The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are the state-mandated curriculum standards for what students should know and be able to do in each grade and su
Texas, United States
The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are the state-mandated curriculum standards for what students should know and be able to do in each grade and subject. While the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was the assessment system used to measure these standards until 2011, the TEKS remain the foundational learning standards (now assessed by STAAR).
The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are the state-mandated curriculum standards for what students should know and be able to do in each grade and subject. While the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was the assessment system used to measure these standards until 2011, the TEKS remain the foundational learning standards (now assessed by STAAR).
Year Adopted: 2017 (ELAR), 2012 (Math), 2021 (Science), 2022 (Social Studies)
Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, High School
Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables.
Key skills: Phonetic decoding, Syllable types, Vowel patternsEvaluate details read to determine key ideas.
Key skills: Main idea identification, Text evaluation, Supporting detailsUse text evidence to support an appropriate response.
Key skills: Citing evidence, Critical response, Textual analysisCompose informational texts, including multi-paragraph essays that convey information about a topic using a clear controlling idea or thesis statement.
Key skills: Expository writing, Thesis development, Essay structureCompose and decompose numbers up to 100,000 as a sum of so many ten thousands, thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones using objects, pictorial models, and numerical representations.
Key skills: Place value, Expanded notation, Number compositionSolve with fluency one-step and two-step problems involving addition and subtraction within 1,000 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Key skills: Multi-step word problems, Computational fluency, Operational propertiesWrite an equation in the form y = mx + b to model a linear relationship between two quantities using verbal, numerical, tabular, and graphical representations.
Key skills: Linear equations, Slope-intercept form, Mathematical modelingUse the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse to solve problems.
Key skills: Geometric calculation, Pythagorean Theorem, Problem solvingCompare and contrast the physical properties of matter, including mass, magnetism, physical state (solid, liquid, gas), relative density (sinking and floating), solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or electric energy.
Key skills: Physical property analysis, Density and magnetism, ConductivityObserve and describe how the rotation of Earth on its axis causes the 24-hour day/night cycle and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky.
Key skills: Earth's rotation, Day/night cycles, Solar movementIdentify components of DNA, and describe how information for specifying the traits of an organism is carried in the DNA.
Key skills: Molecular biology, Genetic coding, DNA structureIdentify the importance of the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo.
Key skills: Texas History, Revolutionary events, Historical significanceExplain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence; writing the Articles of Confederation; and the battles of Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown.
Key skills: U.S. History, Revolutionary War, Political foundationsIdentify the influence of ideas from historic documents, including the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, the Federalist Papers, and Selected Anti-Federalist writings, on the U.S. system of government.
Key skills: Constitutional foundations, Primary source analysis, Civic principlesThe TEKS are organized into 'Knowledge and Skills' statements (broad goals) and 'Student Expectations' (specific, measurable objectives). In Texas, school districts are required to provide instruction for 100% of the TEKS for each subject. Teachers often use 'Vertical Alignment' documents to see how a skill builds from Kindergarten through Grade 12.
Historically, these standards were assessed by the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) until 2011. They are currently assessed by the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR). High school students must pass five End-of-Course (EOC) assessments: English I, English II, Algebra I, Biology, and U.S. History to graduate.
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