Spring 2027 is the first year of full 2024 TEKS implementation. Dynamic Science is already built for it.

Dynamic Science Updates - 2026-27

What's New for Dynamic Science?

Science TEKS evolve, assessment requirements advance, and classroom technology moves forward. We build Dynamic Science ahead of all of it, so your classrooms are never behind.

This year's enhancements bring new ways to measure growth, sharper STAAR® readiness, faster intervention, stronger language support, and smarter everyday tools for teachers and admins.

Expand each section below to see what's changed and what it means for your classroom.

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New Growth Assessments and Reporting

A new, more precise way to track student growth.

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Overview

New for 2026-27, K-2 Growth Assessments join the grades 3-8, Biology, IPC, Chemistry, and Physics assessments already available.
Every Growth Assessment measures a student's progress from the Beginning of the Year to the End of the Year, in a secure, standards-aligned testing environment.

What You'll Love

Designed to Show Growth for All LearnersAssessment confidentiality

  • Ability to assign the assessment at multiple levels
  • Student-only access to the assessment
Secure testing environment
  • Lockdown browser

For PCs and Macs > Safe Exam Browser

For Chromebooks > Google Kiosk Mode

Data to support teacher instruction and student growth

  • TEKS Mastery student report at the teacher, campus, and district level 
  • Admin and Teacher Growth reports to show gains from BOY to EOY

Overview

Every Growth Assessment and STAAR® practice test now feeds a TEKS Mastery Report, showing performance by individual TEKS and strand rather than just an overall score.

What You'll Love

  • Color-coded results show mastered vs. needs-support at a glance
  • Available at the teacher, campus, and district level
  • Turns assessment data into a clear next step for instruction

Overview

See Beginning-of-Year and End-of-Year scores side by side for every student, with average growth calculated automatically for any student, class, or school.

What You'll Love

  • Compare individual growth to the class average automatically
  • Available to both teachers and administrators
  • One clear picture of growth to bring into any data conversation
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STAAR® Review

Spring 2027 is the first year of full 2024 TEKS implementation. Dynamic Science is already built for it.

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Overview

Spring 2027 marks full implementation of the 2024 Science TEKS. That means:

  • 3rd grade TEKS will now be reflected on the Elementary STAAR®
  • 6th grade content on the Middle School STAAR®.

What You'll Love

  • Every STAAR Review module already aligns to the complete 2024 TEKS
  • Every STAAR Review module already aligns to the complete 2024 TEKS
  • Nothing new to plan for — Dynamic Science is ready today
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Overview

New 3rd and 6th grade Interactive Study Guides, built in the same cluster-item format now used on STAAR®, are included in every student's Personalized Learning Plan (PLP) Trek.

What You'll Love

  • Realistic practice with the newer, multi-part STAAR question format
  • Built directly into every student's PLP — nothing extra to assign
  • Gives students a head start before test day, not a surprise on it.
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Accelerated Science

One less test to give. Personalized Learning Plans now build themselves from official STAAR® scores.

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Overview

Accelerated Science no longer requires a separate placement test.

Upload official STAAR® scores, and the platform automatically builds each student's Personalized Learning Plan, sequenced from the strand with the greatest need to the least.

More about Accelerate Science

  • No extra placement test
  • PLPs are prioritized by strand need automatically
  • Meets HB 1416 accelerated instruction requirements
  • Available for Elementary, Middle School, and Biology Science STAAR remediation
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Support for the New ELPS

TEKS-specific guidance for the state's move from 4 to 5 English Language Proficiency Standards levels.

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Overview

To support the implementation of the new ELPS Proficiency Levels and CBLI in Science, new ELPS Companion Documents give teachers a TEKS-by-TEKS guide to the state's updated 5-level proficiency system, available across K-8, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and IPC.

What You'll Love

  • Teachers see exactly how each lesson in Dynamic Science supports language acquisition within the content area
  • Strategies and supports called out for every proficiency level
  • Language support built into daily planning, not handled separately
Flowchart of C2L English system steps from ACCESS import to predictive readiness and reclassification with benefits.Flowchart of C2L English system steps from ACCESS import to predictive readiness and reclassification with benefits.
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Updated Assessment Bank

Build, find, and share assessments faster — with more control over what students see.

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Overview

Updated assessment creation features now offer greater flexibility.

What You'll Love

  • Customize Assessment Length
    Tailor the number of items to better align with specific instructional goals and student requirements.
  • Modify Item Order
    Easily rearrange the sequence of questions as needed.
  • Manage Content
    Seamlessly add or remove individual assessment items.
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Overview

See the full question and every answer choice during item selection, before you add it to an assessment.

What You'll Love

  • Verify alignment before you assign, not after
  • Preview full items without leaving the assessment builder
  • Build with confidence in the final flow
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Overview

Share assessments with individual students, specific classes, or same-course teachers across your campus or district.

What You'll Love

  • Share a great assessment with your whole team in one click
  • Assign to individual students or entire classes
  • Keep every teacher in a course working from the same bank

Overview

District administrators can now build assessments from the item bank, share them by course or grade level, lock items for admin-only use, and view results at the district, school, and teacher level.

What You'll Love

  • Districts can standardize key assessments across every campus
  • Lock items to keep high-stakes questions admin-only
  • See results roll up from teacher to school to district
  • View data for created assessments at the district, school, and teacher level
ELD and PLP report table showing student counts, ELP scores by skill, and newcomer onramp progress percentages.
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Simplified Task Assignment

One of the most-requested time-savers from teachers, now live across every course.

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Overview

Assign a single assignment across every class you teach — or hand-pick specific students across multiple classes — all from one screen.

What You'll Love

  • No more duplicating the same assignment class by class
  • Target specific students without leaving the assignment screen
  • Real time back for planning, feedback, and working with students
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