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STAAR Alternate 2

Texas definition of a student with a significant cognitive disability is a student who:

  • exhibits significant intellectual and adaptive behavior deficits in their ability to plan, comprehend, and reason, and ALSO indicates adaptive behavior deficits that limit their ability to apply social and practical skills such as personal care, social problem-solving skills, dressing, eating, using money, and other functional skills across life domains;
  • is NOT identified based on English learner designation or solely on the basis of previous low academic achievement or the need for accommodations; and
  • requires extensive, direct, individualized instruction, as well as a need for substantial supports that are neither temporary nor specific to a particular content area. 

TEA has developed the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) Alternate 2 assessment to meet the federal requirements mandated under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a federal education law previously known as No Child Left Behind. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) designed the STAAR Alternate 2 to assess students in grades 3–8 and high school who have significant cognitive disabilities and are receiving special education services.

STAAR ALTERNATE 2 RELEASED TESTS Grades 3-8

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 Test Administrator Manual

Student Booklet

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 2016 Reading | 2016 Math

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 2019 Reading | 2019 Math 2019 Writing

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 2019 Reading | 2019 Math | 2019 Science

 2016 Reading | 2016 Math | 2016 Science

 2019 Reading | 2019 Math | 2019 Science

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 2019 Reading | 2019 Math

 2016 Reading | 2016 Math

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 2019 Reading | 2019 Math | 2019 Writing

 2016 Reading | 2016 Math | 2016 Writing

 2019 Reading | 2019 Math | 2019 Writing

 2016 Reading | 2016 Math | 2016 Writing

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 2019 Reading | 2019 Math 

 2019 Science | 2019 Social Studies

 2016 Reading | 2016 Math

 2016 Science | 2016 Social Studies

 2019 Reading | 2019 Math

 2019 Science | 2019 Social Studies

 2016 Reading | 2016 Math

 2016 Science | 2016 Social Studies

 

End-of-Course RELEASED TESTS

Test Administrator Manual 

Student Booklet

 2019 English I

 2016 English I

 2019 English I

 2016 English I

 2019 English II

 2016 English II

 2019 English II

 2016 English II

 2019 Algebra I

 2016 Algebra I

 2019 Algebra I

 2016 Algebra I

 2019 Biology

 2016 Biology

 2019 Biology

 2016 Biology

 2019 US History

 2016 US History

 2019 US History

 2016 US History