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Aug. 10, 2015

TEA releases 2015 STAAR tests

AUSTIN – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) today released the 2015 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) tests, making them available for review on the TEA website.

Today’s release includes the following STAAR general assessments: grades 3–8 reading; grades 4 and 7 writing; grades 5 and 8 science; grade 8 social studies; Algebra I; English I and English II; biology; and U.S. history.

All 2015 STAAR released tests – except for grades 3–8 mathematics – are posted online. A partial release of the grades 3–8 mathematics questions (including grades 3–5 Spanish) is also posted online. A partial release is a subset of test questions that are eligible for the assessment but do not represent the entire test blueprint. Because the mathematics tests have undergone major revisions, there are not enough approved test questions in reserve to permit the release of full tests this year.

TEA has previously released – in 2013 and 2014 – the first test form administered in the spring for each general STAAR assessment. The next scheduled STAAR release is set for 2016 and then every third year thereafter.

Released test questions on the TEA webpage do not represent all the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) student expectations eligible for assessment on STAAR. To review the released 2015 STAAR tests (as well as those from previous years), visit the TEA Student Assessment Division website at  ^{http://tea.texas.gov/Student_Testing_and_Accountability/Testing/State_of_Texas_Assessments_of_Academic_Readiness_(STAAR)/STAAR_Released_Test_Questions.}