New Test Item Types 

New Test Item Types

House Bill 3906 established a “multiple-choice cap,” meaning that no more than 75% of points on a STAAR test can be based on multiple-choice questions. Texas educators are helping design new question types that reflect classroom test questions and allow students more ways to show their understanding. All possible new question types are being field-tested with students to ensure validity before they are incorporated into the redesigned summative tests beginning in spring 2023.

New items will:

• Engage students with a wide variety of interactive

• Allow students to more actively demonstrate proficiency 

• Assess more content in fewer items

• Assess different levels of thinking 

• Provide teachers more specific data 

• Positively impact instruction and student learning

Resources to Support New Question Types:

• Lead4Ward Quicklook at STAAR 2.0 New Item Types

• Online samplers of new question types (Practice Test Site)

• Answer keys to online samplers of new question types

• STAAR Resources: General, Specific, Assessed Curriculum, Blueprints, Released Tests

Preliminary New Question Types by Grade Level and Content Area

reverified with TEA 4/26/24

STAAR Specific Subject  Resources 

• Math 

• Reading Language Arts 

• Science 

• Social Studies