STAAR Science Resources

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Located below are the STAAR resources for grades 5 and 8 science and Biology assessments. To see all available STAAR resources, visit the STAAR Resources webpage.

The documents listed here will open as portable document format (PDF) files.

Assessing Process Skills (posted 01/27/17)
Calculator Policy (PDF posted 9/7/22)
Timeline for Assessing New Science TEKS (PDF posted 10/18/22)

Grade 5	Grade 5 Constructed Response Scoring Guide Science English and Spanish (10/12/2022) Grade 5 Science Assessed Curriculum Grade 5 Science Assessed Curriculum—Spanish Grade 5 Science Blueprint (posted 08/17/22) Grade 5 Science Blueprint—Spanish (posted 08/17/22) Grade 5 Science Performance Level Descriptors (updated (04/16/19) Grade 5 Science Performance Level Descriptors-Spanish (posted 11/19/19)
Grade 8	Grade 8 Constructed Response Scoring Guide (10/12/2022) Grade 8 Science Assessed Curriculum Grade 8 Science Blueprint (posted 08/17/22) Grade 8 Science Reference Materials (updated 06/29/18) Grade 8 Science Performance Level Descriptors (updated 04/16/19)
Biology	Biology Constructed Response Scoring Guide (10/12/2022) Biology Assessed Curriculum Biology December 2022 Blueprint Biology Blueprint (posted 08/17/22) Biology Performance Level Descriptors (updated 04/16/19)

Contact Information

For additional information, contact:

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

science.test@tea.texas.gov