CAASPP

Students are preparing to begin the California Assessment of Student Progress and Performance (CAASPP) in the following weeks. All 3rd-8th and 11th graders will be participating in state testing in the coming weeks. School sites will communicate test schedules with parents via their regular school newsletters. Please avoid making appointments during the testing weeks as it is extremely important your child is at school, testing in their regular classroom environment.

CAASPP is the California Assessment of Student Progress and Performance. Students take the assessment in the Spring and begin receiving score reports in the Summer. CAASPP is an assessment intended to provide information that can be used to monitor student progress along the grade level standards and ensure that all students leave high school ready for college and career.

CAASPP is an assessment that is completed entirely online and includes computer adaptive tests and performance tasks in English–Language Arts, Mathematics and Science. All 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th grade students are expected to complete assessments in English-Language Arts and Math. All 5th, 8th, and 11/12th grade students are expected to complete assessments in English-Language Arts, Math, and Science.

CAASPP scores are not factored into students’ overall grades, but the scores do give us valuable feedback about how students are performing academically from year to year. This information is further factored into our district's Dashboard data, which provides parents and educators with meaningful information on school and district progress so they can participate in decisions to improve student learning.

• Please make sure that your child gets to bed early each night and gets plenty of rest.

• Have your child eat a good breakfast each morning before coming to school.

• Please be sure your child comes to school on time. Once a test has started, late arrivals will not be allowed in the classroom to take the test. They will have to make up the test at another time.

• Avoid removing your child from school during the testing periods for appointments. Studies indicate that students will perform better in their regular classroom setting. Make-up settings seem to produce inferior results.