State Testing

Resources

Understanding the CAASPP Student Score Report 

Practice Tests

Practice and Training Tests for the online Smarter Balanced tests

PTA Factsheet

An overview of new assessments

California Testing Overview

EL Annual Parent Notification Letter

Smarter Balanced Adaptive Software

What the Smarter Balanced Adaptive Software is and how it works

PTA Video: Assessments and the Common Core 

An overview of the new Common Core State Standards-aligned assessments

PTA Video: Implications on Test Scores with the Common Core 

An overview of what parents can expect with the transition to the new Common Core State Standards aligned assessments

Parent Roadmap: Supporting your student in English Language Arts

Parent Roadmap: Supporting your student in Mathematics

Parents Right to Exempt from State Testing

A parent or guardian may annually submit to the school a written request to excuse his or her child from any of all parts of any test provided pursuant to Education Code section 60640 for the school year. If a parent or guardian submits an exemption request after testing has begun, any test(s) completed before the request is submitted will be scored and the results reported to the parent or guardian and included in the pupil’s records. An LEA and its employees may discuss the CAASPP assessment system with parents and may inform parents of the availability of exemptions under Education Code section 60615.