CAASPP case studies
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The CAASPP & ELPAC site is the California Assessment System's working hub for testing coordinators and educators, not a single credential exam. It gathers the state's assessment programs in one place: the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for ELA and Mathematics, the California Science Test (CAST), the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs), the California Spanish Assessment (CSA), and the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC), which includes Initial ELPAC, Initial Alternate ELPAC, Summative ELPAC, and Summative Alternate ELPAC. The CAASPP case studies are 5 cases and about 3,578 words.
1A Mid-Year Transfer, a Partial ELA Test, and an IEP That Says 'Read Aloud'
Rosa Medina coordinates testing for a K–8 district. The Smarter Balanced summative window runs April 21 through May 23.
823 words, about 4 min2Calculators, a Whiteboard, and a Principal Who Wants Silence
Theo Park coordinates CAASPP at a K–8 school with 640 students. In May, during the grade eight mathematics summative, the test administrator for a group of 27 students reports three incidents.
587 words, about 3 min3Building a CAST Schedule Around Ineligible Grades and Repeat Testers
A comprehensive high school with about 2,100 students schedules science testing in a single April window that overlaps the Smarter Balanced window. The science department chair proposes two things.
731 words, about 4 min4A Parent Requests the CAA, and the Team Looks for the Safer Choice
At a March IEP meeting, a mother requests that her son, a fourth grader, be placed in the California Alternate Assessments for ELA and mathematics. The student has diagnoses of dyslexia and ADHD; his most recent psychoeducational evaluation reports a full-scale IQ of 96 and average reasoning skills.
585 words, about 3 min5Three ELPAC Decisions in One February Staff Meeting
An elementary school in a district with a large Spanish-speaking population faces three situations in February. First, a second grader, Mateo, arrived from Guatemala on November 3; the home language survey lists Spanish.
852 words, about 4 min