State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR)
STAAR practice tests
STAAR is the state test Texas public school students take each spring: Mathematics and Reading Language Arts every year from Grade 3 to Grade 8, with science in Grades 5 and 8 and social studies in Grade 8. Since the 2023 redesign it is online, with new question types such as drop-downs, match tables, hot text and typed answers, and every reading test includes written answers about a passage.
Our STAAR-style tests follow the Texas Education Agency's published blueprint for each grade: the same number of questions, the same reporting categories and the redesigned question types. The report counts your child's answers by TEA's reporting categories, never as a predicted STAAR score. The short answer and the essay are written tasks, scored with the traits of TEA's published rubrics.
A look at the test
Questions in the STAAR test style
Written by us in the style of the published STAAR test question types.
Grade 4 Math: fixed and variable expenses (a match table)
Is each one something a bank or credit union does? Choose one answer in each row.
decides how much a person is paid at work AYes BNo lets people write checks or use a debit card CYes DNo sets the price of groceries at the store EYes FNo Show the answer and whyHide the answer
AnswerB, C, Fdecides how much a person is paid at work: no.
lets people write checks or use a debit card: yes.
sets the price of groceries at the store
no.
Final answer
No, Yes, No.
Remember
Take one row at a time and ask the question the column heading asks.
Grade 6 Math: area, with drop-downs
A parallelogram and a triangle each have a base of 5 feet and a height of 14 feet. The area of the parallelogram is (1) ______ square feet, and the area of the triangle is (2) ______ square feet.
(1) A70 B38 C35 (2) D19 E35 F70 Show the answer and whyHide the answer
AnswerA, EParallelogram
A = bh = 70.
Triangle
A = ½bh = 70 ÷ 2 = 35.
Final answer
70; 35.
Remember
Decide first what is being measured: the edge is perimeter, the flat space inside is area, the space a solid fills is volume.
Grade 8 Math: scientific notation
Is each number equivalent to 1.7 × 104? Choose Yes or No in each row.
17 × 103 AYes BNo 17 × 104 CYes DNo 1,700 EYes FNo Show the answer and whyHide the answer
AnswerA, D, F17 × 10<sup>3</sup>
yes.
17 × 10<sup>4</sup>
no.
1,700
no.
Final answer
Yes, No, No.
Remember
Change the given number into a decimal, then change each choice into a decimal too.
The test
STAAR tests by grade
| Grade | Grades | Questions | Time | Reporting categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 Math | Grade 3 | 30 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Numerical representations; computations and algebra; geometry and measurement; data and financial literacy |
| Grade 3 RLA | Grade 3 | 41 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Reading; writing (revising, editing, a short answer and an essay) |
| Grade 4 Math | Grade 4 | 32 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Numerical representations; computations and algebra; geometry and measurement; data and financial literacy |
| Grade 4 RLA | Grade 4 | 41 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Reading; writing (revising, editing, a short answer and an essay) |
| Grade 5 Math | Grade 5 | 34 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Numerical representations; computations and algebra; geometry and measurement; data and financial literacy |
| Grade 5 RLA | Grade 5 | 41 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Reading; writing (revising, editing, a short answer and an essay) |
| Grade 6 Math | Grade 6 | 36 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Numerical representations; computations and algebra; geometry and measurement; data and financial literacy |
| Grade 6 RLA | Grade 6 | 45 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Reading; writing (revising, editing, a short answer and an essay) |
| Grade 7 Math | Grade 7 | 38 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Probability and numerical representations; computations and algebra; geometry and measurement; data and financial literacy |
| Grade 7 RLA | Grade 7 | 45 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Reading; writing (revising, editing, a short answer and an essay) |
| Grade 8 Math | Grade 8 | 40 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Numerical representations; computations and algebra; geometry and measurement; data and financial literacy |
| Grade 8 RLA | Grade 8 | 45 | No limit (about 4 hours) | Reading; writing (revising, editing, a short answer and an essay) |
Question counts and reporting categories are TEA's published blueprint. Our Reading Language Arts test leaves out the three written answers, which are separate written tasks here, and its passages and questions are ours.
Pricing
Three free practice tests. Unlimited tests and answers are US$49.
A free account includes 3 practice tests. A plan opens unlimited tests and shows your child what they got right, the right answers and how to reach them, on every STAAR and CAASPP test. Practicing for more than one kind of test? The US bundle covers them all for US$99.
State tests packLaunch price
US$49
for 6 months
- Which questions your child got right, after every practice test
- The right answer to every question
- A worked solution for every question, step by step
- STAAR-style math and reading for Grades 3 to 8 (Texas)
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- Written short answers and essays, scored with the state's own rubric
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Questions
What parents ask
- Are these real STAAR questions?
- No. TEA's released tests belong to TEA. We write our own passages and questions to the published blueprint and the Texas standards (TEKS), using the same question types as the online test.
- Do you score it like STAAR?
- We show how many questions your child answered correctly in each of TEA's reporting categories, so you can see where to practice. We never show a scale score or a performance level such as Meets or Masters: only the real test can give those.
- How are the short answer and the essay scored?
- With the traits and score points of TEA's published rubrics: the short answer from 0 to 2 for an accurate answer with text evidence, and the essay from 0 to 3 for development and organization of ideas plus 0 to 2 for conventions. The report quotes your child's own sentences back as the reason for each score.
- Is STAAR changing?
- Yes. Texas has passed a law replacing STAAR with shorter tests given through the year, starting in the 2027-28 school year. Spring 2027 is planned as the last STAAR, with reading in early April and math in late April.
- Is it free?
- A free account includes 3 practice tests. A plan opens unlimited STAAR tests and shows which questions were right, the right answers and a worked solution for each. The state tests pack is US$49 for six months and covers every state test we build; the US bundle (US$99) covers every US test we offer.
STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) is a program of the Texas Education Agency. Scholar Tests is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Texas Education Agency, the State of Texas or any school district. Our practice questions and passages are written by us in the style of the published STAAR question types; they are not real STAAR questions, and a practice score is not a STAAR score.