STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies
Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies
Welcome to Albert's State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in Grade 8 Social Studies course!
This page provides specific content-related information for Albert's STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies prep course, including how it is organized, how to find questions using standards or tags, and ideas for classroom uses. If you need technical assistance, please visit our Help Center or contact hello@albert.io.
For testing information or details about the exam itself, visit the Texas Education Agency.
Subject Organization
Albert's STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies course is organized into themes and further broken into short, formative assessments on specific topics.
Themes
Our full STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies subject guide includes four themes that align with the Reporting Categories on the exam:
- History
- Geography and Culture
- Government and Citizenship
- Economics, Science, Technology, and Society
Topic Quizzes
Each theme contains a set of short, formative topic quizzes. Each topic quiz is designed to be given in a single class period. The quiz questions mimic the rigor and format of the actual exam. For example, here are some topic quizzes within the History theme:
- Topic Quiz | Early America
- Topic Quiz | A New Nation
- Topic Quiz | Expansion, Conflict, and Transformation
- Topic Quiz | The Civil War and Reconstruction
Using Standards and Tags to Find Questions
Standards
Every question is aligned to the standards outlined in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Social Studies Standards. Each standard begins with TX TEKS.
You can find questions aligned to learning standards using our standards search tool. In the Standards drop-down at the top of the Assessments tab, you can search for standards by name (for example, TX TEKS 8.4) or description. When you type in characters that match one of the standards, the drop-down will populate with matching standards.
Tags
In addition to standards, each question is assigned one or more tags to help differentiate between the wide variety of questions we offer. These tags are a word or phrase {explain how tags are used in the course}, with all words lower-case and multiple word tags connected by a hyphen. For example, “{declaration-of-independence” or “reconstruction”.
To search for a tag, click the Tags drop-down within the subject and enter the tag or content you're searching for in the search bar.
For more help on finding questions using standards and tags, visit our Help Center.
Question Types
STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies uses five question types to provide students with a variety of practice that mimics the actual exam. These question types include:
- Multiple Choice
- Multiple Select
- Fill-in-the-blank
- Snippet Select
- Free Response
Related Content
For additional material, you can combine STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies with our other core course, Middle School US History. Our core courses are aligned to Texas standards, so you can leverage thousands of aligned practice questions across Albert to assess, reteach, and extend student learning.
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