1. TEKS RESOURCE SYSTEM NEW AND IMPROVED COMPONENTS UPDATES

2. NEW CURRICULUM COMPONENTS MATH FORMATIVE SPIRAL ASSESSMENT FORMATIVE SPIRAL ITEMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO DISTRICT USERS THROUGH THE DISTRICT ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE AND ASSESSMENT CREATOR TOOLS. DISTRICT CONTENT ADMINISTRATORS CAN TURN THIS FEATURE ON THROUGH CONTENT AMIN SECTION OF SYSTEM MANAGEMENT ELA STAAR STEMS EXPOSITORY, LITERARY NON-FICTION, PERSUASIVE SCIENCE SAMPLE GUIDING QUESTIONS ASSESSMENT AUDIT: REVISING AND/OR ADDING NEW ASSESSMENT ITEMS TO CLOSE THE GAPS, ALIGNMENT, & SE SPECIFICITY. COMPLETED 12 WEEKS SCIENCE CONCEPT TREE FILE:///C:/USERS/DCROOMS/DOWNLOAD S/SCIENCE%20CONCEPT%20TREE.PDF SOCIAL STUDIES file:///C:/Users/dcrooms/Downl oads/Grade%205%20ELAR%20S TAAR%20Stem%20Resource%20 -%20Expository%20(1).pdf file:///C:/Users/dcrooms/D ownloads/Grade%208%20 Unit%2009%20Sample%20 Guiding%20Questions.pdf SOCIAL STUDIES K-12 CONCEPT TREE file:///C:/Users/dcroo ms/Downloads/Social %20Studies%20Conce pt%20Tree.pdf BACKWARD DESIGN: file:///C:/Users/dcroo ms/Downloads/US%2 0History%20to%20187 7%20Backward%20De sign.pdf

3. MATH FORMATIVE SPIRAL ASSESSMENTS FORMATIVE SPIRAL ITEMS USED TO GUIDE INSTRUCTIONAL DECISIONS AND INFORMALLY ASSESS STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES PRIOR TO UNITY, DURING UNIT, AND AFTER UNIT MAJORITY OF ITEMS ARE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE FOCUS ON 1 OR MORE CONTENT STANDARDS FROM THAT GRADE LEVEL OR PREVIOUS GRADE LEVELS SEARCHABLE IN THE SYSTEM BY: GRADE LEVEL, SE GRADE LEVEL OR PREVIOUS LEVEL SE, UNITY # ACCORDING TO THE YAG, ITEM # ASSESSMENT ITEM BANK ASSESS CONTENT TAUGHT ONLY IN THE SUGGESTED UNIT MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS ARE SELECTED RESPONSE; SOME CONSTRUCTED; FEW NUMERICAL FOCUS ON ONLY 1 CONTENT STANDARD FROM THAT GRADE LEVEL ONLY WRAPPED WITH 1 OR MORE PROCESS STANDARDS SEARCHABLE IN THE SYSTEM BY: GRADE LEVEL, SE GRADE LEVEL ONLY, UNIT # ACCORDING TO THE YAG, ITEM #

4. USES OF FORMATIVE SPIRAL REVIEW ITEMS PRE-ASSESSMENT DAILY WARM-UPS DAILY EXIT TICKETS END OF THE WEEK END OF THE UNIT **INDIVIDUALIZED SE WORK BASED ON ASSESSMENT DATA **REVIEW OF HIGH PRIORITY TARGET SE’S BASED ON ASSESSMENT DATA

5. NEW CURRICULUM COMPONENTS MATH FORMATIVE SPIRAL ASSESSMENT FORMATIVE SPIRAL ITEMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO DISTRICT USERS THROUGH THE DISTRICT ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE AND ASSESSMENT CREATOR TOOLS. DISTRICT CONTENT ADMINISTRATORS CAN TURN THIS FEATURE ON THROUGH CONTENT AMIN SECTION OF SYSTEM MANAGEMENT ELA STAAR STEMS EXPOSITORY, LITERARY NON-FICTION, PERSUASIVE SCIENCE SAMPLE GUIDING QUESTIONS ASSESSMENT AUDIT: REVISING AND/OR ADDING NEW ASSESSMENT ITEMS TO CLOSE THE GAPS, ALIGNMENT, & SE SPECIFICITY. COMPLETED 12 WEEKS SCIENCE CONCEPT TREE FILE:///C:/USERS/DCROOMS/DOWNLOAD S/SCIENCE%20CONCEPT%20TREE.PDF SOCIAL STUDIES file:///C:/Users/dcrooms/Downl oads/Grade%205%20ELAR%20S TAAR%20Stem%20Resource%20 -%20Expository%20(1).pdf file:///C:/Users/dcrooms/D ownloads/Grade%208%20 Unit%2009%20Sample%20 Guiding%20Questions.pdf SOCIAL STUDIES K-12 CONCEPT TREE file:///C:/Users/dcroo ms/Downloads/Social %20Studies%20Conce pt%20Tree.pdf BACKWARD DESIGN: file:///C:/Users/dcroo ms/Downloads/US%2 0History%20to%20187 7%20Backward%20De sign.pdf STAAR ANALYSIS TEMPLATES WILL PUBLISHED THIS MONTH! Includes a PDF of the TCMPC Analysis and a Word version for planning