STAAR Reading Language Arts Resources

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Located below are the STAAR resources for reading language arts assessments. To see all available STAAR resources, visit the STAAR Resources webpage.

Sample writing items for grades 3 - 8 revising and editing are now available on the new Reading Language Arts STAAR Sample Items page.

The documents listed here open as portable document format (PDF) files. The file contains the date of posting in parentheses next to the link.

General	Rubrics RLA Grades 3-5 Argumentative/Opinion Writing Rubric RLA Grades 3-5 Argumentative/Opinion Writing Rubric-Spanish RLA Grades 3-5 Informational Writing Rubric RLA Grades 3-5 Informational Writing Rubric-Spanish RLA Grades 6-English II Argumentative/Opinion Writing Rubric RLA Grades 6-English II Informational Writing Rubric Scoring Guides (Samples) RLA Grades 3-5 Constructed Response RLA Grades 3-5 Constructed Response-Spanish RLA Grades 6-8 Constructed Response English I and II Constructed Response STAAR Dictionary Policy
Grade 3	Grade 3 RLA Assessed Curriculum Grade 3 RLA Assessed Curriculum—Spanish Grade 3 RLA Blueprint Grade 3 RLA Blueprint—Spanish Grade 3 RLA Performance Level Descriptors Grade 3 RLA Performance Level Descriptors-Spanish
Grade 4	Grade 4 RLA Assessed Curriculum Grade 4 RLA Assessed Curriculum—Spanish Grade 4 RLA Blueprint Grade 4 RLA Blueprint—Spanish Grade 4 RLA Performance Level Descriptors Grade 4 RLA Performance Level Descriptors Spanish
Grade 5	Grade 5 RLA Assessed Curriculum Grade 5 RLA Assessed Curriculum—Spanish Grade 5 RLA Blueprint Grade 5 RLA Blueprint—Spanish Grade 5 RLA Performance Level Descriptors Grade 5 RLA Performance Level Descriptors-Spanish
Grade 6	Grade 6 RLA Assessed Curriculum Grade 6 RLA Blueprint Grade 6 RLA Performance Level Descriptors
Grade 7	Grade 7 RLA Assessed Curriculum Grade 7 RLA Blueprint Grade 7 RLA Performance Level Descriptors
Grade 8	Grade 8 RLA Assessed Curriculum Grade 8 RLA Blueprint Grade 8 RLA Performance Level Descriptors
English I	Assessment Design 2023 English I Assessed Curriculum 2023 English I Blueprint Performance Level Descriptors (updated 06/01/2023) Scoring Guides Spring 2022 Expository Spring 2021 Expository Spring 2019 Expository Spring 2018 Expository Spring 2017 Expository Spring 2016 Expository Spring 2015 Expository Spring 2014 Expository Spring 2013 Expository Spring 2012 Expository
English II	Assessment Design 2023 English II Assessed Curriculum 2023 English II Blueprint Performance Level Descriptors (updated 06/01/2023) Scoring Guides Spring 2022 Persuasive Spring 2021 Persuasive Spring 2019 Persuasive Spring 2018 Persuasive Spring 2017 Persuasive Spring 2016 Persuasive Spring 2015 Persuasive Spring 2014 Persuasive Spring 2013 Persuasive

Contact Information

For additional information, contact:

Student Assessment Division
1701 North Congress Avenue
Room 3-122A
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 463-9536

reading.test@tea.texas.gov