Texas Education Agency Websites of Interest to

Earth Science Educators

 

 

 

ÿ    TEA website for information on curriculum, textbooks and assessment:

www.tea.state.tx.us

ÿ    TAKS SCIENCE revised INFORMATION BOOKLET (Educator Guides)

www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/taks/booklets/index.html

ÿ    Grade 8 TAKS Objectives (see grade 8 Science in Box)

www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/index.html

ÿ    TAKS Science Results:

www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/reporting/results/swresults/taks/index.html

ÿ    TAKS Released Tests, Online Tests, and item analysis:

www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/release/taks/index.html

ÿ    TAKS Study Guides:

www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/guides/study/

ÿ    TAKS Scale Score Reports

www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/scoring/convtables/2004/index.html

ÿ    Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Science state standards

     www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter112/index.html

 

Resources on Graduation Requirements for Science:

ÿ    www.tea.state.tx.us/curriculum/side1.doc

Resources for Certification Requirements and PD Provider Number

ÿ    www.sbec.state.tx.us

Resources for teaching Science:

Science Center for Professional Development (CED) at Region IV

ÿ    www.texassciencecenter.org

Science Teacher Toolkit; SAFETY; FACILITIES: Charles A. Dana Center

ÿ    www.tenet.edu/teks/science

Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching

ÿ    http://regcol.edb.utexas.edu

 

TEA Curriculum: 512.463-9556

            Chris Castillo-Comer, director of Science

ÿ    ccomer@tea.state.tx.us