April 14, 2021 Committee of the Full Board Item 4
Ratification of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines Coverage in Materials Submitted for the Texas Resource Review
April 16, 2021
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: CONSENT
SUMMARY: This item provides the opportunity for the State Board of Education (SBOE) to ratify the report from the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines (TPG) review committees regarding materials that were submitted for the Texas Resource Review (TRR). This item presents the final report from the commissioner of education regarding the coverage of the TEKS and TPG.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §31.081 and §31.082.
TEC, §31.081(a) requires the commissioner to develop and maintain a web portal to assist school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in selecting instructional materials.
TEC, §31.082(a) requires the commissioner to contract with a private entity to conduct an independent analysis of each instructional material submitted by a publisher for inclusion in the web portal developed under §31.081.
The full text of statutory citations can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: The SBOE received an update at the September 2020 meeting on the TRR.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: The commissioner of education is required to develop and maintain a web portal that includes general information for each material submitted for review, evaluation of the quality of the material and the extent to which it covers the TEKS or TPG, and a repository of open educational resources, including state-developed materials; create procedures for submitting materials to the web portal; use a competitive process to contract for the development of the portal; and contract with a private entity to conduct an independent analysis of materials submitted for review.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Ratify the report of the commissioner of education regarding TEKS and TPG alignment in instructional materials submitted to Texas Resource Review.
Staff Members Responsible:
Melissa Lautenschlager, Director, Instructional Materials and Implementation
Amie Williams, Director, Review and Adoption
Attachment I:
Report of the commissioner of education regarding TPG alignment in instructional materials submitted to Texas Resource Review June 2020 TRR Cycle
Attachment II:
Report of the commissioner of education regarding TEKS alignment in instructional materials submitted to Texas Resource Review July 2020 TRR Cycle
Attachment III:
Summer 2020 Texas Resource Review Report of Required Corrections
Attachment IV:
Summer 2020 Texas Resource Review Editorial Changes
Attachment V:
Summer 2020 Texas Resource Review State Review Panel Comments