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Rubrics - Phase 1

Pilot Rubric Creation Process

A Brief History of TRR Rubric Development 

The first rubrics to be developed were for English Language Arts and Reading, grades K-12.  ELAR rubric development occurred in three phases: 

  • Phase I: Early Draft TEA, in partnership with a third-party evaluator, developed a draft rubric specific to Texas and the TEKS. This rubric was initially shared with SBOE members, regional administrators and focus groups of Texas school districts. Then it was distributed to more than 43,000 subscribers with a request for feedback. Finally, it was shared with publishers for their feedback. 

  • Phase II: Updated Draft TEA made enhancements to the draft rubrics to incorporate feedback from stakeholders.  Examples of updates made to the pilot rubric, upon which the full launch rubric was designed, are outlined here. This enhanced rubric was used to complete quality reviews during a pilot project and is available here.   

  • Phase III: Final Rubric Throughout an ELAR 3–8 pilot project, educators completing the evaluations, pilot districts and pilot publishers provided additional feedback on how the agency can further enhance the rubric to meet the needs of Texas educators. The agency made final updates to the ELAR 3--8 rubric before its use to evaluate materials for the full launch of the Texas Resource Review. The updated, final ELAR 3--8 rubric can be found here. Additionally, the ELAR K--2 and English I-IV rubrics were developed using the same feedback process outlined above. The ELAR K--2 rubric can be found here. The English I-IV rubric can be found here

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