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Certificate Verification Requests TEA does not provide individually-prepared letters of professional standing, program detail, information or verification of Texas educator's certification status. If your …

AUSTIN, TX – August 15, 2025 — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) today released the 2025 A-F Accountability Ratings for public school systems and campuses across the state. Additionally, the …

TEA is more than an acronym, it’s the agency helping to deliver a high-quality education to more than 5 million students across the state of Texas. At TEA, our staff is improving outcomes for all public …

Sending Files Securely to TEA Local education agencies, education service centers, and individual site visitors who want to send confidential information to the Texas Education Agency should do so …

The Educator Certification Online System (ECOS) is the online site for educators to access their certification account to verify or apply for certification. The Texas Education Agency Login (TEAL) is …

Texas public schools employ more than 320,000 teachers, plus more than 80,000 additional professional staff members, such as principals, central office administrators and other professional …

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR ®) is a standardized academic achievement test designed to measure the extent to which a student has learned and is able to apply …

Jul 31, 2025 · H.B. 1842 (84th Session of the Texas Legislature) in part added Chapter 12A to the Texas Education Code (TEC) to create Districts of Innovation. Districts are eligible for designation if certain …

TEA releases two types of test questions for STAAR—test forms and sample questions. A test form is a set of released test questions previously administered together to Texas students and reflects the …