Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
5.404. Criteria for Evaluation of Core Curricula.

1. Each institution must review and evaluate its core curriculum at intervals specified by the Board and shall report the results of that review to the Board. The evaluation should include:
   1. the extent to which the curriculum is consistent with the elements of the core curriculum recommended by the Board;
   2. the extent to which the curriculum is consistent with the "Texas Common Course Numbering System";
   3. the extent to which the curriculum is consistent with the elements of the core curriculum component areas, intellectual competencies, and perspectives as expressed in "Core Curriculum: Assumptions and Defining Characteristics" adopted by the Board; and
   4. the extent to which the institution's educational goals and the exemplary educational objectives of the core curriculum recommended by the Board are being achieved.
2. Each institution's evaluation report must contain the following:
   1. a table that compares the institution's core curriculum with the core component areas and exemplary educational objectives of the core curriculum recommended by the Board;
   2. a brief description of the purpose and substance of the institution's core curriculum;
   3. a description of the processes and procedures used to evaluate the institution's core curriculum; and
   4. a description of the ways in which the evaluation results are utilized to improve the core curriculum at the institution.

From THECB Rules, Chapter 5, Section 404

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