TEKS and ELPS Breakouts and Citations

Now that you're familiar with the structure of both the TEKS and the ELPS, let's look at how those standards are broken into smaller, reviewable components called breakouts — and how those breakouts connect to citations.

Text File of TEKS and ELPS Breakouts and Citations

Breakouts and Citations Defined

Breakouts: Breakouts are created by TEA to support consistent review; instruction is evaluated at the student expectation level, not at the breakout level.
Citations: Citations point to the exact place in the instructional materials where each breakout is addressed. Publishers provide citations when they submit instructional materials for IMRA review.

Before the standards alignment review begins, TEA creates breakouts to ensure a consistent review throughout the process. Next, publishers submit TEKS and ELPS (if applicable) breakout-correlation documents listing the citations the publisher identifies as meeting the breakout. During the standards alignment process, reviewers evaluate these publisher-submitted citations and vote to determine if they address the breakouts. In standards alignment review, publishers are striving to achieve 100% alignment with the TEKS and ELPS (if applicable), as required by TAC Section 28.002 regarding instructional materials types.