Question Types

The STAAR redesign is a result of House Bill (HB) 3906 passed by the 86th Texas Legislature in 2019. The Texas Education Agency (TEA), working with a wide range of education stakeholders, including the Assessment Education Advisory Committee, has been exploring the most instructionally supportive approach to implementing these changes. The redesign will be implemented in the state summative assessments administered in the 2022–2023 school year. The STAAR test will be comprised of no more than 75% multiple choice questions and at least 25% of the new question types. There will be an increase in the number of cross-curricular informational passages that reference content aligned to the TEKS for other subject areas (e.g., social studies, science, mathematics, fine arts, etc.). While the cross-curricular passages on the reading language arts (RLA) test will include topics from other subject areas, the questions will only assess RLA standards; students will not be scored on their understanding of standards for other subject areas on the RLA test.  

RLA New Question Types

3rd-5th Grades

Math New Question Types

3rd-5th Grades

Science New Question Types

5th Grade Only