Welcome to Spring Independent School District’s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) homepage, which provides valuable information about the STAAR program. As mandated by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), students in grades 3 through 12 are required to take part in the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness program. 

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR^®) is a standardized academic achievement test designed to measure the extent to which a student has learned and is able to apply the defined knowledge and skills in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) at each tested grade, subject, and course. Every STAAR question is directly aligned to the TEKS currently in effect for the grade and subject or course being assessed.

STAAR helps to ensure that Texas students are competitive with other students both nationally and internationally. Another important function of STAAR is gauging how well schools and teachers prepare their students academically. In addition, STAAR fulfills the requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires that all students be assessed in specific grades and subjects throughout their academic careers.

STAAR is an online assessment in mathematics, reading language arts (RLA), science, and social studies for students in grades 3–8 and high school and online tests in Spanish for students in grades 3–5.

The STAAR Program includes annual assessments for

• Reading Language Arts (RLA), grades 3-8
• Science, grades 5 & 8
• Social Studies, grade 8
• End of course assessments, English I, English II, Algebra I, Biology & US History