The STAAR Practice READING Test listed below are a great tool to help your students prepare for the STAAR test, yet they cannot replace quality instruction or hours of practice. I have listed the TAKS test to help student prepare for the more challenging STAAR assessment. I would suggest students take the test above and below their grade level to prepare for the STAAR test. My students usually take one below and two or three above to practice for the end of year assessment. The old TAKS online test can be found on this blog as well.
Preparing to take the new STAAR assessment (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) is a fear for many teachers and students with the high-stakes nature of testing. The STAAR assessments will be used for the 12 end-of-course assessments mandated by SB 1031 in 2007 and the new grade 3-8 assessments mandated by HB 3 in the 2009 legislative session starting this year.
All students preparing to take the STAAR assessment should study the grade specific tier 2 and tier 3 testing vocabulary. Tier 2 academic vocabulary covers academic words that are not domain specific like compare and contrast, and tier 3 words like symbolism in poetry.
Links to Tier 2 and 3 Testing Vocabulary
| GRADE | TEST FORMS | ANSWER KEYS |
| 3 | 2015 Reading | 2015 Reading |
| 4 | 2015 Reading | 2015 Writing | 2015 Reading | 2015 Writing |
| 5 | 2015 Reading | 2015 Science | 2015 Reading | 2015 Science |
| 6 | 2015 Reading | 2015 Reading |
| 7 | 2015 Reading | 2015 Writing | 2015 Reading | 2015 Writing |
| 8 | 2015 Reading | 2015 Science | 2015 Social Studies | 2015 Reading | 2015 Science | 2015 Social Studies |
Links to Tier 2 and 3 Testing Vocabulary
TIER 2 ACADEMIC VOCABULARY GLOSSARY
High Incidence Testing Vocabulary
Tier 3 Academic Vocabulary Words
School Speak Word List
The Tennessee Academic Vocabulary ProjectAcademic Tier 3 Reading Glossary
Word Academic Tier 3 Mathematics Glossary
Word Academic Tier 3 Writing Glossary
WordAcademic Tier 3 English Language Arts Glossary
PDFAcademic Tier 3 History / Social Studies Glossary
Academic Tier 3 Science Glossary (Glossary at the end of the PDF doc,)
NWEA Academic Vocabulary
CST and CAHSEE Academic Vocabulary
STAAR RELEASED TEST 2011-2012
Grades 3–8 Assessments
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Grades 3–5 Spanish Assessments
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EOC Assessments
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Links to PDF Academic Word List
School Speak Word List
The Tennessee Academic Vocabulary ProjectAcademic Tier 3 Reading Glossary
Word Academic Tier 3 Mathematics Glossary
Word Academic Tier 3 Writing Glossary
WordAcademic Tier 3 English Language Arts Glossary
PDFAcademic Tier 3 History / Social Studies Glossary
Academic Tier 3 Science Glossary (Glossary at the end of the PDF doc,)
NWEA Academic Vocabulary
CST and CAHSEE Academic Vocabulary
ONLINE TEST and Archived TAKS Test
THE LINKS BELOW are from web archive. You must click the Impatient? to go to the link! Older test archived on http://web.archive.org
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Refer to the 10/10/05 letter to districts regarding the Fall TAKS Exit Level Retests.
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Refer to the 08/04/03 letter to districts regarding the 2003 TAKS released test items.
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