ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• STAAR 2022 Assessments for grades 3–5

   

  The STAAR assessments for grades 3 and 4 focus on content taught during the current academic year rather than knowledge and skills learned over multiple years. 

   

  The STAAR assessments for grade 5 focuses on content taught during the current academic year rather than knowledge and skills learned over multiple years. Performance on STAAR tests may be used to determine placement in more rigorous pre-Advanced Placement classes in middle school. 

   

  2022 Testing schedule for Grades 3-5: 

  Grade	Mathematics	Reading	Writing	Science
  Grade 3	May 10	May 11
  Grade 4	May 10	May 11
  Grade 5	May 10	May 11		May 12
  Grade 5 Retest	May 10	May 11

   

  Additional details on STAAR assessments

  There is a four-hour time limit on all tests.

  Math

  The STAAR math incorporates underlying processes and mathematical tools covered in that particular grade. These include numerical representations and relationships, computations and algebraic relationships, geometry and measurement, and data analysis and personal financial literacy.

  Science

  STAAR focuses on concepts and addresses them in depth. Tested content includes matter and energy, force, motion, earth and space, and organisms and the environment. Forty percent of the STAAR tests incorporate scientific investigation, and reasoning.

  Reading

  The STAAR assessment requires both analytical skills and an application of knowledge. Tested content includes understanding across genres, understanding and analysis of literary texts, and informational texts.

  Writing

  HB 3906 eliminates the stand-alone writing assessments for grades 4 and 7 beginning with the 2021–22 school year and will influence a redesign of the reading language arts (RLA) STAAR. 

  STAAR sample questions (.pdf)

  Grade 3	Reading	Mathematics
  Grade 4	Reading	Mathematics
  Grade 5	Reading	Mathematics	Science