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Student Assessment Home| Student Assessment Directory | Contact Student Assessment The Texas Education Agency (TEA) releases two types of test questions for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) program—sample questions and test forms. Sample test questions are small subsets of test questions released from the STAAR test banks. These test questions may have been previously administered. A test form is a set of released test questions previously administered together to Texas students which reflects the STAAR test blueprints. To see all available STAAR resources, visit the STAAR Resources webpage. STAAR reading tests contain varying amounts of authentic published texts. Copyright permission for these texts is obtained from publishers by the testing contractor on behalf of TEA. These copyright agreements may or may not include permission for a wider, non-secure release after testing. If material that was used during testing could not be included in a released test form due to specific copyright permissions, text is provided in the form that indicates where the source material originated. STAAR Released Test Copyright Information STAARReleased Test Forms and Answer Keys (Paper Administrations) Released test forms that were administered on paper are released as PDFs. These documents are available in the links below. Scoring guides are available on the STAAR Reading Language Arts Resources webpage.
Released Test Forms and Answer Keys (Online Administrations)Released test forms that were administered online are released as practice tests. These released practice tests are available through the STAAR Online Testing Platform. The online practice tests are not available for printing or scoring. If you would like to score your student’s online practice test, you should direct your student to record his or her answers on a separate sheet of paper. Then you can use the answer key below to score the STAAR released practice test. Scoring guides are available on the STAAR Reading Language Arts Resources webpage.
STAAR SpanishReleased Test Forms and Answer Keys (Paper Administrations)Released test forms that were administered on paper are released as PDFs. These documents are available in the links below.
STAAR BrailleReleased Test Forms and Answer Keys (Paper Administrations)Hard Copy - Order hard copies of the released paper tests by contacting Texas Testing Support at 833-601-8821. Scoring guides are available on the STAAR English I and English II Resources webpage. STAARReleased Sample QuestionsThe links below open PDF versions of STAAR released sample questions.
STAAR SpanishReleased Sample QuestionsThe links below open PDF versions of STAAR released sample questions.
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Is the STAAR test mandatory in Texas 2022?This means that regardless of a student's performance in class or other measures, if a student does not take STAAR in spring 2022, they will be required to complete 30 hours of tutoring in each tested subject by the end of the subsequent school year.
What grades do you need to pass STAAR Texas?In Texas, public schools must administer standardized tests to satisfy federal and state law. Students in grades 3-8 and high school take the STAAR exam. STAAR stands for the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness.
Is Texas only STAAR?STAAR is a standardized test given in the state of Texas to primary and secondary students. It is state mandated, which means if a public school is to receive funds in the state of Texas, they must give this test and your child is not allowed to opt out of them.
What are the 5 EOC tests in Texas?In general, students must pass (Approaches Grade Level) five STAAR EOC assessments— Algebra I, English I, English II, Biology, and U.S. History—to earn a high school diploma from a Texas public or charter school as required in TEC §39.025.
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