STAAR is important to your child’s academic progress because it measures grade level concepts and skills your child needs to learn to stay on track from year to year. STAAR measures how well students meet the grade level expectations in each subject determined by the Texas State Board of Education in partnership with educators. It is a cumulative test that happens at the end of the year to allow teachers to see how much your child has learned, how ready your child is for the next grade level, and where he or she may need additional support to accelerate learning.
STAAR is only one way to measure learning and is not meant to tell the whole story. It is meant to be combined with report card grades, teacher input, and classwork to give families and teachers a more complete picture of student learning.
