CAASPP

The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) administration includes the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments; the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs), including the CAA for Science; the California Science Test (CAST); and the California Spanish Assessment (CSA).

Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments (SBSA)

Students in grades three through eight and grade eleven will take the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics. These assessments are administered online. A student may be exempted from taking the Smarter Balanced assessments in the following three situations:

1. The student is taking the CAAs.

2. The student has been designated as an English learner and is within his or her first 12 months of enrollment in a U.S. school as of April 15 of the previous year. (This exemption applies only to the ELA portion of the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment.)

3. The parent has expressed in writing that his or her student should be excluded from taking the summative assessments.

California Alternate Assessments (CAA)

The CAAs for ELA and mathematics in grades three through eight and grade eleven are individually administered to students who have an individualized education program that indicates the use of an alternate assessment on statewide assessments. All eligible students are required to participate in these online assessments.

The CAA for Science can be administered to eligible students in grades five and eight and once to each eligible student while that student is in high school. All students must take the science assessment by the end of grade twelve, but have the option of testing in grade ten or grade eleven. Only eligible students may participate in the administration of the CAAs.

California Science Test (CAST)

The CAST can be administered to all students in grades five and eight and once in high school. All students must take the science assessment by the end of grade twelve, but have the option of testing in grade ten or grade eleven. Students assigned to take an alternate assessment should take the CAA for Science.

California Spanish Assessment (CSA)

The CSA is intended for Spanish-speaking students in grades three through eight and high school to measure competency in Spanish language arts to provide student-level data in Spanish competency. These are optional tests that can be administered online.

• Smarter Balanced for English language arts/literacy and Mathematics

  • • Test Type:  Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) and Performance Task (PT)

    • Participants:  All students at designated grade levels

      • • • Exceptions:  Eligible students participating in the CAAs

          • ELA only - English learners who are in their first 12 months of attending school in the United States

    • Assigned Grades:  All Students in grades 3-8 and 11

    • Testing Window:   March 6, 2023 - May 8, 2023

• California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for English language arts/Mathematics

  • • Test Type:  Computer Based Test (CBT)

    • Participants:  Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whose active individual educational program (IEP) designates the use of an alternate assessment.

    • Assigned Grades:  All Students in grades 3-8 and 11

    • Testing Window:    March 6, 2023 - May 8, 2023

• California Science Test (CAST)

  • • Test Type:  Computer Based Test (CBT)

    • Participants:  All students in designated grade levels

      • • • Eligible students participating in the CAA for Science

    • Assigned Grades:  All Students in grades 5, 8, 11, and 12 who did not take the CAST last spring 2022.

    • Testing Window:   March 6, 2023 - May 8, 2023

• California Alternate Assessment (CAA) for Science

  • • Test Type:  Computer Based Test (CBT) and Embedded Performance Task (PT)

    • Participants:  Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whose active IEP designates the use of an alternate assessment.

      • • • Eligible students participating in the CAA for Science

    • Assigned Grades:  All Students in grades 5, 8, 11, and 12 who did not take the CAST last spring 2022.

    • Testing Window:  September 6, 2022 - May 8, 2023