In January 2000, the Texas
Education Agency (TEA) and educators throughout
the State of Texas began working together on the
development of the new testing program mandated
in 1999 by Senate Bill 103 during the 76th session
of the Texas Legislature. This collaboration has
resulted in the enclosed sets of TAAS II Objectives
and TEKS Student Expectations, which provide the
basis for the new program in the spring of 2003.
On June 18, 2001 TAAS II was renamed the Texas
Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and
became the new statewide assessment program
in 2003.
