Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

Every Texas math and English language arts standard, grade by grade, explained in plain English, with links to the official documents and the Common Core pages that line up.

What Texas uses

Every Texas standard is explained here in plain English, with the official wording one click away.

Texas Mathematics Standards by Grade

Kindergarten36 standards 1st Grade50 standards 2nd Grade50 standards 3rd Grade53 standards 4th Grade53 standards 5th Grade46 standards 6th Grade59 standards 7th Grade50 standards 8th Grade52 standards

Texas English Language Arts and Reading Standards by Grade

Kindergarten56 standards 1st Grade60 standards 2nd Grade62 standards 3rd Grade65 standards 4th Grade63 standards 5th Grade63 standards 6th Grade63 standards 7th Grade63 standards 8th Grade64 standards English I62 standards English II62 standards English III64 standards English IV64 standards

The official Texas documents

19 TAC Chapter 111, Subchapter A. Elementary · adopted 2012 · since 2014-15
19 TAC Chapter 111, Subchapter B. Middle School · adopted 2012 · since 2014-15
19 TAC Chapter 110, Subchapter A. Elementary · adopted 2017 · since 2019-20
19 TAC Chapter 110, Subchapter B. Middle School · adopted 2017 · since 2019-20
19 TAC Chapter 110, Subchapter C. High School · adopted 2017 · since 2020-21

The Common Core pages that line up

Where a state’s standard matches a Common Core standard word for word, the Common Core page is the fastest way to read it explained, with an example and practice.

Common Core Math229 standards Common Core ELA455 standards Common Core Literacy87 standards

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Common Core State Standards © Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved. Official wording from the Common Core State Standards PDFs at corestandards.org, last checked October 14, 2026.