The Texas College and Career Readiness Standards define what students should know and be able to accomplish in order to succeed in entry-level college courses or skilled workforce opportunities upon graduation from high school. This paper answers the following questions: (1) Who developed the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards?; (2) What role did the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board have in developing the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards?; (3) Why does Texas needs college and career readiness standards?; (4) How are the adopted Texas College and Career Readiness Standards Different from high school graduation standards?; (5) What is the difference between the Report of the Commission for a College Ready Texas and the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards; (6) How are the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards organized?; (7) Are the sample performance indicators provided in the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards prescriptive for all public high school teachers?; (8) How much of the knowledge and skills outlined in the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards must be mastered in order to be deemed college-ready?; (9) Before adopting the standards, did the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and Commissioner of Education consider input from the public?; and (10) What are the next steps now that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Commissioner of Education have adopted the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards?