STAAR Alt 2 Item Explorer
Explore released Texas STAAR Alternate 2 items and their connections to TEKS, essence statements, prerequisite skills, and instructional planning.
Explore the design behind the assessment.
See how prerequisite skills, item demands, and response formats connect across released STAAR Alternate 2 items.
Find the right starting point.
Filter by subject and assessed grade, then narrow by TEKS, essence statement, prerequisite skill, or stimulus type.
Prerequisite Grade Profile
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Identifies geometric figures using attributes.
recognize common shapes, regardless of orientation and size
Explore prerequisite skills.
Select a grade in Prerequisite Grade Profile to focus related items. Read each item’s exact prerequisite skill alongside its TEKS and essence statement.
Look closely at the released item.
Switch between Teacher and Student views, enlarge item images, and open the linked TEA teacher guides and student booklets.
Question Analysis
- Need to Know
- Students need to recognize common shapes, regardless of orientation and size.
- Asked to Show
- Find the shape that has four sides.
- Item Demand
- Locate and select the shape that has four sides using geometric figures in released STAAR Alternate 2 item. The response requires the student to indicate the matching response.
- Stimulus Type
- Geometric Figures
- Academic Vocabulary
- siderectangletriangle
Connect item analysis to instruction.
Review what students need to know, what they are asked to show, the item’s demand, stimulus type, and academic vocabulary.
Use these details to guide lesson planning and team discussion.