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  • ​CAASPP - California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress​
  • ​Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments​
  • CAA - California Alternate Assessment
  • CAST - California Sc​ience Test
  • CAA - S​ci​ence​
  • CSA - California Spanish Assessment​​
    California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)
    The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress is California's Statewide Student Assessment System. It includes:
    • Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments (Grades 3 - 8 and 11)
      • ELA & Math Assessments
    • California Alternate Assessments - CAA (Grades 3 - 8 and 11)
      • ELA & Math 
      • CAA - Science:  Grades 5, 8, and once in high school
    • California Science Test (CAST)
      • Grades 5, 8, and once in high school​
    • ​California Spanish Assessment (CSA)
      • Grades 3 - 8 Dual Immersion and High School Spanish classes​​
    Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments
    • ELA and Mathematics testing window:  March 25 - May 10, 2024
    The Smarter Balanced assessment system is an online computer-adaptive test (CAT) and performance tasks (PT) that measure student progress toward college and career readiness. This system is based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics. The Smarter Balanced assessment system has three components designed to support teaching and learning throughout the year: the summative assessments, the interim assessments, and the Digital Library of formative assessment tools.

    In grades 3 - 8 and 11 for ELA and mathematics. The summative assessments are administered as part of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System.

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    CAA - California Alternate Assessment
    • Grades 3 - 8 & 11 ELA & Math:  March 4 - May 10, 2024
    The California Alternate Assessment (CAA) for ELA and math are part of the CAASPP system and are summative assessments developed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.  The broad goals of the CAAs are three-fold: (1) to provide an assessment that is developmentally appropriate and commensurate with student ability; (2) to measure student knowledge and abilities in order to assist educators with strategic planning to identify and address learning gaps and provide necessary support; (3) to achieve higher academic outcomes.
    CAST - California Science Test
    • ​CAST window:  March 25 - May 10, 2024
    The California Science Test is part of the CAASPP system and is aligned to the California Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).  The test is an online assessment and measure student progress toward college and career readiness.

    C​AA - Science
    • CAA - Science window:  February 5 - May 10, 2024
    • ​​Grades 5, 8 and once in high school - CAA Science:  February 5 - May 10, 2024​

    ​The CAA - Science is a part of the CAASPP System.  The purpose of the CAA - Science is to measure what students know and can do.  These measures help target and address gaps in skills and knowledge so that students can receive needed support.

    Only eligible students may participate in the CAA - Science administration.  Any student identified for alternate testing takes the alternate version of all CAASPP assessments (ELA, Math, and Science).  The CAA - Science is administered to students in grades 5, 8, and once in high school.  Individualized Education Program Teams shall determine when a child with the most significant cognitive disability shall participate in an alternate assessment aligned with the alternate achievement standards.

    The CAAs are aligned with alternate achievement standards - called Science Core Connectors - and are linked to the California Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) performance expectations.

    ​CSA - California Spanish Assessment
    • CSA window:  March 25 - May 10, 2024​​

    This assessment, presented in Spanish, serves the more than one million students who speak Spanish as their primary language as well as those who are learning Spanish as an additional language. The purposes of the CSA are to:

    • Measure a student's literacy in Spanish language arts and provide student-level data in Spanish literacy.
    • Evaluate the implementation of Spanish language arts programs at the local level.
    • Provide a high school measure suitable to be used, in part, for the State Seal of Biliteracy.​
    • ​Parent Guide to Understanding - CSA.pdf






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