Hello Friends,

Welcome back and Happy 2019! We know you had a successful first semester, spent relaxing time with family and friends, and enjoyed time to renew yourself. You must be eager to see your students grow in knowledge and skills as the year progresses.

You will read in each content area's update about completed work and continued projects. We strive for excellence as you give us feedback and ways to improve. Thank you! Please keep it up.

Lastly, mark your calendar for the summer TEKSCON 2019, held in San Antonio, Texas, July 30-August 1, 2019. Our Keynote speaker, Tim Clue, will bring laughter and a love of our profession. Steve Barkley will be a specialty speaker along with John Wink. If you are interested in presenting, please visit tcmpc.org for a complete application. Join us for outstanding professional development delivered by teachers and administrators from across Texas. See you then!

 

Sincerely,

Ann Graves

User Login Report: 

If you have district administrator rights in the TEKS Resource System, you have the ability to print login reports for all your campuses. Campus administrators can print a report for their own campus as well.

To access the report click the System Management button in the top right corner of the screen, then click Reports then Number of Logins Report. If you want a help document that walks you through this process, you can find one under the Help menu in the top right corner of the screen. Next click the large blue System Management button then look under the Reporting heading.

The SBOE voted for an adjusted implementation schedule for the K-5 Streamlined Social Studies TEKS. See the implementation schedule below for the changes. 

Please know, the TEKS Resource System is working to make sure you have the curriculum and assessment documents you need for implementation!

2018-2019:

• Implement Streamlined Science TEKS

2019-2020:

• Implement NEW ELAR and SLAR TEKS for Grades K-8
• Implement Streamlined Social Studies TEKS for Grades 6-12

2020-2021:

• Implement NEW ELAR TEKS for High School
• Implement Streamlined Social Studies TEKS for Grades K-5

There are multiple options in the TEKS Resource System to assess student progress. Using different methods to assess student progress gives us a better understanding of what our students can and cannot do so we can adapt instruction to fill gaps and meet student needs. ALL of the options below are also available in SPANISH FOR GRADES K-5.

Performance Assessments (Located IN THE IFD) 

• All core content areas - ELAR, Math, Science, and Social Studies
• ALL grade levels - K-HS
• Aligned to the TEKS in the unit
• Aligned to both content and process TEKS as well as ELPS
• Assesses a bundle of TEKS
• Performance Based
• Rubrics are included

Performance TASKS (Located IN THE IFD) 

• Social Studies, Grades 6-8
• Math, Last Unit IFD for Algebra I, Geometry, MMA, Algebra II
• Aligned to the TEKS in the unit 
• Aligned to both content and process TEKS as well as ELPS
• Assesses a bundle of TEKS
• Performance Based
• Rubrics are included

• All core content areas - ELAR, Math, Science, and Social Studies
• Grades 2nd - HS
• Aligned to a content standard and possibly a process standard
• STAAR-like items (multiple choice, griddable, and open-ended)
• Can pull questions by SE or by unit
• Rubrics are included for open-ended questions

Formative Spiral Items (Found in the Assessment Creator ONLY)

• Science K-5
• Math K-Algebra II
• Social Studies Grade 8 and US History
• Aligned to both content and process standards
• Items available for each unit
• Items aligned to previously taught or current unit TEKS
• Rubrics are included

 

We are still in the process of reviewing, editing, and formatting the new IFDs based on the new TEKS. All of the first semester IFDs have been posted in the Resources section of our website. To access this folder, use the Quick Search feature on our homepage. Select your grade level and either English Language Arts or Spanish Language Arts. This search will yield five folders with one of them titled "Resources." The new curriculum documents will be the first option once this folder is opened. We welcome your feedback on all of the new curriculum components.

2018-2019 Content Development

• The SBOE passed streamlined standards with a modest reduction in the amount of content. While the review committees suggested more deletions, the SBOE chose to retain content on several key issues they deemed important.
• The SBOE clarified some standards that had challenges in regard to grammar and content.
• The SBOE rearranged many standards resulting in significant renumbering of student expectations.

The next step for our work is dependent on the publishing of "rule text" by the state, which serves as the official language of the standards. There were a flurry of changes near the completion of the process requiring TEA to correct the language in accordance with SBOE amendments.

Our work begins when the rule text is published. We will start to develop a "crosswalk" or "side-by-side" where we align old standards to new. This enables us to begin realigning the content of the TEKS Resource System.

The SBOE voted to delay the implementation of K-5 social studies until 2020-2021. Courses 6-12 will still be implemented 2019-2020. Our team will work to have new materials in place by our typical release date of mid-June. This timeline depends on the timely release of rule text by TEA. Any delays may result in a roll-out of new material over the course of the fall of 2019.

In the meantime, we are working to expand the performance tasks developed in middle school into high school courses and elementary grades. Implementation is expected along with the release of realigned content by mid-June.