Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment (TMSFA)
Texas Education Code (TEC) §28.006(c-1) requires that students who do not meet the passing standard on the Grade 6 State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) reading test must be administered a reading assessment at the beginning of grade 7. The Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment (TMSFA) was developed with Texas students to be a valid and reliable instrument for determining students’ areas of instructional need.
The TMSFA is based on valid and reliable scientific research, thoroughly measures each domain of development, and is user-friendly. The following three domains of development are assessed using the TMSFA.
- Text Comprehension (Reading)
- Word Analysis
- Fluency
8 Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy Tier I: Content Area Instruction
Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy Tier I builds knowledge and skills so teachers can effectively support the development of reading skills in adolescent students. The strategies presented in the course promote the implementation of effective reading instruction for all students across all content areas. TALA Tier I, previously available in Texas Courses, is now openly available but does not earn course provider credit and no certificate will be offered.
2 Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment: Administering and Interpreting Results
This binder details how to score and interpret the results of the Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment (TMSFA). This course is Unit 4 of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy (TALA). These materials are available for view only; no credit or certificate is provided.
8 CTE 101: Career and Technical Education in Texas
This binder provides an overview of Career and Technical Education in Texas and how it is implemented at the state and local levels. Teachers who are not certified in CTE and have been assigned to teach one of the CTE courses for mathematics or science credit must complete CTE 101. CTE-certified teachers may complete CTE 101, but it is not a requirement.
16 The Revised Fine Arts TEKS
This course will provide an overview of the benefits of fine arts education for students and various aspects of fine arts programming, as well as the application of the revised TEKS for each discipline. This training, previously available in Texas Courses, is now openly available but does not earn course provider credit and no certificate will be offered.
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Teaching Adolescents Who Struggle With Literacy
This resource provides the five components of literacy for adolescent readers.
Teaching Written Conventions in Context
This resource focuses on the use of model sentences to teach written conventions in context.
Teaching Apostrophes in Context
This resource is designed to enhance the teaching of grammar in the context of reading and writing by using mentor sentences.
Teaching Appositives in Context
This resource is designed to enhance the teaching of grammar in the context of reading and writing by using mentor sentences.
Teaching Simple and Compound Sentences in Context
This resource is designed to enhance the teaching of grammar in the context of reading and writing by using mentor sentences.
Teaching Capitalization in Context
This resource is designed to enhance the teaching of grammar in the context of reading and writing by using mentor sentences.
Teaching Colons in Context
This resource is designed to enhance the teaching of grammar in the context of reading and writing by using mentor sentences.
Teaching Dialogue in Context
This resource is designed to enhance the teaching of grammar in the context of reading and writing by using mentor sentences.
Teaching Active and Passive Verbs in Context
This resource is designed to enhance the teaching of grammar in the context of reading and writing by using mentor sentences.
Writing a Series
This resource is designed to enhance the teaching of grammar in the context of reading and writing by using mentor sentences.
Standards and Instruction
This resource explores effective instructional techniques, including modeling how to read like a writer and using mentor texts.