OER Accessibility Support

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) develops, maintains, and continuously improves a comprehensive suite of High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) made available to Texas local education agencies at no cost through the TEA Open Education Resources (OER) initiative. These materials are used statewide across multiple content areas, grade bands, formats, and modalities, including fully digital, printable, and interactive components. To ensure equitable access for all learners and educators, TEA requires ongoing accessibility evaluation and maintenance of OER instructional materials in alignment with federal and state accessibility requirements and TEA accessibility standards. Accessibility work occurs across multiple products, development stages, and annual cycles, including both newly developed materials and materials already in continuous improvement. TEA anticipates awarding contracts to vendors who can provide scalable, repeatable, and high-quality accessibility services across a large and evolving portfolio of instructional materials as needed. The full and partial sets of instructional materials in scope for review may include, at a minimum: • Prekindergarten 3 and 4 • Prekindergarten Spanish 3 and 4 • Foundational Literacy K-3 • Foundational Literacy Spanish K-3 • English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR) K-5, 6-8 • English I-IV • Spanish Language Arts and Reading (SLAR) K-6 • Social Studies K-5 • Social Studies Spanish K-5 • Social Studies 6-12 • Social Studies Grade 6 Spanish • Math K-5, 6-8 • Math K-5 Spanish • Secondary Math: Grades 6-8, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry • Secondary Math Grade 6 Spanish • Advanced Math: Grades 6-8, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry • Secondary Math Grade 6 Spanish • Precalculus • Science K-5 • Science Spanish K-5 • Science 6-12 • Science Grade 6 Spanish • Bluebonnet Learning Leadership, Positive Character Traits K-12 • Bluebonnet Learning Leadership, Positive Character Traits Spanish K-6 • Supplementary products in math, ELAR, SLAR, Social Studies in English and Spanish The accessibility process may differ based on the material being reviewed and may include full or partial instructional programs, student and teacher facing components, assessments, digital and interactive tools, and print ready resources. Note the process is subject to change based on updated guidelines or other internal/external factors to the TEA.