STAAR 2.0 Question Types and Sample Questions
Explore TEKS-aligned samples—our courses include 25%+ non-multiple-choice items to mirror STAAR 2.0’s distribution (open-ended and technology-enhanced). These items are also adapted for print in our workbooks.
Math Grades 3–5—New Question Samples
Math Grades 6–A1—New Question Samples
Social Studies—New Question Samples
Getting Familiar with STAAR 2.0—The Smart Way
Empower students with direct instruction and strategies to answer every item type with confidence.
What students learn:
- How to break down technology-enhanced constructed-response items.
- Metacognitive checkpoints: What is the item asking? What evidence do I need?
- Proven approaches for cluster question sets and multi-step problems.
RLA: Getting Familiar with STAAR 2.0 New Question Types (Student Lessons)
Secondary—Grade 6–English II
RLA—Comparing Item Types Upper Grades
RLA—Multiple Choice and Multiselect
RLA—Multipart
RLA—Short Constructed Response
RLA—Extended Constructed Response
RLA—Text Entry
RLA—Match Table Grid
Elementary—Grades 3–5
RLA—Comparing Item Types Lower Grades
RLA—Multiple Choice and Multiselect
RLA—Multipart
RLA—Short Constructed Response
RLA—Extended Constructed Response
RLA—Hot Text
Math: Getting Familiar with STAAR 2.0 New Question Types (Student Lessons)
Math—Comparing Item Types Lower Grades
Math—Comparing Item Types Upper Grades
Math—Multiple Choice and Multiselect
Math—Drag and Drop
Math—Inline Choice
Math—Equation Editor
Math—Hot Spot
Math—Match Table Grid
Math—Number Line
Science: Getting Familiar with STAAR 2.0 New Question Types (Student Lessons)
Science—Comparing Item Types Lower Grades
Science—Comparing Item Types Upper Grades
Science—Cluster Question Set
Science—Drag and Drop
Science—Hot Spot
Science—Inline Choice
Science—Match Table Grid
Science—Multipart
Science—Multiple Choice and Multiselect
Science—Short Constructed Response
Science—Text Entry (Middle School Science and Biology)
Social Studies: Getting Familiar with STAAR 2.0 New Question Types (Student Lessons)
English-Spanish Translations & Adaptations
Grades 3-5 Math and RLA include Spanish translations and adaptations of English content.
Content & Language Supports
Our assessments feature extensive content and language supports that scaffold learning for students at various stages of English language acquisition, supporting comprehensive language development. Sample Content & Language Supports.
ELPS Teacher Resource and Lesson Planning Guides
In grades 3-5 RLA and math, all instructional lessons are supported with the English Language Proficiency resources that provide scaffolding for Emergent Bilingual students at all proficiency levels, from beginners to advanced.
You can download the Grade 3 ELPS Teacher Resource Samplers below.
Teacher Guides for retesting or all-year implementation
Sirius Online provides robust Teacher Guides. Each guide helps teachers understand the resources they receive and how to use them best. These guides were crafted to save teachers’ time and include a Quick Start and a Going Deeper section with in-depth information and recommendations for implementing Sirius Online.
You can download the Sirius Online Teacher’s Guides below.
- Grades 3–5 Math Teacher’s Guide
- Grades 3–5 RLA Teacher’s Guide
- Grade 5 Science Teacher’s Guide
- Math Advanced Grades 6–7 Teacher’s Guide
- Grades 6–8 Math Teacher’s Guide
- Grades 6–8 RLA Teacher’s Guide
- Grade 8 Social Studies Teacher’s Guide
- Grade 8 Science Teacher’s Guide
- Algebra I EOC Teacher’s Guide
- English I and II EOC RLA Teacher’s Guide
- Biology EOC Teacher’s Guide
- U.S. History EOC Teacher’s Guide
Sirius Online Reports
Sirius Online‘s powerful reports provide actionable insights to students, teachers, department heads, school administrators, and district administrators. This presentation shows samples of various screens from Sirius Online‘s Performance and Usage Reports.
View this presentation as a PDF file.
Digital Access to Print Student Editions (SE) & Teacher Editions (TE)
Register for Digital Access to Student and Teacher Editions
For product review purposes, teachers can access digital versions of Sirius workbooks by registering at:
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Use your faculty email address (not personal) and the full name of the editions(s) you want. Please be aware that review periods are limited to 2 weeks.
Additionally, it may take up to 3 business days to receive a reply as we verify your registration. NOTE that these product reviews require internet access and cannot be downloaded or printed.
Contact Us for Help
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Product Samplers
Samplers of our print products are available as PDFs to view or download. You’ll find these on the respective product pages in the Products section of the website.