Math
Updated STAAR analysis documents are complete and live within the site.
- Mathematics 2015-2018 for Grades 3-8 and 2016-2018 for Algebra I
- Matemáticas 2015-2018 for Grades 3-5
- Notable changes
- 2018 items include rationales provided by TEA
- Unit numbers listed for each item now reflect only the units that align with the content of that item
- Mathematics Grades K-8 and Algebra I
- Compared to previously released documents
- All changes highlighted
- Comments added to indicate changes made in our curriculum and assessment components
- Available in the resource section for each grade level
- Mathematics Grades K-8 and Algebra I
- Matemáticas Grades K-5
- Changes based on analysis of STAAR released items and TEKS Supporting Information documents
- Reviewed for ...
- New information
- Clarifications of expectations
- New problem formats
- Misconceptions found in STAAR rationales
- Revisions were made and/or new examples added, where appropriate, to ETCDs, IFDs, PAs, and vocabulary
- Revisions were made and/or new items added, where appropriate, to Unit Assessment items and Formative Spiral items
- Revisions were vertically aligned across the grade levels
- Revision log updated with specific revisions
- Located in the lower center box of the home page
- Searchable by grade level, unit, and/or component type
- Mathematics Grade 2-HS
- Matemáticas Grade 2-5
- New assessment item development based on analysis of current item bank and STAAR Blueprint and Item Percentages resource
ELAR
Language Arts Curriculum Update:
- All K-8 ELAR draft curriculum documents are now posted in the Resource section
- More than half of the SLAR curriculum documents are posted; the rest of the IFDs are being reviewed and will be coming soon
- Nine-week YAGs are posted
- HS ELAR development is more than halfway complete; these draft documents will be posted once K-8 (mid-late summer) documents are finished
Upcoming in Language Arts
- Beginning to develop grades 2-8 assessment passages and items
- Processing and applying the feedback from ESC Focus Groups and other users to all K-8 curriculum documents
- Entering the final versions of curriculum and assessment into the live system (begins in July)
- Hosting several sessions on the new TEKS and the new curriculum at the TEKS Resource System conference July 30-August 1
Social Studies
Streamlining
- Our streamlining work continues. There were only a handful of deletion made by the state.
- Most of the changes you will see in assessment items and curriculum is simply renumbering standards.
- Due to split implementation by the state, grades 6-12 will reflect changes for the 2019-20 school year. Expect to see those changes starting mid-June.
Other work
- We are moving ahead on implementing a conceptual U.S. history course.
- This course is in draft form in the Resources section of the current U.S. History course.
- We will continue to support our current sequential U.S. history course.
- Additionally, we will bring new performance tasks to several high school courses.
- Look for these changes in the summer once we've finished our streamlining project.
Science
Continuous addition of assessment items
Recently published:- All Sample Guiding Questions
- All Performance Assessment Rubrics
- STAAR Analysis resources for Grades 3-5, 6-8, and Biology
- Vertical Alignment of Science Vocabulary (K-12)
- Updated and streamlined Engaging Literature for the Elementary Science Classroom located in the Resource section
- Backward Design documents for K-12
- Concept Charts K-5, 6-8, Biology, and IPC/Chemistry/Physics
- Updated Science Notebooking documents
- Middle School formative assessment items
ESC 6
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Phone: 936-435-8225
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