Texas Skill Standards

The Council’s role is to facilitate and promote the Texas skill standards system by serving as a liaison between industry groups and community and technical colleges in the development and usage of skill standards. Its major skill standards-related functions include:

Skill Standards Development and Recognition

• Convene industry groups to develop new skill standards
• Validate existing, nationally-established industry standards
• Provide quality assurance by recognizing skill standards based on established criteria

Skill Standards Awareness and Usage

• Promote the use of standards and credentials in curriculum development
• Provide technical assistance to community and technical colleges to integrate skill standards in their workforce programs
• Recognize workforce programs of Texas community and technical colleges that have integrated skill standards into the curriculum

Visit https://tssb.org/ for additional information.