Skills to prepare for Texas STAAR
Find the math, reading and writing skills covered by Texas STAAR in grades 3-8, with the matching TEKS standards.
Grade 3 STAAR math skills
9 skill groups across 5 topic areasNumerical representations and relationships
Number meaning and representations
Numerical representations and relationships
Number meaning and representations
Read, compare and round whole numbers
Use place value through 100,000, represent numbers in expanded form, and locate or round them on number lines.
Represent and compare fractions
Use denominators 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8; show unit fractions, explain equivalence, and compare fractions sharing a numerator or denominator.
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Add, subtract, multiply and divide
Solve addition and subtraction problems within 1,000; use multiplication facts through 10 x 10, multiply two digits by one digit, and solve multiplication or division problems within 100.
Represent problems and patterns
Use arrays, strip diagrams and equations for one- and two-step problems. Find missing factors or products and describe number-pair patterns.
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Classify shapes and find area
Use properties to classify two- and three-dimensional figures. Find rectangle and composite-rectangle areas and explain equal-area shares.
Measure perimeter, time, capacity and weight
Find a polygon perimeter or missing side, calculate elapsed minutes, and choose and use appropriate measurement units.
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Read and solve problems with graphs
Interpret frequency tables, dot plots, pictographs and scaled bar graphs; solve one- and two-step data questions.
Understand money and financial choices
Count coins and bills and explain income, resource scarcity, borrowing and reasons to save.
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Explain and check your reasoning
Choose strategies and representations, connect ideas, communicate a solution and justify whether it is reasonable.
Grade 3 STAAR reading and writing skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasVocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Vocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Understand unfamiliar words
Use context, word parts and reference tools to determine word meanings.
Support ideas with text evidence
Make inferences, identify key ideas, connect and synthesize information, and summarize without changing meaning or logical order.
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Analyze stories
Infer a theme, describe characters and their relationships, explain the sequence of plot events, and describe how the setting affects the story.
Interpret poetry and drama
Explain rhyme, sound and structure in poems and identify characters, dialogue, setting and acts in drama.
Explain the author's choices
Connect purpose and message to text structure, graphics, figurative language, point of view and other deliberate language choices.
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Analyze informational text
Identify a central idea and supporting evidence, and use text features and organizational patterns to understand information.
Evaluate an argument
Identify the claim and intended audience, and distinguish facts from opinion.
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Develop and revise a draft
Organize a focused response with relevant details, an introduction and conclusion. Revise ideas, wording and sentences for clarity and coherence.
Edit sentences and spelling
Check simple and compound sentences, subject-verb agreement, verb tense, nouns, pronouns, capitals, punctuation and grade-appropriate spelling.
Write a supported extended response
Write an organized informational or opinion response that answers the prompt, develops a clear central idea or claim, and uses relevant evidence from the text.
Grade 4 STAAR math skills
10 skill groups across 5 topic areasNumerical representations and relationships
Number meaning and representations
Numerical representations and relationships
Number meaning and representations
Use whole-number and decimal place value
Represent and compare whole numbers through one billion and decimals through hundredths. Round whole numbers and connect fractions, decimals and number lines.
Represent and compare fractions
Decompose fractions into unit fractions, explain equivalence, and compare fractions with different numerators and denominators.
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Calculate with whole numbers and decimals
Add and subtract through decimal hundredths. Multiply up to four digits by one digit or two digits by two digits, and divide up to four digits by one digit.
Add and subtract fractions
Use models and equations for fractions with equal denominators and estimate with familiar benchmark fractions.
Model multi-step relationships
Use equations for multi-step problems and tables or numerical expressions for input-output patterns.
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Classify figures and work with angles
Identify line and angle relationships, symmetry, triangles and quadrilaterals. Measure or draw angles and find missing adjacent angles.
Apply measurement and rectangle formulas
Use area and perimeter formulas, convert units within a system, and solve time, length, mass, capacity and money problems.
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Interpret numerical data
Read frequency tables, dot plots and stem-and-leaf plots, then solve one- and two-step problems.
Understand expenses and profit
Distinguish fixed and variable expenses, calculate profit, and describe the functions of financial institutions.
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Explain and check your reasoning
Choose strategies and representations, connect ideas, communicate a solution and justify whether it is reasonable.
Grade 4 STAAR reading and writing skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasVocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Vocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Understand unfamiliar words
Use context, word parts and reference tools to determine word meanings.
Support ideas with text evidence
Make inferences, identify key ideas, connect and synthesize information, and summarize without changing meaning or logical order.
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Analyze stories
Infer a theme with evidence, explain character interactions and changes, analyze plot development, and connect historical or cultural setting to the plot.
Interpret poetry and drama
Explain poetic imagery from similes, metaphors and personification; interpret character tags, acts, scenes and stage directions in drama.
Explain the author's choices
Connect purpose and message to text structure, graphics, figurative language, point of view and other deliberate language choices.
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Analyze informational text
Identify a central idea and supporting evidence, and use text features and organizational patterns to understand information.
Evaluate an argument
Identify the claim and audience, and explain how the author uses facts to support an argument.
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Develop and revise a draft
Organize a focused response with relevant details, an introduction and conclusion. Revise ideas, wording and sentences for clarity and coherence.
Edit sentences and spelling
Correct fragments, run-ons and comma splices; check irregular past-tense verbs, pronouns, capitalization, dialogue punctuation and spelling.
Write a supported extended response
Write an organized informational or opinion response that answers the prompt, develops a clear central idea or claim, and uses relevant evidence from the text.
Grade 5 STAAR math skills
10 skill groups across 5 topic areasNumerical representations and relationships
Number meaning and representations
Numerical representations and relationships
Number meaning and representations
Use decimal place value
Represent and compare decimals through thousandths, and round to the nearest tenth or hundredth.
Evaluate numerical expressions
Distinguish prime and composite numbers and simplify expressions with up to two levels of grouping, without exponents.
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Calculate with whole numbers and decimals
Multiply three digits by two digits and divide four digits by two digits. Calculate with decimals through hundredths, including division by a whole-number divisor.
Calculate with fractions
Add and subtract unlike denominators, multiply a whole number by a fraction, and divide a whole number by a unit fraction or a unit fraction by a whole number.
Represent patterns and multi-step problems
Write equations and compare additive and multiplicative patterns using tables and graphs.
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Reason about figures, area and volume
Classify two-dimensional shapes in a hierarchy, connect unit cubes to rectangular-prism volume, and apply perimeter, area and volume formulas.
Convert units and use coordinates
Convert measurements within a system and graph or interpret points in the first quadrant.
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Read and represent data
Use bar graphs, dot plots, stem-and-leaf plots and scatterplots to answer data questions.
Understand taxes, income and budgets
Explain common taxes, distinguish gross from net income, balance a simple budget and describe a balanced budget.
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Explain and check your reasoning
Choose strategies and representations, connect ideas, communicate a solution and justify whether it is reasonable.
Grade 5 STAAR reading and writing skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasVocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Vocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Understand unfamiliar words
Use context, word parts and reference tools to determine word meanings.
Support ideas with text evidence
Make inferences, identify key ideas, connect and synthesize information, and summarize without changing meaning or logical order.
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Analyze stories
Infer multiple themes, analyze character relationships and conflicts, and explain how setting and plot development interact.
Interpret poetry and drama
Explain sound devices and figurative language, distinguish a poet from a poem's speaker, and interpret the structural elements of drama.
Explain the author's choices
Connect purpose and message to text structure, graphics, figurative language, point of view and other deliberate language choices.
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Analyze informational text
Identify a central idea and supporting evidence, and use text features and organizational patterns to understand information.
Evaluate an argument
Identify the claim and audience, and explain how facts are used for or against an argument.
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Develop and revise a draft
Organize a focused response with relevant details, an introduction and conclusion. Revise ideas, wording and sentences for clarity and coherence.
Edit sentences and spelling
Check sentence completeness and agreement, irregular verbs, collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, complex-sentence conjunctions, punctuation and spelling.
Write a supported extended response
Write an organized informational or opinion response that answers the prompt, develops a clear central idea or claim, and uses relevant evidence from the text.
Grade 6 STAAR math skills
10 skill groups across 5 topic areasNumerical representations and relationships
Number meaning and representations
Numerical representations and relationships
Number meaning and representations
Order and represent rational numbers
Understand integers, opposites, absolute value and rational-number sets; compare values and connect fractions with division.
Connect ratios, fractions, decimals and percents
Distinguish ratios from rates and represent equivalent parts of a whole.
Use equivalent expressions
Apply order of operations, whole-number exponents, prime factorization and operation properties.
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Calculate with integers and rational numbers
Use all four operations with integers and multiply or divide positive rational numbers; explain reciprocals and fraction multiplication.
Solve rate, proportion and percent problems
Use tables, graphs and equivalent ratios to find rates, missing values and parts or wholes in percent situations.
Represent and solve equations
Connect independent and dependent quantities, distinguish additive and multiplicative relationships, and solve one-step equations and inequalities.
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Solve geometric and measurement problems
Use triangle relationships, area formulas and rectangular-prism volume; convert within a measurement system and plot in all four quadrants.
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Describe data distributions
Interpret plots, including histograms and box plots. Use mean, median, range and interquartile range to discuss center, spread and shape.
Understand banking, credit and college costs
Compare checking-account features, debit and credit cards, reconcile a register, and explain credit reports and ways to fund education.
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Explain and check your reasoning
Choose strategies and representations, connect ideas, communicate a solution and justify whether it is reasonable.
Grade 6 STAAR reading and writing skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasVocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Vocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Understand unfamiliar words
Use context, reference tools and Greek or Latin roots to clarify unfamiliar or ambiguous words.
Support ideas with text evidence
Make inferences, identify key ideas, connect and synthesize information, and summarize without changing meaning or logical order.
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Analyze stories
Infer multiple themes within and across texts, connect characters' internal and external responses to the plot, analyze flashbacks and other plot elements, and explain the influence of setting.
Interpret poetry and drama
Analyze how meter and line breaks shape poems, and explain how dialogue and staging develop dramatic characters.
Explain the author's choices
Connect purpose and message to text structure, graphics, figurative language, point of view and other deliberate language choices.
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Analyze informational text
Identify a controlling idea or thesis and its evidence; explain how text features and organizational patterns support it.
Evaluate an argument
Identify the claim and audience, and explain how different types of evidence support the argument.
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Develop and revise a draft
Organize a focused response with relevant details, an introduction and conclusion. Revise ideas, wording and sentences for clarity and coherence.
Edit sentences and spelling
Edit complex sentences, verb tense, relative pronouns, conjunctions, capitalization, commas and commonly confused spellings.
Write a supported extended response
Write an organized, multi-paragraph informational or argumentative response with a clear central idea or claim and specific supporting evidence.
Grade 7 STAAR math skills
9 skill groups across 5 topic areasProbability and numerical representations
Number meaning and representations
Probability and numerical representations
Number meaning and representations
Classify rational numbers
Represent how whole numbers, integers and rational numbers fit into nested sets.
Reason about probability
Construct sample spaces, compare experimental and theoretical probability, use complements, and make predictions about simple or compound events.
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Calculate and solve proportional problems
Use rational-number operations, unit rates, constant rates of change and percentages, including percent increases and decreases.
Use linear relationships and equations
Represent relationships with tables, graphs, descriptions and y = mx + b. Model and solve two-step equations and inequalities.
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Work with similarity, scale and angles
Use scale drawings and similar figures, convert between customary and metric systems, and solve equations based on angle relationships.
Find area, circumference, volume and surface area
Solve problems with circles, composite figures, prisms and pyramids; use nets for surface area.
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Compare samples and populations
Interpret bar, circle, dot and box plots, compare distributions, and draw inferences from random samples.
Apply financial calculations
Calculate taxes, budgets, net worth and interest, and compare monetary incentives.
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Explain and check your reasoning
Choose strategies and representations, connect ideas, communicate a solution and justify whether it is reasonable.
Grade 7 STAAR reading and writing skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasVocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Vocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Understand unfamiliar words
Use context, reference tools and Greek or Latin roots to clarify unfamiliar or ambiguous words.
Support ideas with text evidence
Make inferences, identify key ideas, connect and synthesize information, and summarize without changing meaning or logical order.
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Analyze stories
Infer themes within and across texts, analyze characters and conflict, and explain how foreshadowing, suspense and setting shape the plot.
Interpret poetry and drama
Analyze rhyme scheme, meter and graphical choices in poems, and explain how dialogue and staging develop dramatic characters.
Explain the author's choices
Connect purpose and message to text structure, graphics, figurative language, point of view and other deliberate language choices.
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Analyze informational text
Identify a controlling idea or thesis and its evidence; explain how text features and organizational patterns support it.
Evaluate an argument
Identify the claim and audience, and explain how evidence and consideration of alternatives support the argument.
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Develop and revise a draft
Organize a focused response with relevant details, an introduction and conclusion. Revise ideas, wording and sentences for clarity and coherence.
Edit sentences and spelling
Check complex sentences, verb tense, pronoun-antecedent agreement, conjunctions, commas, semicolons and commonly confused spellings.
Write a supported extended response
Write an organized, multi-paragraph informational or argumentative response with a clear central idea or claim and specific supporting evidence.
Grade 8 STAAR math skills
8 skill groups across 5 topic areasNumerical representations and relationships
Number meaning and representations
Numerical representations and relationships
Number meaning and representations
Work with real numbers
Classify real-number sets, approximate irrational values, order real numbers, and convert between ordinary and scientific notation.
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Computations and algebraic relationships
Operations, models and equations
Interpret slope and functions
Connect slope and y-intercept to tables, graphs and y = mx + b; distinguish proportional relationships, non-proportional relationships and functions.
Solve equations and interpret intersections
Represent equations and inequalities with variables on both sides, solve one-variable linear equations, and verify the graphical solution of two linear equations.
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, space and measurement
Use transformations and similarity
Describe translations, reflections, rotations and dilations with coordinates; connect scale factors to lengths and areas.
Apply geometry formulas and relationships
Use the Pythagorean theorem, triangle and parallel-line angle relationships, surface area of prisms and cylinders, and volume of cylinders, cones and spheres.
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Data analysis and personal financial literacy
Data interpretation and financial decisions
Analyze scatterplots and variation
Interpret association in two-variable data, use a trend line for predictions, and calculate mean absolute deviation for small data sets.
Compare borrowing and saving
Calculate credit costs, compare savings growth and simple or compound interest, and plan for college costs.
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Mathematical reasoning
Problem solving across all reporting categories
Explain and check your reasoning
Choose strategies and representations, connect ideas, communicate a solution and justify whether it is reasonable.
Grade 8 STAAR reading and writing skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasVocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Vocabulary and comprehension
Meaning, evidence and connections across texts
Understand unfamiliar words
Use context, reference tools and Greek or Latin roots to clarify unfamiliar or ambiguous words.
Support ideas with text evidence
Make inferences, identify key ideas, connect and synthesize information, and summarize without changing meaning or logical order.
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Literary texts and author choices
Theme, characters, structure and craft
Analyze stories
Analyze theme through character and event interactions, explain motivations, and compare linear plots with flashbacks, subplots and parallel structures.
Interpret poetry and drama
Explain how graphical choices affect poems and how acts and scenes develop dramatic action.
Explain the author's choices
Connect purpose and message to text structure, graphics, figurative language, point of view and other deliberate language choices.
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Informational and argumentative texts
Central ideas, organization and arguments
Analyze informational text
Identify a controlling idea or thesis and its evidence; explain how text features and organizational patterns support it.
Evaluate an argument
Identify the claim, analyze the argument and counterargument, and identify its intended audience.
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Writing, revising and editing
Organized responses, clear ideas and correct conventions
Develop and revise a draft
Organize a focused response with relevant details, an introduction and conclusion. Revise ideas, wording and sentences for clarity and coherence.
Edit sentences and spelling
Check complex sentences, verb tense and voice, pronoun agreement, capitalization, nonrestrictive-clause punctuation, colons, semicolons and spelling.
Write a supported extended response
Write an organized, multi-paragraph informational or argumentative response with a clear central idea or claim and specific supporting evidence.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.
Sources and scope
These are selected summaries of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in TEA's assessed curriculum, not Common Core standards. Each reference links to the official grade-and-subject curriculum, which distinguishes readiness and supporting standards.
Coverage follows the general STAAR Grade 3-8 assessments, not STAAR Alternate 2, Spanish assessments or high-school end-of-course tests.