Please note that COVID Emergency Release (CER) instructional materials have been retired, and implementation is no longer supported by TEA. 

CER: Pilot Texas OER K–5 RLA

The K–5 Open Education Resource (OER) Reading Language Arts (RLA) CER V3 instructional materials are referred to as the Amplify Texas Elementary Literacy Program and were built on state standards and the Science of Reading, in tight alignment with structured literacy concepts taught in the Texas Reading Academies. The program was designed to meet 100% of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) in K–5 and is available to cover Spanish Language Arts Reading (SLAR) and English as a Second Language standards. The digital materials are considered OER, so they are free for use, reuse, or modification by any Texan.

TEA developed these materials as a contingency option during COVID-19 for school systems that chose to use them. Prior to publication, materials went through a rigorous third-party review based on an approved rubric, including feedback from Texas educators. However, they have not gone through the new Instructional Review and Approval (IMRA) process, so the materials are not considered high-quality instructional materials (HQIM). The CER programs, like Amplify Texas, were acquired as OER. OER is freely available to Texans in perpetuity; however, because of the program’s COVID-19 contingency release status and ongoing pilot execution and refinement, we acknowledge it may contain some errors.

The materials are available online for review. If you have questions or concerns about the instructional materials, email us.

More information on the development history of this pilot OER material can be found in this TEA Instructional Materials document.

Access the English and Spanish CER ELAR instructional materials on the following pages: 

CER ELAR (English)   CER ELAR (Spanish)

Questions? 

For questions about CER access, contact us by submitting an Instructional Materials Help Desk Ticket.