DescriptionThis is a practice activity for the newly redesigned STAAR test for English I that incorporates new question types.

SelectionsThere are two selections in this activity. They are entitled "A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers / I Believe in the Also-Rans” and are intended for the high school course English I, but can be used with any high school reading level.

GenreThe genre of the selections is Informational/Essay (Paired Passages).

Question TypesIt features 19 total questions. There are 12 multiple choice, 3 dropdown, 2 multiselect, 2 inline (dropdown).