Relating to the use of interim testing and adaptive, growth-based assessment instruments for certain required assessments of public school students and prohibiting the use of the results of certain required assessments of public school students for certain purposes.

HB 1095 modifies Texas public school assessment rules by prohibiting the use of certain standardized test results as the sole factor in teacher evaluations or pay decisions. It allows school districts to adopt "adaptive, growth-based" assessments - tools that adjust difficulty during testing based on student answers and track academic progress over time - to replace some required state exams. The bill requires the state education commissioner to seek a federal waiver to implement these alternatives under the Every Student Succeeds Act. This directly affects public school students (through new assessment methods) and teachers (by changing evaluation criteria), while emphasizing progress tracking over static test scores.