STAAR Science Resources

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Located below are the STAAR resources for grades 5 and 8 science, biology, chemistry, and physics 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 (updated 10/24/19)
Griddable Questions For Science (posted 01/26/17)

Grade 5	Grade 5 Science Assessed Curriculum Grade 5 Science Assessed Curriculum—Spanish Grade 5 Science Blueprint (posted 05/22/18) Grade 5 Science Blueprint—Spanish (posted 05/22/18) 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 Science Assessed Curriculum Grade 8 Science Blueprint (posted 05/22/18) Grade 8 Science Reference Materials (updated 06/29/18) Grade 8 Science Performance Level Descriptors (updated 04/16/19)
Biology	Biology Assessed Curriculum Biology Blueprint (posted 05/22/18) 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