Best Practices From the Texas Education Agency

(Brief surveys are included at the end of each best practice summary.)

English/Language Arts and Reading

• Balanced Literacy (North East ISD-Hidden Forest Elementary)
• Coaching Model and Balanced Literacy Instruction (Clear Creek ISD-Stewart Elementary)
• Data-Focused Small Group Instruction (Northside ISD-Cable Elementary)
• Early Intervention Team (Clint ISD-Macias Elementary)
• Elementary Writing (Laredo ISD-C.M. Macdonell Elementary)
• Grade 4 Writing Clinic (Irion County ISD-Irion County Elementary)
• Guided Reading for All Students (Northside ISD-Carson Elementary)
• Learner-Centered Writing Instruction (Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD-Eagle Mountain Elementary)
• Making Reading a Priority (Brownwood ISD-Woodland Heights Elementary)
• "Sacred Morning" Time for Reading and Mathematics Instruction (Burnet CISD-Bertram Elementary)
• Writing Immersion (Fort Worth ISD-Helbing Elementary)

Mathematics

• Data-Focused Small Group Instruction (Northside ISD-Cable Elementary)
• Early Intervention Team (Clint ISD-Macias Elementary)
• Enhanced Elementary Mathematics Instruction (Northside ISD-Passmore Elementary)
• Mathematics "Power Hour" (Azle ISD-Walnut Creek Elementary)
• Mathematics Support for Struggling Students (Boerne ISD-Boerne Middle School South)
• "Sacred Morning" Time for Reading and Mathematics Instruction (Burnet CISD-Bertram Elementary)

Science

• Campus Instructional Plan for Science (Northside ISD-Beard Elementary)
• Developing Successful Thinkers (Northside ISD-Nichols Elementary)
• Enhanced Elementary Science Instruction (Spring ISD-Winship Elementary)
• Field-Based Science Instruction (Decatur ISD-Decatur Intermediate)
• Focus on Science Vocabulary (Kerrville ISD-Tally Elementary)
• Hands-On Science (North East ISD-Huebner Elementary)
• High School Science (Wylie ISD-Wylie High School)
• Inquiry-Based Science Instruction (Lackland ISD-Lackland Elementary)
• Outdoor Classroom (Fort Worth ISD-Seminary Hills Park Elementary)

Social Studies

• Middle School Social Studies (Del Valle ISD-Del Valle Middle School) (new!)

Response to Intervention

• Early Intervention Team (Clint ISD-Macias Elementary)
• Elementary Inclusion and Intervention Strategies (Boerne ISD-Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary)
• Enhanced Elementary Mathematics Instruction (Northside ISD-Passmore Elementary)

Other

• Building Student-Staff Relationships (Tolar ISD-Tolar Elementary)
• Benchmark Testing and Curriculum Management System (Northside ISD)
• Data-Driven Intervention Strategies (New Deal ISD-New Deal High School)
• Differentiated Instruction (Carroll ISD)
• Elementary Professional Learning Communities (Katy ISD-Wolfe Elementary)
• Integrating Technology into the Classroom (Edgewood ISD-Gonzalez Elementary)
• Ninth-Grade Teaming (Houston ISD-Carnegie Vanguard High School) (new!)
• Parental Involvement (Hidalgo ISD) (new!)
• Substitute Teacher Training (Northside ISD)
• Supplemental Practice Using Academic Software (Iraan-Sheffield ISD, Iraan Junior High)
• Vertical Teams (Lamar CISD-Taylor Ray Elementary) (new!)

Best Practices From the Legislative Budget Board

• Educational Service Delivery and Performance Measures