Does Your TEKS Instruction Match the Rigor of STAAR?

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To address the results from the spring 2024 STAAR test, Sirius Education Solutions has created a free download that explores the challenges with current TEKS instruction and offers strategies to improve STAAR outcomes for all students.


Steps Texas Districts Can Take To Address The State’s Low 2024 STAAR Results 

Results from the spring 2024 STAAR test have worried educators across Texas. With only 41% of math students and 53% of RLA students meeting grade level or above, what does that tell us about how these subjects are being taught? And, more urgently, what steps can educators take to improve these scores in the future?

At Sirius, we believe that success in STAAR tests is achievable through high-quality instruction and purposeful practice. Regular, thoughtfully designed learning experiences can improve student comprehension from a level of basic familiarity to true fluency. This fluency is essential, as it frees students to engage deeply with the critical thinking required by the STAAR exams. In contrast, repetitive “drill and kill” methods fail to capture the nuanced challenges of the STAAR tests and too often result in wasted time and resources. We know that effective teaching, not mere test prep, is the key to success when taking STAAR tests.

We have created a free download that explores the challenges with current TEKS instruction and offers strategies to improve STAAR outcomes for all students.

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Sirius Education Solutions

Sirius Education Solutions is a Texas-based publisher that focuses exclusively on supplemental TEKS-based instructional materials. Sirius sells print, digital, and blended learning resources for all 20 STAAR-tested courses from grade 3 through End-of-Course (EOC).

In the last 10+ years, Sirius has helped over 700 Texas school districts better align their taught curriculum with how the TEKS are tested in STAAR 2.0, so students learn exactly what they need to know and do to succeed in all 20 tests.

Sirius supplemental resources were designed to be easy to use with core adopted resources to fill instructional and student learning gaps with essential TEKS instruction and STAAR 2.0 practice. And Sirius supports a wide range of student needs and multiple use cases.

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