Embedded Files
LINK to SDUSD Assessment Services Website
LINK to SDUSD Assessment Calendar 2026-27
LINK to SDUSD Comprehensive Assessment Guide
Paradise Hills' Assessment Plan 2025-26:
UTK teachers will administer the Heggerty assessment by 9/26/25 and 5/1/26. Results will be in Illuminate student monitoring sheet.
K-2 teachers will administer mClass Dibels8 reading assessment to all students between by 9/12/25, by 1/16/26 and by 4/15/26. Results will be in Illuminate student monitoring sheet.
3-5 teachers will administer iReady reading assessment to all students between by 9/12/25, by 1/16/26 and by 4/15/26. Results will be in Illuminate student monitoring sheet.
K-5 teachers will administer iReady math assessment to all students by 9/26/25 (K-1 optional), 1/16/26 (K optional), and 4/15/26. Results will be in Illuminate student monitoring sheet. This is optional for grades K-1.
Teachers will record guided reading levels (instructional reading levels) in progress monitoring sheets monthly, before each PLC.
Math assessments (unit assessments and/or other) will be administered and recorded in progress monitoring sheets monthly, before each PLC.
Benchmark Advance Assessments can be administered at teachers’ discretion. It is recommended to administer the week 2 assessment during each unit. This assessment is much shorter than the end of unit assessment, and provides useful information.
K-5: Summative ELPAC will be administered by ELPAC coordinator or other staff member (UTK students do not need to take ELPAC).
Grade 5: Coach F will administer FitnessGram to all students between 3/23/26-5/8/26
NOTE: there will be time during PLCs to identify, plan for, schedule and analyze the above assessments.
Literacy Software:
K-5 students will use Lexia CORE5 60 min/week. We will review usage and progress at monthly PLCs.
Smarter Balanced Assessments:
TIPS FOR YOUR SITE TO GET AN EARLY START ON CAASPP
TIPS FOR YOUR SITE TO GET AN EARLY START ON CAASPP
Resources/tips will be regularly shared in Principal and Educator updates related to the CAASPP. These resources are provided to support thoughtful instructional decisions, not as direct test prep. Educators should consider how these tools can naturally integrate with the curriculum to reinforce skills and concepts already being taught.
Wondering which Math or ELA vocabulary your teachers can select from to put on their word wall that students might see on the CAASPP? The lists are by grade level BUT we shouldn’t wait until students are in 3rd grade to start using this vocabulary. Anyone can use these words!
How do we naturally teach into these words and have students use them regularly?
How are the full write/essay on the performance task graded? Click these links to see the rubrics!
Opinion (gr. 3-5) Informational (gr. 3-5)
Narrative (gr. 3-8)
Link to Smarter Balanced Training Meeting 2025
All students in grades 3-5 will be taking the CAASPP (California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress) tests in ELA and Math. Additionally, all students in grade 5 will be taking the California Science Test (CAST).
TROUBLESHOOTING: If a student is unable to get into the test...
1) check to make sure the info has been typed in accurately (name, SSID, testing ID)
2) if, after a few tries, it does not work, then have student log out, and log back in
3) if, after a few tries, it does not work, try a different computer
4) contact Steve E
What to share with students before testing:
Why is the test important? the tests show what you are able to do and what you still need help to be able to do; this is helpful so that the school can identify what we need to focus on to ensure that you are successful
So, always do your best so that we have an accurate picture of your levels in reading, writing and math (and science for grades 5 and 8).
The test results also go to your parents so they can see how well you are progressing in reading, writing, and math (and science for grades 5 and 8). The test also shows how well the school is doing, and so the better you do, the better reputation our school will have.
As you get older these tests will help to determine which classes to place you in for high school and college. The better you do, the more opportunities you will have.
Explain the entire test schedule; let them know that the CAT tests are long, which is why we have 2 days for those tests
All tests are untimed so students may take as much time as they need
Additional Notes:
· English Learners (ELs) First Enrolled in US Schools: ELs enrolled in a U.S. school less than 12 months (after April 15, 2017) are exempt from taking the ELA portion of the Smarter Balanced Assessment or ELA portion of the California Alternate Assessment (CAA). These student still are required to take the math portion of Smarter Balanced or CAA and the CAST/CAA science for students in grades 5, 8, and 12. The CDE will extract the EL data from CALPADS for accountability purposes. There is no place for sites to indicate this in TOMS. Site Coordinators will simply indicate the number of ELs less than 12 months not tested in ELA on the 2018 CAASPP Apportionment form (row H).
· Error message “No tests are available at this time”: If a student receives this message after logging into the secure browser, it could be that the student is assigned the California Alternate Assessment (CAA) in TOMS. Simply pull up the student in TOMS, go to the Test Mode tab and review the selected tests. If the CAA is selected in error, you may change the test assignment and click “Update”. Before making the change, ensure that the IEP in SEAS has the correct tests assigned. Any changes in TOMS may take up to 48 hours for the test assignment to be corrected in the test interface.
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Students click the icon, and then log in, using their SSID (attached at the bottom of this page; just find your class, and get the SSID numbers to your students before the test). Also, write the test ID on the board for all to see (instructions on how to generate the test ID below).
For Chromebooks: see this doc for instructions.
TO CHOOSE AN INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR STUDENTS, OR TO TAKE A TEST YOURSELF:
you will need your Smarter Balanced Site login information
go to Smarter Balanced Site (caaspp.org)
Click “Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments”
Click “Interim Assessment Viewing System”
If it says: "popup blocked", go to menu bar in upper right of screen, click on "popup blocked" and then click on "always allow..."
Log in (you set this up earlier in the year)
The screen will show: “Is this the student?”; select your grade level, and “Next”
Look at the various Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs): these are about 1 hour long
Select a test for students to take
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TO GENERATE THE ACTUAL TEST SESSION FOR STUDENTS (Interim Assessments and Actual SBAC Test):
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How to access IAB results: Instructions here
How to access items on SBAC IABs:
Go to caaspp.org
Select a test
Click on “Expand Results” on right hand side
Then click on “Results By Item” in the drop down menu
When to schedule next IAB?
TO HAND SCORE THE TESTS (ex: IABs):
go to Smarter Balanced Site (caaspp.org)
Click “Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments”
Click “Interim Assessment Hand Scoring System”
You will see your list of students
Click "SCORE" on the right hand side for your first student
Score the short answer response(s) for each of the students (when finished scoring, make sure to select all students, go to bottom of page and click "Mark Selected as Complete")
Once the hand scoring is done, the results for the whole test will become available (note that results may not show up until up to 48 hours after you have scored the test)
***You can access the test results by clicking on "Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments", and then "Interim Assessment Reporting System" from the caaspp.org site
Reminders: Work with your grade level to choose an ELA (IAB) and a Math (IAB) that correlates with your upcoming unit(s); then calendar the dates that you will give these assessments; we will look at the results together as a grade level, to help guide our instruction. It is a GREAT idea to take the assessment your self first! (you can do this by following all of the steps, and then just continuing to the actual test)
For more info: see SBAC Interim Assessment Overview
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During the Test:
click on the "eye" icon to ensure that students have the designated supports we identified
at end of test session, if a student has not completed the test, he/she needs to PAUSE the test
if he/she has completed the test and reviewed the answers, he/she needs to SUBMIT TEST
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Using Illuminate:
Pre-made Assessment:
Click "View Assessments"
Click on the "More Filters" drop down menu, and select your grade level(s), and any other filters you would like to apply (ex: ELA)
Click on the assessment(s) you need
Custom Assessment:
Click "Create an Assessment"
Choose "Itembank"
Choose "Assessment" (Quick Mode)
Questions:
How do teachers administer the assessments online? (add roster?)
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From Carnegie Mellon University:
Formative assessment: The goal of formative assessment is to gather feedback that can be used by the instructor and the students to guide improvements in the ongoing teaching and learning context. These are low stakes assessments for students and instructors.
Summative assessment: The goal of summative assessment is to measure the level of success or proficiency that has been obtained at the end of an instructional unit, by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.
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