NEWEST TEKS UPDATE FROM TEA, 4/20/17

I had a great time in Austin at CREST (Coalition of Reading and English Supervisors of Texas) and wanted to share some updates with you. This first entry outlines where we are with the new TEKS. Be sure to use the links at the end of this Blog to access the proposed TEKS for your grade level, if you haven't already looked at them.

NEW TEKS UPDATE (April, 2017) for K-8

April 18-21, 2017 — SBOE public hearing and second reading and final adoption for elementary and middle school TEKS

May 2017 — Preliminary TEKS documents available

Summer 2017 — Revised TEKS filed as adopted with the Texas Register

2019-2020 — Implementation of the K-8 ELA TEKS

NEW TEKS UPDATE (April, 2017) for ENGLISH I-IV

The SBOE postponed first reading and filing authorization for proposed revisions to the English and Spanish language arts and reading TEKS for high school until the April 2017 meeting.

April 18-21, 2017 — SBOE public hearing and first reading and filing authorization for high school TEKS

May 2017 — Official public comment period begins

June 20-23, 2017 — SBOE public hearing and second reading and final adoption for high school TEKS

2020-2021 — Implementation of the high school ELA TEKS

OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED TEKS CHANGES

·       Integrate Figure 19 expectations into general student expectations for each grade level and course

·       Streamline TEKS

·       Better align TEKS for English and Spanish, Kindergarten-Grade 6

·       Add a new English Learners Language Arts (ELLA) course for grade 7 and grade 8

·       Add a new English Language Development and Acquisition (ELDA) course for high school

·       Organize TEKS around seven strands

PROPOSED STRANDS

1.       Developing and sustaining foundational language skills

a.       Oral language

b.      Beginning reading and writing

c.       Vocabulary

d.      Fluency

e.       Self-sustained reading

2.       Comprehension skills

3.       Response skills

4.       Multiple genres

a.       Literary elements

b.      Genres

5.       Author’s craft

6.       Composition

a.       Writing process

b.      Genres

7.       Inquiry and research

Two versions of proposed TEKS currently available:

1.       Rule text version

K-2: file:///C:/Users/Cynthia/Downloads/ELAR_Kindergarten-Grade%202_Final%20Recommendations_April_color%20coded.pdf

 

3-5: file:///C:/Users/Cynthia/Downloads/ELAR_Grades%203-5_Final%20Recommendations_April_color%20coded.pdf

 

6-8: file:///C:/Users/Cynthia/Documents/Cindy%20Education/Cindy's%20H-Drive/TEKS/2017%20ELA%20TEKS/Ap2017/ELAR_Grade%206-8_Final%20Recommendations_April_color%20coded.pdf

 

High School: fil file:///C:/Users/Cynthia/Downloads/ELAR%20English%20I-English%20IV_Final%20Recommendations_April_color%20coded.pdfe:///C:/Users/Cynthia/Downloads/ch110c-one.pdf

 

2.       Vertical alignment version file:///C:/Users/Cynthia/Documents/Cindy%20Education/Cindy's%20H-Drive/TEKS/2017%20ELA%20TEKS/Ap2017/ELA%20Vertical%20Alignment%20Doc_February%202017_approved%20first%20reading.pdf