The Texas Education Agency (TEA) releases two types of test questions for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) program—sample questions and test forms. Sample test questions are small subsets of test questions released from the STAAR test banks. These test questions may have been previously administered. A test form is a set of released test questions previously administered together to Texas students which reflects the STAAR test blueprints.
To see all available STAAR resources, visit the STAAR Resources webpage.
STAAR reading tests contain varying amounts of authentic published texts. Copyright permission for these texts is obtained from publishers by the testing contractor on behalf of TEA. These copyright agreements may or may not include permission for a wider, non-secure release after testing. If material that was used during testing could not be included in a released test form due to specific copyright permissions, text is provided in the form that indicates where the source material originated.
STAAR Released Test Copyright Information
Released Test Forms and Answer Keys (Paper Administrations)
Released test forms that were administered on paper are released as PDFs. These documents are available in the links below.
Scoring guides are available on the STAAR Reading Language Arts Resources webpage.
- Copyright - For copyright information, read the Copyright and Terms of Service webpage.
- Printing - When printing released questions for mathematics, make sure the Print Menu is set to print the pages at 100% to ensure that the art reflects the intended measurements.
- Hard Copy - Order hard copies of the released paper tests by contacting Texas Testing Support at 833-601-8821.