Education
BY HANNAH NORTON
Student outcomes under TEA pilot program The percentage of elementary school students in the pilot program who met grade level standards on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness increased from 2019-2024 across all grade levels and demographics, including economically disadvantaged students. Texas aims to support students, teachers with new textbooks
The Texas State Board of Education is set to approve a new collection of language arts and math textbooks this fall that state leaders hope will help close student achievement gaps and reduce time teachers spend creating lesson plans. The state-developed textbooks will be available for free online and include kindergarten through fth grade reading and language arts, kindergarten through eighth grade math, and algebra 1. If the SBOE approves the textbooks in Novem- ber, public school districts could implement the optional texts during the 2025-26 school year. The overview The TEA has tested its textbooks in trial school districts around the state such as Lubbock ISD since 2021. Some districts have recorded “tremen- dous” student growth under the state curriculum, said Shannon Trejo, the TEA’s deputy commis- sioner of school programs.
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• NOTE: STUDENTS DO NOT BEGIN TAKING THE STAAR TEST UNTIL THIRD GRADE. SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCYCOMMUNITY IMPACT
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