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http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6148 http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6148 I'll just leave this here without comment.

youngerdryas 14y ago
Did you find something? (7) Science concepts. The student knows evolutionary theory is a scientific explanation for the unity and diversity of life. The student is expected to: (A) analyze and evaluate how evidence of common ancestry among groups is provided by the fossil record, biogeography, and homologies, including anatomical, molecular, and developmental; (B) analyze and evaluate scientific explanations concerning any data of sudden appearance, stasis, and sequential nature of groups in the fossil record; (C) analyze and evaluate how natural selection produces change in populations, not individuals; (D) analyze and evaluate how the elements of natural selection, including inherited variation, the potential of a population to produce more offspring than can survive, and a finite supply of environmental resources, result in differential reproductive success; (E) analyze and evaluate the relationship of natural selection to adaptation and to the development of diversity in and among species; (F) analyze and evaluate the effects of other evolutionary mechanisms, including genetic drift, gene flow, mutation, and recombination; and (G) analyze and evaluate scientific explanations concerning the complexity of the cell. Hardly damning stuff.
- unimpressive 14y ago
  No. I figured I'd make it easier for interested parties to evaluate the standards by linking them. Without comment.
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    - unimpressive 14y ago
      What's that supposed to mean? Unless of course you think that making people use a search engine to find it will encourage more people to look.
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        unimpressive 14y ago
        I checked wikipedia to make sure that it was indeed the organization I was looking for. So if you mean "did I read the webpage?" yes I did. I did a quick control-f on the high school social studies standards for some terms of interest. (Eg. 'Creationism' 'Religion') If you mean "Did you read all of the standards in their entirety?" no, because I honestly don't care that much. With that in mind, this will be the last post I make defending myself against whatever it is you're trying to accuse me of. EDIT: Unless it was the wrong link, but taking a second look it appears correct.

youngerdryas 14y ago

Did you find something? (7) Science concepts. The student knows evolutionary theory is a scientific explanation for the unity and diversity of life. The student is expected to: (A) analyze and evaluate how evidence of common ancestry among groups is provided by the fossil record, biogeography, and homologies, including anatomical, molecular, and developmental; (B) analyze and evaluate scientific explanations concerning any data of sudden appearance, stasis, and sequential nature of groups in the fossil record; (C) analyze and evaluate how natural selection produces change in populations, not individuals; (D) analyze and evaluate how the elements of natural selection, including inherited variation, the potential of a population to produce more offspring than can survive, and a finite supply of environmental resources, result in differential reproductive success; (E) analyze and evaluate the relationship of natural selection to adaptation and to the development of diversity in and among species; (F) analyze and evaluate the effects of other evolutionary mechanisms, including genetic drift, gene flow, mutation, and recombination; and (G) analyze and evaluate scientific explanations concerning the complexity of the cell. Hardly damning stuff.

unimpressive 14y ago
No. I figured I'd make it easier for interested parties to evaluate the standards by linking them. Without comment.
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  - unimpressive 14y ago
    What's that supposed to mean? Unless of course you think that making people use a search engine to find it will encourage more people to look.
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      - unimpressive 14y ago
        I checked wikipedia to make sure that it was indeed the organization I was looking for. So if you mean "did I read the webpage?" yes I did. I did a quick control-f on the high school social studies standards for some terms of interest. (Eg. 'Creationism' 'Religion') If you mean "Did you read all of the standards in their entirety?" no, because I honestly don't care that much. With that in mind, this will be the last post I make defending myself against whatever it is you're trying to accuse me of. EDIT: Unless it was the wrong link, but taking a second look it appears correct.