STAAR Interim Assessments

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Overview of STAAR Interim Assessments

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has created optional online interim assessments that align to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Test questions for the STAAR Interim Assessments are developed with Texas teachers and include some former STAAR items. These assessments will be available at no cost to districts and charter schools, and they are not tied to accountability. 

STAAR Interim Assessments are a GREAT resource for teachers!

Below you will find valuable resources, short support videos, webinar opportunities, and important dates. 

Resources

• STAAR 2019–20 Interim Assessments Summary Report (PDF posted 3/2/21)

• STAAR 2018–19 Interim Assessment Technical Report (PDF posted 9/25/20)

• STAAR Interim Assessments FAQ (PDF posted 08/07/20)

• STAAR Interim Assessments User Manual (updated 08/07/20)

• Best Practices: How to Successfully Implement STAAR Interim Assessments (PDF posted 08/14/19)

• Administrator or Teacher login link to STAAR Interim Assessments data (NOTE: Users must have an account created by their district to access their student data.)

STAAR Interim Assessments Blueprints

• Grades 3-8 Mathematics, Grades 3-8 R/LA, Grades 5 and 8 Science, Grade 8 Social Studies, English I and English II, Algebra I, Biology, U.S. History

Covid-19 Support

• Section 10 of the Interim User's Manual details the new in-browser access option for STAAR Interim Assessments as well as the delivery of test tickets for students testing at home.

Support Videos

• STAAR Interim Assessments Overview: This video is intended for all curious audiences! Educators, parents, and administrators can learn the purpose and design of the STAAR Interim Assessments. 

• Empowering Teachers - Learning to view student data using the STAAR Interim Assessment Online Reporting Suite (ORS): Want to see the reporting suite? This video is intended for teachers whose schools have granted teacher access to the ORS. It details navigation and functionality of student data reports with a real look into the reporting system. 

• Empowering Teachers - Learning to view student data using the STAAR Interim Assessment Online Reporting Suite (ORS) to explore multi-stage testing and probabilities: Taking the ORS a step further, this video is intended for teachers whose schools have granted access to the ORS and details how multi-stage testing works and how to receive the most accurate results of STAAR Interim Assessments.

• Item-level report demonstration: In October 2020, TEA launched a new item-level reporting dashboard on the Online Reporting Suite (ORS). This report is at the student or group-level and allows teachers to make comparisons across students and student groups. 

Support Materials from Texas School Districts

Thank you, Clear Creek ISD, for your valuable resource and support! If your campus or district has resources they would like to share, please email them to studentassessment@tea.texas.gov! 

 The STAAR interim assessments will be available for the following subjects and grade levels:    

 STAAR interim assessments include:

• Results from the STAAR interim assessments will be reported in the STAAR Assessment Management System and have been enhanced to include a new online reporting suite. The reporting suite contains district-level, campus-level, and student-level reports. Reports at the student level will include
  • the student’s response to each test question,
  • the TEKS student expectation for each test question, and
  • a pop-up window that shows the test question. 
• Reports will continue to include data files and percentages representing the statistical probability of achieving “Approaches,” “Meets,” and “Masters” grade level expectations on STAAR.