Target TAKS - Mathematics
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: 8th grade math
Notes: Scaled score below 2100 on previous year's Math TAKS; Counselor Approval
Grade Levels: 9 - 12

Description: Target TAKS is a semester-long course recommended for all students who failed the mathematics portion of the TAKS test at their previos grade level. This course will provide remediation within the school day for students who have failed, or are in danger of failing, the mathematics portion of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). Target TAKS will be taken concurrently with a student's mathematics course.

Objectives for each content area and grade level course will be the TAKS objectives for the tests in which students are being remediated. Stratagies will be course-specific and will include such elements as test-taking stragtegies, problem solving in math and science, reading for meaning, and other content-specific strategies.