Texas Curriculum Standards (TEKS) Flashcards
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What is the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills distinction between 'readiness standards' and 'supporting standards'?
Answer: Readiness standards are critical for success in current and future grades; supporting standards build foundational skills for readiness standards
Readiness standards represent the most critical content with high future instructional leverage, while supporting standards build skills that contribute to but are not as central to long-term success.
Why is it important for ATC teachers to unpack the TEKS before writing unit assessments?
Answer: To identify the verbs, nouns, and cognitive demand of each standard so assessments accurately measure intended learning
Unpacking TEKS by analyzing verbs (skills) and nouns (content) clarifies what students must know and do, ensuring that assessments align with the true cognitive demand of the standard.
Which Texas program provides TEKS-based instructional materials free to all Texas schools?
Answer: Instructional Materials Allotment (IMA) / HB 3 Adoption
Through the Instructional Materials Allotment and the HB 3 high-quality materials initiative, TEA provides funding and approved TEKS-aligned materials to all Texas districts at no cost.
Which resource tool does TEA provide to help teachers understand the depth and complexity of each TEKS?
Answer: TEKS Clarification Documents and STAAR Performance Level Descriptors
TEA publishes TEKS clarification documents and STAAR Performance Level Descriptors that explain what mastery looks like at each proficiency level for every assessed standard.
In Texas, who has the authority to add local curriculum requirements beyond the TEKS?
Answer: Local school districts may add requirements but cannot reduce or omit any TEKS
Texas districts may supplement the TEKS with additional local curriculum requirements, but they cannot eliminate any TEKS student expectations, which are the minimum required curriculum.
What is the relationship between the TEKS and an ATC teacher's lesson objectives?
Answer: Each lesson objective should directly derive from one or more TEKS student expectations
Every lesson objective must be traceable to a TEKS student expectation so that daily instruction consistently moves students toward state-mandated learning goals.