How should a PE unit align to TEKS standards, and what evidence demonstrates mastery at the EC-12 level?

• A. Align objectives to the TEKS, design performance-based assessments, collect and analyze data across students to show mastery and growth toward standards.
• B. Align objectives to the TEKS but do not collect data on mastery.
• C. Use only endurance tests to demonstrate mastery and disregard TEKS alignment.
• D. Focus on drills without documenting objectives or progress.

Answer: (D)

Aligning a PE unit to TEKS means designing learning objectives that map directly to the Texas standards and building performance-based assessments that require students to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and behaviors described by those standards. Evidence of mastery comes from data collected across students showing growth toward the standards, not from a single test or from activities that don’t connect to the standards. In practice, you translate each TEKS standard into observable outcomes, create tasks that let students perform and apply skills in authentic movement contexts, and use rubrics or checklists to rate performance. Collecting and analyzing these data over time lets you verify that students are meeting or progressing toward the standards, inform instruction, and document accountability.

Focusing only on endurance tests or drills without documenting objectives or progress misses the essential link to TEKS and fails to provide a clear, verifiable picture of student mastery.