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APPROVED NEW EDUCATOR STANDARDS updated 04/04/2008

With assistance from almost 2000 Texas educators, parents, and business and community representatives, the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) has created many new sets of standards for beginning educators in an entry-level position. These standards are focused upon the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), the required statewide public school curriculum, and they reflect current research on the developmental stages and needs of children from Early Childhood through Grade 12. New educator standards are intended for implementation in SBEC-approved educator preparation programs. Once developed, all new standards are then used in the development of test frameworks for new Texas Examinations of Educator Standards (TExES), the new certification examination program which began in fall 2002. The TExES program will replace the current testing program, the Examinations for the Certification of Educators in Texas (ExCET), in stages over the next several years.

NOTE: All information on this page relates to new beginning educator standards and the new TExES certification examination program. For information about the ExCET program (e.g., preparation manuals, registration bulletins, test dates) and other certification requirements, please click here.

For important information regarding pedagogy tests for certification, please click here.

For important information on Associated Tests and overlap of old and new certificates (including testing and application deadlines for old ExCET-based certificates), please click here.


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NOTE: As new standards are developed and approved, they will be available for viewing.

Agricultural Sciences and Technology (Grades 6-12) (link to new standards document)

American Sign Language – written (Grades EC-12)

Art (EC-Grade 12) 04/14/2008

Bilingual Education (EC-Grade 4)

Bilingual Education (Grades 4-8)

Bilingual Generalist (EC-Grade 4) NOTE: The relevant standards are those both for Generalist (EC-Grade 4) and for Bilingual Education (EC-Grade 4).

Bilingual Generalist (Grades 4-8) NOTE: The relevant standards are those both for Generalist (4-8) and for Bilingual Education (4-8).

Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test-Spanish (for Bilingual Education-Spanish Certificates) JAN 2009

Business Education (Grades 6-12)

Chemistry (Grades 8-12) NOTE: The Chemistry framework was developed from the Physical Science Framework. The Chemistry framework includes relevant standards in 4 Domains: Scientific Inquiry and Processes, Matter and Energy, Chemical Reactions, Science Learning, Instruction and Assessment.

Computer Science (Grades 8-12)

Dance (Grades 8-12)

Deaf and Hard of Hearing (EC-Grade 12)

English as a Second Language (EC-Grade 12)

English Language Arts and Reading (Grades 4-8)

English Language Arts and Reading (Grades 8-12)

English Language Arts and Reading/Social Studies (Grades 4-8) NOTE: The relevant standards are those both for English Language Arts and Reading (4-8) and for Social Studies (4-8).

ESL Generalist (EC-Grade 4) NOTE: The relevant standards are those both for ESL (EC-12) and for Generalist (EC-4).

ESL Generalist (Grades 4-8) NOTE: The relevant standards are those both for ESL (EC-12) and for Generalist (4-8).

Family and Consumer Sciences (Grades 6-12)

Generalist (EC-Grade 4)

Generalist (EC-Grade 6)

Generalist (Grades 4-8)

Gifted and Talented (Supplemental)

Health (EC-Grade 12)

Health Science Technology Education (Grades 8-12)

History (Grades 8-12)

Hospitality, Nutrition, and Food Sciences (Grades 8-12) NOTE: The relevant standards are I, IV, V from Family and Consumer Sciences Composite (Grades 6-12).

Human Development and Family Studies (Grades 8-12) NOTE: The relevant standards are I, II, III from Family and Consumer Sciences Composite (Grades 6-12).

Journalism (Grades 8-12)

Languages other than English (EC-Grade 12)

Life Science (Grades 8-12)

Marketing Education (Grades 8-12)

Master Science Teacher (EC-4, 4-8, 8-12)

Mathematics (Grades 4-8)

Mathematics (Grades 8-12)

Mathematics/Physical Science/Engineering (Grades 8-12) NOTE: The relevant standards are those for Mathematics (Grades 8-12), Physical Science (Grades 8-12) and the Engineering (Grades 8-12) standards.

Mathematics/Physics (Grades 8-12) NOTE: The relevant standards are those both for Mathematics (Grades 8-12) and Physics portion of the Physical Science (Grades 8-12) standards

Mathematics/Science (Grades 4-8) NOTE: The relevant standards are those both for Mathematics (4-8) and for Science (4-8).

Music (Grades EC-12)

Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (EC-Grade 4)

Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (EC-Grade 6) 06/27/2009

Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (EC-Grade 12 )

Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (Grades 4-8)

Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (Grades 8-12)

Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities for Trade and Industrial Education (Grades 8-12)

Physical Education (Grades EC-12)

Physical Science (Grades 8-12)

Reading Specialist (EC-Grade 12)

Science (Grades 4-8)

Science (Grades 8-12)

Social Studies (Grades 4-8)

Social Studies (Grades 8-12)

Special Education (EC-Grade 12)

Speech (Grades 8-12)

Technology Applications (All Beginning Teachers) NOTE: These Technology Applications standards are expected of ALL beginning teachers and will be incorporated into the new TExES for Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities at each certification level.

Technology Applications (EC-Grade 12)

Technology Applications (Grades 8-12)

Technology Education (Grades 6-12)

Theatre (EC-Grade 12)

Teacher Of Students with Visual Impairments Supplemental (includes Braille) (Grades EC-12) - PDF Version (formatted text) | Plain Text (no formatting)

Standards for the following certification areas are incorporated into SBEC rule as required:

Educational Diagnostician (§239.83)
Principal (§241.15)
School Counselor (§239.15)
School Librarian (§239.55)
Superintendent (§242.15)

Standards for the Master Teacher Certificate areas:

Master Mathematics Teacher
Master Reading Teacher
Master Science Teacher
Master Technology Teacher

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