August 31, 2022 Committee of the Full Board Item 5
Ratification of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Coverage in Materials Selected for the Texas Resource Review
September 2, 2022
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) review committees regarding coverage of the TEKS in materials that were selected for the Texas Resource Review (TRR). This item presents the final report from the commissioner of education regarding the coverage of the TEKS.
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 April 2021 meeting and ratified the report of the commissioner of education on the TEKS and Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines (TPG) alignment reports from the state review panels for instructional materials submitted to 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 alignment in instructional materials selected for the Texas Resource Review.
Staff Member Responsible:
Amie Williams, Director, Review and Adoption
Separate Exhibit:
Report of the commissioner of education regarding TEKS alignment in instructional materials selected for Texas Resource Review
(to be provided at the September 2022 SBOE meeting)