June 11, 2019 Committee of the Full Board Item 3
Work Session on Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Review and
Instructional Materials Adoption Cycle
June 11, 2019
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: DISCUSSION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION
SUMMARY: This item provides an opportunity for the board to discuss the schedule for review and revision of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the review and adoption cycle for instructional materials aligned to revised TEKS.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §§7.102(c)(4), 28.002, 28.025, and 31.003.
TEC, §7.102(c)(4), requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to establish curriculum and graduation requirements.
TEC, §28.002, identifies the subjects of the required curriculum and requires the SBOE by rule to identify the essential knowledge and skills of each subject in the required curriculum that all students should be able to demonstrate and that will be used in evaluating instructional materials and addressed on the state assessment instruments.
TEC, §28.025, requires the SBOE by rule to determine the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school graduation program that are consistent with the required curriculum under the TEC, §28.002.
TEC, §31.003, grants the SBOE authority to adopt rules for the adoption, requisition, distribution, care, use, and disposal of instructional materials.
BOARD RESPONSE: This item is presented for review and comment.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: The SBOE adopted the TEKS for all subjects effective September 1, 1998. The English language arts and reading TEKS were amended effective September 4, 2008. The Spanish language arts and reading TEKS were amended effective November 26, 2008. The TEKS for high school English elective courses were amended effective August 23, 2010. In May 2017, the SBOE gave final approval to revisions to The English and Spanish language arts and reading TEKS for Kindergarten-Grade 8 were again amended effective September 25, 2017 with a scheduled implementation date of the 2019-2020 school year. The English language arts and reading and English as a second language (ESL) TEKS for high school were amended again effective September 25, 2017 with a scheduled implementation date of the 2020-2021 school year. The mathematics TEKS were amended effective August 1, 2006. The secondary mathematics TEKS were amended effective February 22, 2009. The mathematics TEKS were again amended effective September 12, 2012. The science TEKS were amended effective August 4, 2009. The SBOE adopted streamlined science TEKS effective August 27, 2018. The social studies TEKS were amended effective August 23, 2010. The SBOE adopted streamlined social studies TEKS for middle and high school to be implemented beginning with the 2019-2020 school year and Kindergarten-Grade 5 to be implemented beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. The career and technical education (CTE) TEKS were amended effective August 23, 2010. The CTE TEKS were again amended effective August 28, 2017. The fine arts TEKS were amended effective August 24, 2015. The TEKS for languages other than English (LOTE) were amended effective July 15, 2014, and December 31, 2014, and were implemented in the 2017-2018 school year. The technology applications TEKS were amended effective September 26, 2011.
Proclamation 2010 was issued by the SBOE in November 2007. Proclamation 2011 was issued by the SBOE in May 2008. In May 2010, the board voted to postpone Proclamation 2012 indefinitely. In its place, the board issued a Request for Supplemental Science Materials for science, grades 5-8, Biology, Chemistry, Integrated Physics and Chemistry (IPC), and Physics. Proclamation 2014 was issued by the SBOE in April 2012. Proclamation 2015 was issued by the SBOE in April 2013. At the July 2014 meeting, the board took action to delay the effective date of Proclamation 2016 for one calendar year and to combine the subject areas that were scheduled to be included in Proclamation 2016 with those that were scheduled to be included in Proclamation 2017. Proclamation 2017 was issued by the SBOE in April 2015. Proclamation 2018 was issued by the SBOE in November 2016. In April 2017, the SBOE issued Proclamation 2019. The SBOE issued Proclamation 2020 in April 2018. The SBOE is scheduled to issue Proclamation 2021 as a separate item in this agenda.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: A revised adoption cycle for instructional materials was approved by the SBOE in January 2012. In July 2014. House Bill 188, 80th Texas Legislature, 2007, required the SBOE to designate each proclamation by the school year in which the instructional materials are intended to be made available in classrooms. Following a work session in 2017, the SBOE approved a revised TEKS and instructional materials review and adoption schedule. The schedule includes review of courses for two to three career and technical education (CTE) clusters each year rather than review and revision of all CTE courses at one time.
The SBOE began the review of the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) in early 2019, in accordance with the SBOE's approved TEKS and instructional materials review schedule. The review of the health education TEKS is scheduled take place concurrently with the review of the physical education TEKS. In March 2019, applications to serve on the health education and physical education TEKS review work groups were posted on the TEA website. At the April meeting, SBOE members were asked to designate content advisors for the health education and physical education TEKS reviews. Names of content advisors were due May 8, 2019. In May 2019, TEA distributed surveys to collect information from educators regarding the review and revision of the health education and physical education TEKS.
PUBLIC BENEFIT AND COST TO PERSONS: Benefits include better alignment of the ELPS and TEKS and coordination of the standards with the adoption of instructional materials.
Public Comments: None.
Staff Members Responsible:
Monica Martinez, Associate Commissioner, Standards and Support Services
Shelly Ramos, Senior Director, Curriculum Standards and Student Support
Kelly Callaway, Senior Director, Instructional Materials
Instructional Materials Adoption Cycle
June 11, 2019
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: DISCUSSION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION
SUMMARY: This item provides an opportunity for the board to discuss the schedule for review and revision of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the review and adoption cycle for instructional materials aligned to revised TEKS.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §§7.102(c)(4), 28.002, 28.025, and 31.003.
TEC, §7.102(c)(4), requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to establish curriculum and graduation requirements.
TEC, §28.002, identifies the subjects of the required curriculum and requires the SBOE by rule to identify the essential knowledge and skills of each subject in the required curriculum that all students should be able to demonstrate and that will be used in evaluating instructional materials and addressed on the state assessment instruments.
TEC, §28.025, requires the SBOE by rule to determine the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school graduation program that are consistent with the required curriculum under the TEC, §28.002.
TEC, §31.003, grants the SBOE authority to adopt rules for the adoption, requisition, distribution, care, use, and disposal of instructional materials.
BOARD RESPONSE: This item is presented for review and comment.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: The SBOE adopted the TEKS for all subjects effective September 1, 1998. The English language arts and reading TEKS were amended effective September 4, 2008. The Spanish language arts and reading TEKS were amended effective November 26, 2008. The TEKS for high school English elective courses were amended effective August 23, 2010. In May 2017, the SBOE gave final approval to revisions to The English and Spanish language arts and reading TEKS for Kindergarten-Grade 8 were again amended effective September 25, 2017 with a scheduled implementation date of the 2019-2020 school year. The English language arts and reading and English as a second language (ESL) TEKS for high school were amended again effective September 25, 2017 with a scheduled implementation date of the 2020-2021 school year. The mathematics TEKS were amended effective August 1, 2006. The secondary mathematics TEKS were amended effective February 22, 2009. The mathematics TEKS were again amended effective September 12, 2012. The science TEKS were amended effective August 4, 2009. The SBOE adopted streamlined science TEKS effective August 27, 2018. The social studies TEKS were amended effective August 23, 2010. The SBOE adopted streamlined social studies TEKS for middle and high school to be implemented beginning with the 2019-2020 school year and Kindergarten-Grade 5 to be implemented beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. The career and technical education (CTE) TEKS were amended effective August 23, 2010. The CTE TEKS were again amended effective August 28, 2017. The fine arts TEKS were amended effective August 24, 2015. The TEKS for languages other than English (LOTE) were amended effective July 15, 2014, and December 31, 2014, and were implemented in the 2017-2018 school year. The technology applications TEKS were amended effective September 26, 2011.
Proclamation 2010 was issued by the SBOE in November 2007. Proclamation 2011 was issued by the SBOE in May 2008. In May 2010, the board voted to postpone Proclamation 2012 indefinitely. In its place, the board issued a Request for Supplemental Science Materials for science, grades 5-8, Biology, Chemistry, Integrated Physics and Chemistry (IPC), and Physics. Proclamation 2014 was issued by the SBOE in April 2012. Proclamation 2015 was issued by the SBOE in April 2013. At the July 2014 meeting, the board took action to delay the effective date of Proclamation 2016 for one calendar year and to combine the subject areas that were scheduled to be included in Proclamation 2016 with those that were scheduled to be included in Proclamation 2017. Proclamation 2017 was issued by the SBOE in April 2015. Proclamation 2018 was issued by the SBOE in November 2016. In April 2017, the SBOE issued Proclamation 2019. The SBOE issued Proclamation 2020 in April 2018. The SBOE is scheduled to issue Proclamation 2021 as a separate item in this agenda.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: A revised adoption cycle for instructional materials was approved by the SBOE in January 2012. In July 2014. House Bill 188, 80th Texas Legislature, 2007, required the SBOE to designate each proclamation by the school year in which the instructional materials are intended to be made available in classrooms. Following a work session in 2017, the SBOE approved a revised TEKS and instructional materials review and adoption schedule. The schedule includes review of courses for two to three career and technical education (CTE) clusters each year rather than review and revision of all CTE courses at one time.
The SBOE began the review of the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) in early 2019, in accordance with the SBOE's approved TEKS and instructional materials review schedule. The review of the health education TEKS is scheduled take place concurrently with the review of the physical education TEKS. In March 2019, applications to serve on the health education and physical education TEKS review work groups were posted on the TEA website. At the April meeting, SBOE members were asked to designate content advisors for the health education and physical education TEKS reviews. Names of content advisors were due May 8, 2019. In May 2019, TEA distributed surveys to collect information from educators regarding the review and revision of the health education and physical education TEKS.
PUBLIC BENEFIT AND COST TO PERSONS: Benefits include better alignment of the ELPS and TEKS and coordination of the standards with the adoption of instructional materials.
Public Comments: None.
Staff Members Responsible:
Monica Martinez, Associate Commissioner, Standards and Support Services
Shelly Ramos, Senior Director, Curriculum Standards and Student Support
Kelly Callaway, Senior Director, Instructional Materials