Texas Education Agency
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The Texas Education Agency is the state government agency responsible for overseeing public primary and secondary education in Texas, including setting academic standards, administering statewide assessments, and monitoring school district performance.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Texas Education Agency canonical | 54 |
| Texas Education Agency Region 10 | 1 |
| Texas public school system | 1 |
| Texas state education authorities | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T975029 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Texas Education Agency Context triple: [Westbury High School (Houston), governingBody, Texas Education Agency]
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A.
Government of Texas
The Government of Texas is the state’s political and administrative authority, comprising the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that create and enforce laws for Texas.
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B.
Dallas Independent School District
Dallas Independent School District is one of the largest public school systems in Texas, serving students across much of the city of Dallas and several surrounding communities.
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C.
San Antonio Independent School District
San Antonio Independent School District is a public school district in San Antonio, Texas, best known nationally for its role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez concerning school finance and equal protection.
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D.
Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate.
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E.
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Texas Department of Public Safety is a statewide law enforcement and public safety agency responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, driver licensing, and emergency management across Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Texas Education Agency Target entity description: The Texas Education Agency is the state government agency responsible for overseeing public primary and secondary education in Texas, including setting academic standards, administering statewide assessments, and monitoring school district performance.
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A.
Government of Texas
The Government of Texas is the state’s political and administrative authority, comprising the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that create and enforce laws for Texas.
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B.
Dallas Independent School District
Dallas Independent School District is one of the largest public school systems in Texas, serving students across much of the city of Dallas and several surrounding communities.
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C.
San Antonio Independent School District
San Antonio Independent School District is a public school district in San Antonio, Texas, best known nationally for its role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez concerning school finance and equal protection.
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D.
Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate.
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E.
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Texas Department of Public Safety is a statewide law enforcement and public safety agency responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, driver licensing, and emergency management across Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
state education agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | TEA ⓘ |
| administers |
STAAR test
ⓘ
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness ⓘ TELPAS ⓘ Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System ⓘ Texas Success Initiative Assessment policies ⓘ
linked to:
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
|
| appliesPolicy |
Texas Administrative Code rules for education
ⓘ
Texas Education Code ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedByStatute | Texas Legislature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
State Board for Educator Certification
ⓘ
Texas Commissioner of Education ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Austin, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Austin
|
| implements |
Every Student Succeeds Act requirements in Texas
ⓘ
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requirements in Texas ⓘ federal education programs in Texas ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Texas
Texas public education system ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Texas ⓘ |
| oversees |
Texas open-enrollment charter schools
ⓘ
Texas public school districts ⓘ public primary education in Texas ⓘ public secondary education in Texas ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Government of Texas
ⓘ
Texas state government ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Texas
|
| regulates |
charter school authorization in Texas
ⓘ
educator certification standards in Texas ⓘ public school accountability in Texas ⓘ school district financial accountability in Texas ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
ⓘ
accountability ratings for Texas public schools ⓘ accreditation of Texas public school districts ⓘ administering statewide student assessments in Texas ⓘ bilingual and English as a Second Language program oversight in Texas ⓘ career and technical education program oversight in Texas ⓘ distribution of state and federal education funds to Texas school districts ⓘ monitoring school district performance in Texas ⓘ setting academic standards for Texas public schools ⓘ special education compliance monitoring in Texas ⓘ statewide curriculum standards in Texas ⓘ |
| sector | public education ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
State Board of Education
ⓘ
linked to:
state board of education
Texas Governor ⓘ
linked to:
Governor of Texas
Texas Legislature ⓘ |
| website | https://tea.texas.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Texas Education Agency Description of subject: The Texas Education Agency is the state government agency responsible for overseeing public primary and secondary education in Texas, including setting academic standards, administering statewide assessments, and monitoring school district performance.
Referenced by (57)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Texas Education Agency
linked to: Texas Education Agency
linked to: Texas Education Agency