Publications by Title

This is a list of TEA publications in alphabetical order. Please follow the directions on the Publication Order Form to order any of these titles.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A – Title	Pub. No.	Date	Cost	Content
Accountability Manual 2021	GE21 602 03	2021	$14.00
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate: Examination Results in Texas (1996-present)

A – Title

Pub. No.

Date

Cost

Content

Accountability Manual 2021

GE21 602 03

2021

$14.00

Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate: Examination Results in Texas (1996-present)

B – Title	Pub. No.	Date	Cost	Content
Beginning Reading Instruction: Components and Features of a Research-Based Reading Program (This is 1 of the 5 books in the Red Book Series RBS-05)	GE01 105 05	2001	$2.00	Reading is central to learning. Research-based programs for reading instruction provide balanced, well-organized instructional plans and practice opportunities that permit all children to make sense of reading. This document presents essential components of quality reading programs and sound administrative practices that support effective reading programs. (Included in the Red Book Series)
Beginning Reading Instruction: Practical Ideas for Parents (English Version)	GE8 160 01	1997	$3.00	Learning to read is a process that takes time and effort. Parents and other caregivers can help children undertake this task by doing simple and fun things at home. This document will present the essential steps involved in learning to read with related activities that parents and children can do at home to build reading skills.
Instrucción para comenzar a leer: Ideas Practicas De Familla (Spanish Version)	GE8 160 01 (Spanish)	Octono de 1997	$3.00	Ideas Prácticas para los padres usteder son los ofrece información sorb el modo de aprender a leer e incluye primeros y más actividades que ustedes usarán para ayudar a sus hijos a convertirse en lectores. El enseñar y el aprender se produce cuando usteded y sus hijos menores hacen cosas sencillas y divsftidas en la casa. Aprender a leer es un proceso que requiere tiempo y esfuerzo. El enseñar y el aprender se genera cuando ustedes y sus hijos menores hacen cosas sencillas y divertidas en casa. Este documento les ofrece información sobre el modo de aprender a leer e incluye actividades que podrañ usr para ayudar a sus hijos convertires enlectores.

B – Title

Pub. No.

Date

Cost

Content

Beginning Reading Instruction: Components and Features of a Research-Based Reading Program

(This is 1 of the 5 books in the Red Book Series RBS-05)

GE01 105 05

2001

$2.00

Reading is central to learning. Research-based programs for reading instruction provide balanced, well-organized instructional plans and practice opportunities that permit all children to make sense of reading. This document presents essential components of quality reading programs and sound administrative practices that support effective reading programs. (Included in the Red Book Series)

Beginning Reading Instruction: Practical Ideas for Parents (English Version)

GE8 160 01

1997

$3.00

Learning to read is a process that takes time and effort. Parents and other caregivers can help children undertake this task by doing simple and fun things at home. This document will present the essential steps involved in learning to read with related activities that parents and children can do at home to build reading skills.

Instrucción para comenzar a leer: Ideas Practicas De Familla
(Spanish Version)

GE8 160 01
(Spanish)

Octono de 1997

$3.00

Ideas Prácticas para los padres usteder son los ofrece información sorb el modo de aprender a leer e incluye primeros y más actividades que ustedes usarán para ayudar a sus hijos a convertirse en lectores. El enseñar y el aprender se produce cuando usteded y sus hijos menores hacen cosas sencillas y divsftidas en la casa. Aprender a leer es un proceso que requiere tiempo y esfuerzo. El enseñar y el aprender se genera cuando ustedes y sus hijos menores hacen cosas sencillas y divertidas en casa. Este documento les ofrece información sobre el modo de aprender a leer e incluye actividades que podrañ usr para ayudar a sus hijos convertires enlectores.

C – Title	Pub. No.	Date	Cost	Content
College Admissions Testing of Graduating Seniors in Texas High Schools 1993 - Present /sites/default/files/sat_act_tx_and_us_class_2012.pdf	N/A	N/A
Comprehension Instruction (This is 1 of the 5 books in the Red Book Series RBS-05)	GE 01 105-01	2001	$2.00	The first part of this document looks at some of the important ideas about reading, comprehension, and comprehension instruction that have emerged from this research. The second part describes what comprehension instruction based on this research can look like, and the third part provides specific research-based instructional activities and procedures that can be used as part of comprehension instruction. Included in the Red Book Series.

C – Title

Pub. No.

Date

Cost

Content

College Admissions Testing of Graduating Seniors in Texas High Schools

1993 - Present

/sites/default/files/sat_act_tx_and_us_class_2012.pdf

N/A

Comprehension Instruction

(This is 1 of the 5 books in the Red Book Series RBS-05)

GE 01 105-01

2001

$2.00

The first part of this document looks at some of the important ideas about reading, comprehension, and comprehension instruction that have emerged from this research. The second part describes what comprehension instruction based on this research can look like, and the third part provides specific research-based instructional activities and procedures that can be used as part of comprehension instruction. Included in the Red Book Series.

D-F – Title	Pub. No.	Date	Cost	Content
Foster Care & Student Success: Texas Systems Working Together to Transform Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care		2013	$25.00

D-F – Title

Pub. No.

Date

Cost

Content

Foster Care & Student Success: Texas Systems Working Together to Transform Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care

2013

$25.00

G-H – Title	Pub. No.	Date	Cost	Content
Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools Grade-Level Retention and Student Performance in Texas Public Schools, 2012-13 (PDF)
Graduation Toolkit: Information for Planning Your High School Years & Beyond	BR16 130-02	2019	These brochures are only available on our website. They will be updated in the future.	These brochures can be printed off the website @ http://tea.texas.gov/communications/brochures.aspx
House Bill 3 Transition Plan	GE11 600 01	2010	$20

G-H – Title

Pub. No.

Date

Cost

Content

Grade-Level Retention in Texas
Public Schools

Grade-Level Retention and Student Performance in Texas Public Schools, 2012-13 (PDF)

Graduation Toolkit: Information for Planning Your High School Years & Beyond

BR16

130-02

2019

These brochures are only available on our website. They will be updated in the future.

These brochures can be printed off the website @

http://tea.texas.gov/communications/brochures.aspx

House Bill 3 Transition Plan

GE11 600 01

2010

$20

L – Title	Pub. No.	Date	Cost	Content
Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020: A Report to the 80th Texas Legislature, from the Texas Education Agency		2006		This plan defined an exciting vision for the use of technology in Texas schools. The overall Texas technology plan is one of the most comprehensive technology plans in the country. It addresses statewide initiatives, statewide infrastructures, and funding for providing equitable technology resources to teachers and students in Texas. This plan has received national recognition.

L – Title

Pub. No.

Date

Cost

Content

Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020: A Report to the 80th Texas Legislature, from the Texas Education Agency

2006

This plan defined an exciting vision for the use of technology in Texas schools. The overall Texas technology plan is one of the most comprehensive technology plans in the country. It addresses statewide initiatives, statewide infrastructures, and funding for providing equitable technology resources to teachers and students in Texas. This plan has received national recognition.

P – Title	Pub. No.	Date	Cost	Content
PEIMS Data Standards: 2015-2016 Website Only
PEIMS 2016-2017 Teacher Class Electronic File	None	2016-2017	No charge	This file is composed of one row for each class a teacher teaches. It contains the region, county district number, campus address, teacher name, subject taught and grade level.
PEIMS 2016-2017: Teacher Master Electronic File	None	2016-2017	No charge	This file is composed of one row for each class a teacher teaches. It contains region, county, district, and campus identifiers and campus contact information. The teacher information includes name, role, class, subject area, subject grade level, and Partial Full Time Equivalency.
PEIMS 2016-2017: Role Master and Auxiliary Electronic File	None	2016-2017	No charge	This file is composed of one row for each non-teacher person in a district. The Role and Auxiliary files have region, county, and district identifiers as well as district information. In addition, it contains district enrollment by ethnicity and program. The Role files include campus level enrollment and permit information. Both files list the staff member by name, gender, ethnicity, FTE, and base pay. Role files include the specific role, the degree, and the experience.
PEIMS 2016-2017: Non-Teacher Electronic File	None	2016-2017	No charge
PEIMS 2016-2017: Certification Electronic File	None	2016-2017	No charge	This file is composed of one row for each teacher. It includes the certification number, district, region, certification life, type, effective date, expiration date, subject area, number of renewal cycles and certification level.
Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System Manual -2018	GE18 60201	2018	$14.00	The PBMAS 2018 Manual is intended to serve as a comprehensive technical resource for the PBMAS, which is used by TEA as one part of its annual evaluation of school districts' performance and program effectiveness.
Pocket Edition - 2020-2021		2021	$6.50/Pkg. of 50	Texas Public School Statistics including Attendance, Dropouts, Graduates and College Admission Results, Personnel, and Financial Information.
Preferred Signs-for Instructional Purposes (PSIP)	RE9 331 01	1988	$38.00	Sign language-standardized in English and Spanish. Designed primarily for instructional purposes to meet the communication needs of the hearing impaired.
Promoting Vocabulary Development (This is 1 of the 5 books in Red Book Series RBS-05)	GE01 105 04	2001	$2.00	The booklet is divided into three parts. In the first, we look at some of the obstacles that can make vocabulary development a difficult task. In the second part, we provide an overview of the components of effective vocabulary instruction and discuss how these components can help students overcome the major obstacles to vocabulary growth. In part three, we describe some specific techniques that are especially useful in teaching word meanings as concepts, particularly in the content area. (This book is included with the Red Book Series)
Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System Manual (2004-present)			$14.00	The Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS) Manuals are a comprehensive technical resource designed to explain each monitoring year's PBMAS reports. These reports are used by the Texas Education Agency as one part of its overall evaluation of school district performance and program effectiveness.

R – Title	Pub. No.	Date	Cost	Content
Reading Strategies for Advanced Primary Readers	None	2002	$9.00	This publication briefly discusses the characteristics and needs of advanced and gifted readers and then addresses differentiation strategies for reading instruction. The strategies include authentic assessment and documentation, curriculum compacting, tiered assignments, flexible grouping, high-level thinking and inquiry, visual tools for individuals or groups, and vocabulary and word play. Each strategy includes a brief explanation, connections for advanced and gifted learners, discussion of research, and multiple applications appropriate to primary readers.
Red Book Series (5 Book Set)	RB5 105 05	2001	$8.00 (Prepaid Orders Only)	A set of five books produced by the Texas Reading Initiative office of the Texas Education Agency. They include Comprehension Instruction, Research-Based Content Area Reading Instruction, and Guidelines for Examining Phonics & Word Recognition Programs, Promoting Vocabulary Development, and Components and Features of a Research-Based Reading Program.
Research-Based Content Area Reading Instruction (1 of the 5 Red Book Series RBS-05)	GE01 105 02	2001	$2.00	The purpose of this booklet is to provide teachers with research-based and class-room-tested information about each of these aspects of content area reading instruction, along with specific teaching suggestions that can be used with students. (This book is included with the Red Book Series)

R – Title

Pub. No.

Date

Cost

Content

Reading Strategies for Advanced Primary Readers

None

2002

$9.00

This publication briefly discusses the characteristics and needs of advanced and gifted readers and then addresses differentiation strategies for reading instruction. The strategies include authentic assessment and documentation, curriculum compacting, tiered assignments, flexible grouping, high-level thinking and inquiry, visual tools for individuals or groups, and vocabulary and word play. Each strategy includes a brief explanation, connections for advanced and gifted learners, discussion of research, and multiple applications appropriate to primary readers.

Red Book Series (5 Book Set)

RB5 105 05

2001

$8.00
(Prepaid Orders Only)

A set of five books produced by the Texas Reading Initiative office of the Texas Education Agency. They include Comprehension Instruction, Research-Based Content Area Reading Instruction, and Guidelines for Examining Phonics & Word Recognition Programs, Promoting Vocabulary Development, and Components and Features of a Research-Based Reading Program.

Research-Based
Content Area Reading Instruction
(1 of the 5 Red Book Series RBS-05)

GE01 105 02

2001

$2.00

The purpose of this booklet is to provide teachers with research-based and class-room-tested information about each of these aspects of content area reading instruction, along with specific teaching suggestions that can be used with students. (This book is included with the Red Book Series)

S - Title

Pub. No.

Date

Cost

Content

Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools 2013-2014

2014

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) prepares an annual report on dropouts in Texas public schools. This report includes state summaries of the annual dropout rate used in the accountability system, along with state attrition rates. It also includes a series on longitudinal secondary school completion/student status rates.

Snapshot: A School District Profile

Website Only

Published annually since 1987-88, Snapshot provides a detailed look at public education in the state of Texas for a given school year. A narrative section presents state-level information including historical trends and exhibits. However, the bulk of the publication is devoted to the depiction of approximately 90 items of information for each of the public school districts in the state. (School data is not included.) View the 1994-95 editions through the current year.

Student Attendance Accounting Handbook

Website only

Provides districts the Foundation School Program (FSP) eligibility requirements of all students, and the minimum requirements of all student attendance accounting systems.

T - Title	Pub. No.	Date	Cost	Content
Texas Administrative Code, Title 19, Part II Website Only				Presents rules adopted by the State Board of Education and the Commissioner of Education found in Title 19 of the Texas Administrative Code Part II. Please visit the administrative rules web site for more information concerning rules.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 110 English Language Arts Website Only				Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in three-column format showing English Language Arts (Chapter 110).
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 111, Mathematics Website Only				Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in Mathematics, which outline what students, must know and be able to do.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 112, Science Website Only				Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in Science, which outline what students, must know and be able to do.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 113 Social Studies Website Only http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter113/index.html				Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in Social Studies which outline what students must know and be able to do.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 114, Languages Other Than English Website Only http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter114/index.html				Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in Languages Other than English, which outline what students must know and be able to do.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 116 Physical Education Website Only				Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in Health and Physical Education, which outline what students, must know and be able to do.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 117, Fine Arts Website Only				Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in Fine Arts, which outline what students must know and be able to do.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 118 Economics Website Only				Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in Economics, which outline what students, must know and be able to do.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 126, Technology Application Website Only				Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in Technology Application, which outline what students, must know and be able to do.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 127, Career Development Website Only http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter127/index.html				Texas Essential Knowledge and Skill (TEKS) in Career Development, which outline what students, must know and be able to do.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Chapter 128 Spanish Language Arts & Reading and English as a Second Language Website Only
Texas School Directory 2020-2021		MAR. 2021	$45.00
Texas School Law Bulletin 2022	GE6 160 030	2022	$75.00	The Texas Education Code (TEC) and other pertinent law that impact the operation of public school districts can be found in the School Law Bulletin, which is intended to serve as a handy reference guide for school trustees, educators and members of the general public. The education code can also be found on the Texas Education Agency's web site.
Texas State Plan for the Education of the Gifted/Talented - English or Spanish		2009	$4.00

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