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AK STAR and Alaska Science Assessment

Student Readiness

The State of Alaska Department of Education's (DEED) AK STAR and Alaska Science Assessment Student Preparation pages provide families and educators with resources to support students in preparing for spring testing.  All links are external and connect to the State of Alaska website.

The following Quick Sheet provides a one-stop shop of links to Practice Tests, Tutorials and all Student Readiness resources for each assessment platform:

AK STAR

• The Practice Tests provide opportunities to use the embedded Universal Tools and embedded accommodations.  Remember that AK STAR is ELA and math; Alaska Science Assessment is science. They are separate platforms.

  • Text-to-Speech practice on both AK STAR - ELA/math and the Alaska Science Assessment

  • ASL videos on AK STAR

  • Universal Tools - magnification, color overlay, line guide, highlighter, and more

    • Calculator is a Universal Tool outlined in the

Alaska Science Assessment

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• The Practice Tests provide opportunities to use the embedded Universal Tools and embedded accommodations.  Remember that AK STAR is ELA and math; Alaska Science Assessment is science. They are separate platforms.

  • Text-to-Speech practice on both AK STAR - ELA/math and the Alaska Science Assessment

  • Universal Tools - magnification, color overlay, line guide, highlighter, and more

    • Calculator is a Universal Tool outlined in the