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Available Prebuilt Tests and Item Banks

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Melody Boggs
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Aware offers seamless integration with the following test and item banks (each purchased separately):

Educators can create reliable, valid assessments using prebuilt tests and items from banks. For more information about integrating prebuilt tests and item banks into Aware for assessments, check out this resource page. 

TEKSready Prebuilt Assessments

Region 10 has partnered exclusively with Eduphoria to offer the TEKSready Prebuilt Item Bank Tests. TEKSready offers prebuilt assessments that can be used as Beginning-of-Year and End-of-Year tests for calculating local student growth measures. Many of the technology-enhanced items are included in the prebuilt assessments.

TEKSready offers a variety of subjects including ELAR, Math, Science, Social Studies, and CTE. They have more in development, so check out their course catalog for the latest updates. You can also access TEKSready’s blueprints detailing standards, DOK, and percentage of technology-enhanced items available. 

Mastery Item Bank

The Mastery Item Bank offers thousands of robust test items—many correlated to Texas standards—rich learning metadata, and the most updated standards alignment. Subjects include K-12 Mathematics and ELA, 3-12 Science, and 5-12 Social Studies. Test items are searchable by cognitive level and available in various types, including constructed response and Spanish items.

Interactive Item Types

Eduphoria supports the following interactive item types in Aware:

TEKSbank Item Bank

The TEKSbank Item Bank includes thousands of high-quality assessment items aligned to the TEKS. Questions are based on in-depth analysis of TEKS, STAAR released items, and assessment best practices. Bank items cover grades 2-12, with English and Spanish items included in Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies. All items have been content-proofed and contain cognitive and procedural rigor standards.

Math

  • Aligned to the math TEKS and STAAR format
  • Each SE will have at least 10 questions
  • Includes STAAR formatted griddable items
  • Spanish items for each SE in grades 2-5


ELAR

  • Aligned to the ELAR TEKS and STAAR format
  • Passages for poetry, drama, informational, and literary text
  • Editing, revising, and writing prompts
  • SLAR content for grades 3-5

Science

  • Aligned to the Science TEKS and STAAR format
  • Includes STAAR formatted griddable items
  • At least 10 Spanish items for each SE in grades 2-5
  • Dual-coded items for content and process

Social Studies

  • Aligned to Social Studies TEKS and STAAR format
  • Items with maps, charts, pictures, and political cartoons
  • Spanish items for each SE in grades 2-5
  • Dual-coded items for content and process

TX Test Maker Item Bank

The TX Test Maker Item Bank contains thousands of TEKS-aligned test items written in the language and rigor of the STAAR. The rigorous content creation process and input from Texas educators help ensure content validity. The TX Test Maker Item Bank has the following features:

  • All STAAR-tested grades, subjects, languages, and item types included
  • Relied on by more than 200 Texas districts
  • Living item bank updated regularly
  • Assesses all new and updated TEKS

For pricing information or to add an item bank to Aware, please contact sales@eduphoria.net. 

STAAR Released Tests Item Bank

The STAAR Released Tests Item Bank is included for every Texas district at no charge. The STAAR Released Tests Item Bank includes individual test items from the Released STAAR tests from 2012-2023. These items can be used individually when building local assessments for your district. 

Here are a few details to keep in mind: 

  • All STAAR-released items are in this bank. 
  • Districts can search for and add individual items to tests by selecting and filtering the STAAR Released Tests Item Bank. 
  • Security for the bank defaults for Admins or District tests only.
  • This is a value-add feature for all Aware districts.

To maintain public transparency, Eduphoria allows for view-only access to the STAAR Released Tests Item Bank on a static site. Districts that do not partner with Eduphoria have equal access to this site. Visitors are able to scroll and view the STAAR-released items but cannot use or alter them in any fashion, including building tests and adding a local item.

What Is Viewable?

The following STAAR-released test items are available for viewing:

  • Grade 3 English Language Arts, Reading, and Math
  • Grade 4 English Language Arts, Reading, and Math
  • Grade 5 English Language Arts, Reading, Math, and Science
  • Grade 6 English Language Arts, Reading, and Math
  • Grade 7 English Language Arts, Reading, and Math
  • Grade 8 English Language Arts, Reading, Math, Science, and Social Studies
  • English I
  • English II
  • Algebra I
  • Biology
  • U.S. History

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Users can filter by all learning standards applied to the currently-selected course and grade level or by a specific standard. 

In the Question tab, the search results will display the number of items yielded. Sort and filter these results by selecting Recent Questions, Item Complexity/Depth of Knowledge, Item Type, and Language. Both English and Spanish question versions are available to view where applicable. 

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The Resource tab is available to view STAAR-released items that link to a resource. Sort and filter these results by selecting Genre, Lexile, Word Count, Language, and Learning Standard.

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Click here to access the static site.

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