District-Created Rubric Crosswalk
TEA®
Texas Education Agency
According to statute, if your district is not using T-TESS, Marzano's Teacher Evaluation Model, a rubric created by the
National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, or The Danielson Group, your district must ensure that your rubric is
aligned to 21.351 and 21.352. Below is a checklist to help you determine whether your district’s rubric is aligned. The
numbers (for example 1.1) correspond to T-TESS dimensions. Your rubric must contain each element listed below. It
must also describe what each element looks like at every level of teacher effectiveness. For example, what does
“alignment to state standards” look like at the lowest level of teacher effectiveness compared to the highest level?
Please email us at tia@tea.texas.gov if you have any questions.
District Rubric Name
How many levels of proficiency does the rubric include?
Planning
present?
Exact wording
described at
each level of
teacher
effectiveness?
Where in the rubric can this element
be found?
1.1 - Alignment to state standards
1.1 - Lessons driven by objectives
1.1 - Pacing within a lesson
1.1 - Integration of technology
1.1 - Cross-discipline integration
1.1 - Strategic sequencing of lessons
and units
1.1 - Connection to students' prior
knowledge or understanding
1.2 - Collecting informal and formal
data to progress monitor
1.1 - Feedback to students and
families
1.3 - Adjustments to address strengths
and gaps in background
knowledge, life experience and
1.2 - Plan for strategic questioning
1.3 – Use of strategic student
grouping
1.4 – Alignment of activities to lesson
purpose