Available Item Banks

Aware offers seamless integration with the following test banks (purchased separately). Educators can create reliable, valid assessments using items from these banks. For more information about integrating item banks into Aware for assessments, check out this resource page. 

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 2012-2021. 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 bank 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.

Mastery Item Bank

The Mastery Item Bank offers 94,000 robust test items (69,000 are correlated to Texas standards), rich learning metadata, and the most updated standards alignment. Subjects include K-12 Math and ELA, 3-12 Science, and 5-12 Social Studies. Test items are searchable by cognitive level and are available in a variety of types, including constructed response and 20,000 Spanish items. 

• 23,800+ items for K-12 in Mathematics
• 30,000+ items for K-12 in English Language Arts
• 10,200+ items for grades 3-12 in Science
• 4,900+ items for grades 6-12 in Social studies

Interactive item types available: Multiselect Multipart Short constructed response Hot text Drag and drop Text entry Inline choice

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TEKSBank Item Bank

TEKSBank includes more than 45,000 high-quality assessment items aligned to the TEKS. Questions are based on in-depth analysis of TEKS, STAAR released items, and assessments 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 12,000+ items Aligned to the math TEKS and STAAR format Each SE will have at least 10 questions Includes STAAR formatted gridable items Spanish items for each SE in grades 2-5	ELAR 14,000+ items Aligned to the new 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 9,000+ items Aligned to the Science TEKS and STAAR format Includes STAAR formatted gridable items At least 10 Spanish items for each SE in grades 2-5 Dual-coded items for content and process	Social Studies 10,000+ items Aligned to revised 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 bank contains more than 65,000 TEKS-aligned test items written in the language and rigor of the STAAR.  The rigorous content-creation process and input from Texas educators helps 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 [e-mail].