The state’s definitive source for college, career, and military readiness
Boost your school and district’s A–F accountability ratings and ensure compliance with Texas Education Code 28.016 with our free resources for educators, students, and families. These college and career readiness resources include online professional development for educators and a middle school curriculum aligned with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
Texas OnCourse also provides administrators with exclusive access to information, resources, and strategies for accountability outcomes related to college, career, and military readiness. Subscribe here to the Texas OnCourse newsletter for administrators to receive this information in your inbox. Keep an eye out for webinars and conference presentations.
Find out more about our free resources for schools and districts below. If you’re interested in using Texas OnCourse tools and resources in your school or district but are not sure where to begin, contact us to chat.
Boost accountability outcomes
Forty percent of A–F accountability scores are based on college, career, and military readiness (CCMR) indicators. Texas OnCourse directly impacts these outcomes with free professional development for college and career advising professionals and a TEKS-aligned middle school curriculum.
Meet education code mandates
Texas Education code 28.016 requires middle schools to deliver early college and career awareness instruction. With Texas OnCourse, your educators receive the resources and support they need to deliver that instruction in an engaging, research-driven way.
Access college readiness data quickly and easily
With Texas OnCourse’s DataDive, explore college and career readiness data on every level: campus, district, regional, and state. View attendance rates, STAAR scores comparison, TSI scores comparison, college readiness assessments, graduation reports, and more – all in clean, easy-to-read graphs.
Join other administrators across the state
Over 75% of school districts in Texas use Texas OnCourse resources. Help bring our free resources to the whole state. Share with your curriculum staff and consider offering exchange days to your counselors, advisers, and teachers who receive continuing professional education credit via the Academy.
Featured tools from Texas OnCourse
DATA AND ACCOUNTABILITY
DataDive
View and compare Texas school performance and college readiness data at the click of a button.
LESSONS AND CURRICULUM
Texas OnCourse Curriculum Guide
This guide includes lesson plans aligned to TEKS for college and career readiness and investigating careers.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Texas OnCourse Academy
Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
MapMyGrad
Students zero in on skills and interests to explore careers and endorsements and plan a path through high school.
Explore our resource library. Choose a grade or goal to start.
The College Board“One of the most comprehensive state initiatives for improving college and career advising.”
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Texas educator"There is so much to know and even more that changes every year as new laws are passed. It is great to have a resource like Texas OnCourse handy to answer all of my questions."
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Important Dates and Deadlines
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GRADES 11 &12
June SAT test date
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9
GRADES 11 & 12
June ACT test date
OCT
01
GRADE 12
FAFSA opens
JAN
GRADE 8
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