructional strategies to help inform targets and goals.
- Click here for more detailed information about each of the 9 PD Modules offered.