September 2020 Committee on Instruction Item 3
Report from the Commissioner of Education Regarding Updated TEKS Alignment for Adopted Instructional Materials
September 2, 2020
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: ACTION
SUMMARY: This item provides the opportunity for the State Board of Education (SBOE) to approve the updated Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) coverage percentage on materials submitted for the TEKS update review. In November 2019, the board adopted revisions to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 66, to provide an opportunity for publishers to submit updated content and new correlations to the content to update the product’s official TEKS or Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines (TPG) coverage percentage. Products submitted with TEKS updates were reviewed in the summer of 2020. This item presents the final report from the commissioner of education regarding the updated coverage of the TEKS and alleged factual errors.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §31.023 and §31.024.
TEC, §31.023(a), requires the SBOE to adopt a list of instructional materials that meet applicable physical specifications and contain material covering at least half of the applicable TEKS in the student version and in the teacher version.
TEC, §31.023(b), requires that each instructional material on the list must be free from factual errors, suitable for the subject and grade level for which the instructional material was submitted, and reviewed by academic experts in the subject and grade level for which the instructional material was submitted,
TEC §31.024, requires the SBOE to make decisions to place material on the adopted list or reject material by majority vote and to provide a list of adopted materials no later than December 1 of the year prior to the year the materials are expected to be in classrooms.
The full text of statutory citations can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: In November 2019, the board adopted revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 66, to provide an opportunity for publishers to submit updated content and new correlations to the content to update the product’s official TEKS or TPG coverage percentage.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: Products eligible for the first TEKS update review were English Language Arts and Reading K–8; Spanish Language Arts and Reading K–5; and high school English Language Arts and Reading.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Require that all publishers make corrections listed in the TEKS Update Report of Required Corrections and the Report of Editorial Changes;
Approve changes and corrections submitted in response to written comments and public testimony; and
Update the official TEKS percentage for instructional materials reviewed for TEKS Updates on the Instructional Materials Current Adoption Bulletin.
Staff Members Responsible:
Melissa Lautenschlager, Director, Instructional Materials and Implementation
Amie Williams, Director, Review and Adoption
Attachment I:
July 2020 TEKS Update Report
Separate Exhibit I:
July 2020 TEKS Update Report of Required Corrections
Separate Exhibit II:
July 2020 TEKS Update Report of Editorial Changes