ELPAC - English Language Proficiency Assessments for California. The ELPAC assessment determines the level of language development for English Language Learner students annually. There are two ELPAC assessments. ELPAC assessments are aligned to the California 2012 English Language Development Standards.

• Initial ELPAC Assessment- This assessment is given to students one time in their educational career. Initial ELPAC is administered when a student enrolls in a California school for the first time. The Initial ELPAC identifies a student as either English Proficient or as an English Language Learner.
• Summative ELPAC Assessment - This assessment is given to every English language learner student between February 1 and May 31 each year. The ELPAC Summative assessment measures an English language learner's progress in learning the English language and identifies their English Language Proficiency (ELP) level.

Resources for ELPAC information:

• www.elpac.org
• https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ep/cefelpac.asp

CAASPP - California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress is the annual summative assessment administered to every student in 3rd through 8th and 11th grades in the spring each year. There are four assessments which include:

• English Language Arts Computer Adaptive Test (ELA CAT). This assessment is a summative assessment on ELA content which adapts questions as the student progresses through the test questions/items.
• English Language Arts Performance Task (ELA PT). This assessment is designed to provide students with real-world situations in which they produce a constructive response.
• Math Computer Adaptive Test (Math CAT). This assessment is a summative assessment of math concepts which adapts questions as the student progresses through the test questions/items.
• Math Performance Task (Math PT). This assessment is designed to provide students with real-world situations in which they produce a constructive response.

California Science Assessment (CAST) is an annual assessment administered to every student in grades 5 and 8; and once in high school. This assessment is a summative assessment based on the Next Generation Science Standards. The CAST is a fixed form assessment with interactive items and a performance task embedded.

California Alternate Assessment (CAA) is an annual assessment administered to eligible students including ELA., Math and Science .