The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for English Language Arts and Reading set out what Texas students learn in each grade and course. They are organized into seven strands, and they treat listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking as integrated skills. Under each knowledge and skills statement are the student expectations teachers plan and assess against.
This guide lists 683 TEKS ELAR standards across 11 grade and course pages. Choose a grade below to see every standard for it.
Only Texas. The TEKS are the state standards for Texas public schools, adopted by the State Board of Education; Texas did not adopt the Common Core. The descriptions on this guide are our own summaries; the official text is published by the Texas Education Agency.
Descriptions are AssessmentWiz summaries, not the official TEKS text. TEKS © Texas Education Agency; official standards are in 19 TAC Chapters 110–113.