Grades 3–4 · Texas

Five years of STAAR, on one page.

Every math question Texas released for third and fourth grade between 2021 and 2025, sorted by the skill it was asking about. It will tell you what the test has spent its time on. It will not tell you what is coming.

A STAAR math test is around thirty questions. Reading the list below, the thing worth noticing is not any single skill: it is how flat the top of it is. No skill owns the test. The most-tested one still averages about two questions.

So this is not a list of what to cram. It is a way to see what your child is being asked to carry, and roughly how much of the year each piece is worth.

Grade 3

About 31 questions on a test. These 43 skills are every one that came up between 2021 and 2025, most-tested first. The 23 that came up only once or twice are folded away at the bottom.

Skill	Questions in 5 years	Typical test	Years seen
3.4A Add and subtract to 1,000Sample questions Addition chart Subtraction chart	10	2	5/5
3.8A Summarize data in a table or graphSample questions Data and graphs chart	10	2	5/5
3.5E Real-world relationships in a tableSample questions Tables chart	9	1.8	5/5
3.2D Compare and order whole numbersSample questions	8	1.6	5/5
3.4K One- and two-step multiplication and divisionSample questions Multiplication chart Division chart	8	1.6	5/5
3.5B Multiplication and division word problemsSample questions Multiplication chart Division chart	8	1.6	5/5
3.3H Compare fractions	7	1.4	5/5
3.6A Classify 2D and 3D figures	7	1.4	5/5
3.6C Area with unit squaresSample questions Area chart	7	1.4	5/5
3.7B Perimeter of a polygonSample questions Perimeter chart	7	1.4	5/5
3.2A Compose and decompose numbers to 100,000	6	1.2	5/5
3.5A One- and two-step addition and subtraction	6	1.2	5/5
3.3F Represent equivalent fractions with models	5	1	5/5
3.2B Base-10 place value relationships	3	0.6	3/5
3.4B Round to nearest 10 or 100	3	0.6	3/5
3.4H How many in each group when shared equally	3	0.6	3/5
3.4J Quotient using multiplication and division	3	0.6	3/5
3.5C Multiplication as a comparison	3	0.6	3/5
3.6B Attributes of quadrilaterals	3	0.6	3/5
3.8B Solve problems from graphs	3	0.6	3/5

Show the 23 skills that came up only once or twice

Skill	Questions in 5 years	Typical test	Years seen
3.3C Unit fractions	2	0.4	2/5
3.3E Partitioning objects among two or more people	2	0.4	2/5
3.3G Explain why two fractions are equivalent	2	0.4	2/5
3.4D Total objects in equal groups and arrays	2	0.4	2/5
3.4E Represent multiplication facts	2	0.4	2/5
3.4G Multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number	2	0.4	2/5
3.4I Even and odd using divisibility rules	2	0.4	2/5
3.6E Congruent figures split into equal areas	2	0.4	2/5
3.7C Adding and subtracting time intervals	2	0.4	2/5
3.7D When to use liquid volume or weight	2	0.4	2/5
3.9B Scarcity of resources and cost	2	0.4	2/5
3.9D Credit and paying back a lender	2	0.4	2/5
3.2C Between two multiples on a number line, to round	1	0.2	1/5
3.3B The fraction at a point on a number line	1	0.2	1/5
3.3D Compose and decompose fractions	1	0.2	1/5
3.4C Value of a collection of coins and bills	1	0.2	1/5
3.4F Multiplication and division facts with automaticity	1	0.2	1/5
3.5D Unknown number in a multiplication or division equation	1	0.2	1/5
3.6D Composite figures decomposed into rectangles	1	0.2	1/5
3.7A Fractions as distances on a number line	1	0.2	1/5
3.7E Liquid volume and weight with units and tools	1	0.2	1/5
3.9A Human capital and income	1	0.2	1/5
3.9E Reasons to save and savings plans	1	0.2	1/5

Grade 4

About 33 questions on a test. These 40 skills are every one that came up between 2021 and 2025, most-tested first. The 16 that came up only once or twice are folded away at the bottom.

Skill	Questions in 5 years	Typical test	Years seen
4.2B Expanded notation for whole numbers and decimalsSample questions Place value chart	10	2	5/5
4.2G Relate decimals to fractionsSample questions Decimals chart Fractions chart	10	2	5/5
4.3D Compare fractionsSample questions Fractions chart Fraction strips wall chart	10	2	5/5
4.5D Perimeter and area of rectanglesSample questions Area chart Perimeter chart	10	2	5/5
4.9A Represent data in tables, dot plots and stem-and-leaf plotsSample questions Data and graphs chart	10	2	5/5
4.5A Multi-step problems with strip diagramsSample questions Strip diagrams chart	9	1.8	5/5
4.8C Length, time, volume, mass and money problemsSample questions	9	1.8	5/5
4.4H Multiplication and division fluency, with remainders	7	1.4	5/5
4.6D Classify 2D figures	7	1.4	5/5
4.3E Add and subtract fractions with equal denominators	6	1.2	5/5
4.4A Add and subtract whole numbers and decimalsSample questions Decimals chart	6	1.2	5/5
4.5B Input-output tables	6	1.2	5/5
4.7C Measure angles with a protractor	5	1	5/5
4.4E Quotient with arrays, area models or equations	4	0.8	4/5
4.10A Fixed and variable expenses	3	0.6	3/5
4.2A Each place is 10 times the place to its right	3	0.6	3/5
4.3F Reasonableness with benchmark fractions	3	0.6	3/5
4.4B Products of a number and 10 or 100	3	0.6	3/5
4.4D Multiply with the standard algorithm	3	0.6	3/5
4.4F Divide 4-digit by 1-digit	3	0.6	3/5
4.6B Lines of symmetry	3	0.6	3/5
4.6C Classify triangles	3	0.6	3/5
4.8A Relative sizes of measurement units	3	0.6	3/5
4.9B Solve problems from data	3	0.6	3/5

Show the 16 skills that came up only once or twice

Skill	Questions in 5 years	Typical test	Years seen
4.10B Calculate profit	2	0.4	2/5
4.10E The purpose of financial institutions	2	0.4	2/5
4.3B Decompose fractions into sums	2	0.4	2/5
4.3C Deciding if two fractions are equivalent	2	0.4	2/5
4.3G Fractions and decimals on a number line	2	0.4	2/5
4.4C Two 2-digit numbers with arrays and area models	2	0.4	2/5
4.6A Points, lines, angles, parallel and perpendicular	2	0.4	2/5
4.7D Draw angles	2	0.4	2/5
4.8B Convert measurements	2	0.4	2/5
4.2C Compare and order whole numbers	1	0.2	1/5
4.2D Round whole numbers	1	0.2	1/5
4.2E Decimals with models and money	1	0.2	1/5
4.2F Compare and order decimals with models	1	0.2	1/5
4.2H The decimal at a point on a number line	1	0.2	1/5
4.4G Round to estimate	1	0.2	1/5
4.7E Solve angle problems	1	0.2	1/5

Where these numbers come from, and what they are not

They are a count of the STAAR tests the Texas Education Agency has released publicly for 2021 through 2025. Every released third and fourth grade math question was read and recorded against the student expectation it was written to: 318 questions in all.

Four of those five years can be checked against TEA’s own published answer keys, which list the standard behind every item. All 83 skills below match those keys on the years they appeared, and for the 34 skills that were not on the 2021 test the item counts match exactly. TEA has not published a key for 2021 in the same form, so that year rests on our own reading of it.

Even so, this is one reading of tests that have already happened. It is not any of the following, and please do not use it as though it were:

Not a prediction. Nothing here tells you what will be on the next test. TEA sets the blueprint and it can change from year to year. A skill that turned up on all five of these tests can be absent from the sixth.
Not official. This is an independent count. TEA has not published it, reviewed it or checked it. Where this page and TEA’s own materials disagree, TEA is right. The released tests and answer keys are published at tea.texas.gov, and you are welcome to count them yourself.
Not a reason to skip anything. A skill counted here only once or twice is still taught and still testable. Nothing on this page is advice about what to leave out.
Not error-free. Counting by hand across five years of tests leaves room for mistakes, and any that are found get corrected here.

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