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Updating New Learning Standards

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Melody Boggs
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Districts must update their learning standards when the state implements new ones.

New and Updated Learning Standards

The following courses have new or updated standards for the 2024-2025 school year. These new standards are in Eduphoria’s system and are ready for districts to update their courses:

Science

Kindergarten – Grade 5

  • ALL

Grades 6-8

  • ALL

High School Courses

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Integrated Physics & Chemistry (IPC)
  • Physics
  • Aquatic Science
  • Astronomy
  • Earth Systems Science (Currently Earth and Space Science)
  • Environmental Systems

Social Studies

Kindergarten - Grade 5

  • ALL

Grades 6-8

  • ALL

High School

  • Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits
  • United States History Studies Since 1877
  • World History Studies
  •  
  • United States Government

Technology Applications

Kindergarten - Grade 5

  • ALL

Grades 6-8

  • ALL

Career and Technical Education

Note: Some of the new CATE courses also have new course numbers. If your district offers these courses, you will need to create those on your Course Tree before adding the standards.

High School Courses – Career Development

  • 127.19 Career and Technical Education Project-Based Capstone
  • 127.20 Career Preparation General
  • 127.21 Career Preparation for Programs of Study
  • 127.22 Extended Career Preparation

High School Courses – Business, Marketing, and Finance

  • 127.275 Entrepreneurship I
  • 127.276 Entrepreneurship II
  • 127.277 Practicum in Entrepreneurship
  • 127.278 Extended Practicum in Entrepreneurship

High School Courses – Education and Training

  • 127.319 Child Development Associate Foundations
  • 127.318 Child Guidance
  • 127.324 Communication & Technology in Education
  • 127.323 Human Growth & Development

High School Courses – Health Science

  • 127.423 Anatomy & Physiology
  • 127.422 Health Science Theory
  • 127.433 Medical Microbiology
  • 127.417 Medical Terminology
  • 127.424 Pathophysiology
  • 127.425 Pharmacy I
  • 127.420 World Health & Emerging Technologies

High School Courses – STEM

  • 127.789 Computer Science I
  • 127.790 Computer Science II
  • 127.783 Engineering & Design Presentation I
  • 127.784 Engineering & Design Presentation II
  • 127.787 Intermediate Computer Aided Design & Drafting
  • 127.786 Introduction to Computer Aided Design & Drafting
  • 127.781 Principles of Applied Engineering

Update the Standards For Aware and Strive Only

A user with the Curriculum Manager Role or a Delegate assigned to a course can update the standards.

  1. Open Forethought - This is where the standards are managed for all applications.
  2. Go to the Manage tab and select Manage Learning Standards.
  3. Drill down to a specific course. (EX: High School > Science > Biology)
  4. Click on the Options tab.
  5. Search for a new set of standards. You can use the search bar to find the course quickly.

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  1. Check the box beside the new standards.
  2. Scroll down to find the old standards and Uncheck them. 
  3. Click Select Courses. 
Note: You may want to wait to uncheck the old TEKS until you finish testing in Aware for these standards, but you should remove them before teachers begin writing their Student Growth Goals for the new school year.

Update the Standards for Forethought or Other Applications

A user with the Curriculum Manager Role or a Delegate assigned to a course can update the standards.

Use the current courses in Forethought and simply import the newly updated TEKS. If desired, move the older ones to the trash. Teachers who have used the old course will not have to change their schedule.

Note: Steps 1-8 must be done for all applications. Steps 9-12 are specific to the lesson planner.
  1. Open Forethought - This is where the standards are managed for all applications.
  2. Go to the Manage tab and select Manage Learning Standards.
  3. Drill down to a specific course. (EX: High School > Science > Biology)
  4. Click on the Options tab.
  5. Search for a new set of standards. You can use the search bar to find the course quickly.
  6. Check the box beside the new standards.
  7. Scroll down to find the old standards and Uncheck them. 
  8. Click Select Courses. 
  9. Click Import Standards from Courses.

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  1. Check the box Include grade level in state standard display. This will distinguish subject area standards from ELPs, CCRS, etc. in the lesson planners.
  2. Click on the Standards tab. Your new folder of standards will appear in the list.  
  3. You must delete the folder of old standards by cutting and pasting it to the Trash Folder using the directions in the next section.

Deleting Folders/Groups: Cut to Trash

When you are ready to remove the old learning standards, use the Cut to Trash method.

  • Select the folder you want to remove (CTRL-Click), 
  • Use the Scissors icon to Cut, 
  • Go to the Course titled Trash, CLICK ON FOLDER in Trash, Use the Clipboard icon to Paste.
  • When you cut a folder from one course to another, you must click on the target folder before clicking Paste.
  • DO NOT PUBLISH the trash course. Once you have deleted the courses you must remove, Click Discard at the bottom of the window. This will “take out the trash” and delete these courses from your tree. The standards will still exist on the options tab if you need them again.

What if I don't have a Trash Course? How do I make one?

A Trash Course is a fast workaround that helps remove many standards or folders of standards more quickly than using the delete option within the course. 

Creating a Trash Course

  • Manage tab > Manage Course Tree
  • Click on the name of the district (of the icon of the globe)
  • Click New Course
  • Type Trash and click Save
  • Click Cancel to stop entering new courses
  • Click Publish Tree (bottom right corner)
  • Go to Manage Learning Standards. 
  • Click on the new Trash Course just created.
  • Click New Group.
  • Title it. "Click here and Paste deleted standards. DO NOT PUBLISH."
  • Publish the course, but only once.
  • When your trash gets full, click Discard. All folders and standards added since the last publish date will be deleted.

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