Browse Standards
Using the browse tool, you will find the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), the Prekindergarten Guidelines, the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards, the English Language Proficiency Standards, and the TEA Essence Statements.
In this section, TEKS are arranged in the following order:
- Subject Area
- Strand
- Knowledge and skill statement
- Student Expectations.
- Knowledge and skill statement
- Strand
Please begin by selecting either the TEKS Subject Area or the Additional Standard Set that you wish to explore.
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Student Expectation - 8.12A: Solve real-world problems comparing how interest rate and loan length affect the cost of credit.
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Student Expectation - 8.12B: Calculate the total cost of repaying a loan, including credit cards and easy access loans, under various rates of interest and over different periods using an online calculator.
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Student Expectation - 8.12C: Explain how small amounts of money invested regularly, including money saved for college and retirement, grow over time.
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Student Expectation - 8.12D: Calculate and compare simple interest and compound interest earnings.
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Student Expectation - 8.12E: Identify and explain the advantages and disadvantages of different payment methods.
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Student Expectation - 8.12F: Analyze situations to determine if they represent financially responsible decisions and identify the benefits of financial responsibility and the costs of financial irresponsibility.
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Student Expectation - 8.12G: Estimate the cost of a two-year and four-year college education, including family contribution, and devise a periodic savings plan for accumulating the money needed to contribute to the total cost of attendance for at least the first year of college.
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