The Agency's correspondence is directly accessible at
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/taa/studassmt092109.html. Both the letter and the attachment, which shows how each state assessment is (or is not) going to be used for state or federal accountability in 2009-10, are posted below as downloadable .pdf files. The letter contains a high-level summary of all major assessment-related changes this year, including the increased volume of mandatory field testing in which campuses and districts must participate.