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Are Texas' English Language Arts and Reading Standards College Ready?

Region:

Southwest

Description:

This study compares alignment of the ACT and the American Diploma Project (ADP) national college readiness standards sets with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English language arts and reading (TEKS ELAR) standards for grades 9–12 and analyzes their cognitive complexity. It finds that a majority of the content in the ACT and ADP standards sets is addressed to some extent by the TEKS ELAR standards and that the TEKS ELAR standards demand higher levels of cognitive complexity than do the other two standards sets.

Publication Type:

Issues & Answers

Online Availability:

• View, download, and print the report as a PDF file (804 KB)
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Publication Date:

August 2010

Contact:

• McNiel, Mark
  mmcniel@edvanceresearch.com