Assessments
"The pilot of the CASTs will be administered during the portion of the LEA's selected testing window that occurs in the spring. These tests are to be administered to all students in grades five and eight and to selected students in grades ten, eleven, and twelve."
"The California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for English language arts/literacy (ELA), mathematics, and science are part of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress system. The goals of the CAAs are to ensure that students with the most significant cognitive disabilities achieve increasingly higher academic outcomes and leave high school ready for postsecondary options. The CAAs for ELA and mathematics are aligned with alternate achievement standards—called the Core Content Connectors (CCCs)—and linked to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)."
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- AP
- CAASPP
- ELPAC
- IB
- PFT
- PSAT/SAT
- ICA
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AP
Advanced Placement (AP)
"Taken each May by students all over the world, the AP Exam is the final step you take after a year of hard work in an AP class. These standardized exams are designed to measure how well you've mastered the content and skills of the course — a successful score could even earn you credit and advanced placement in college."
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CAASPP
California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)
"The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress administration includes the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments; the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs), including the CAA for Science; and the California Science Tests (CASTs). The optional primary language test, the Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS) for Reading/Language Arts (RLA)."
Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
"New state standards are challenging students to understand subject matter more deeply, think more critically, and apply their learning to the real world. To measure these new state standards, educators from Smarter Balanced states worked together to develop new, high-quality assessments in English and math for grades 3-8 and high school. These Smarter Balanced assessments provide more accurate and meaningful information about what students are learning by adapting to each student's ability, giving teachers and parents better information to help students succeed in school and after." Click here to read more about the SBAC.
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California Science Test (CAST)
"The pilot of the CASTs will be administered during the portion of the LEA's selected testing window that occurs in the spring. These tests are to be administered to all students in grades five and eight and to selected students in grades ten, eleven, and twelve."
Results
- Results from previous years are still being processed
Preparation Materials
California Alternative Assessment (CAA)
"The California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for English language arts/literacy (ELA), mathematics, and science are part of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress system. The goals of the CAAs are to ensure that students with the most significant cognitive disabilities achieve increasingly higher academic outcomes and leave high school ready for postsecondary options. The CAAs for ELA and mathematics are aligned with alternate achievement standards—called the Core Content Connectors (CCCs)—and linked to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)."
ELPAC
English Language Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC)
"State and federal law require that local educational agencies administer a state test of English language proficiency (ELP) to eligible students in kindergarten through grade twelve. The California Department of Education (CDE) has transitioning from the CELDT to the ELPAC as the state ELP assessment. The ELPAC is aligned with the 2012 California English Language Development Standards. It will be comprised of two separate ELP assessments: one for the initial identification of students as English learners (ELs), and a second for the annual summative assessment to measure a student's progress in learning English and to identify the student's level of ELP."
IB
International Baccalaureate (IB)
***Please note that the IB Programme is only offered at Sequoia High School.
IB (International Baccalaureate)
"The International Baccalaureate® (IB) offers a continuum of international education. The programmes encourage both personal and academic achievement, challenging students to excel in their studies and in their personal development. In order to teach IB programmes, schools must be authorized. Every school authorized to offer IB programmes is known as an IB World School."
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PFT
Physical Fitness Test (PFT)
"The PFT for students in California schools is the FITNESSGRAM®. The main goal of the test is to help students in starting life-long habits of regular physical activity.
Students in grades five, seven, and nine take the fitness test. The test has six parts that show a level of fitness that offer a degree of defense against diseases that come from inactivity. The test results can be used by students, teachers, and parents."
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PSAT/SAT
PSAT/SAT
The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT)
"Each assessment in the SAT Suite of Assessments — the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9 — includes a Reading Test, a Writing and Language Test, and a Math Test. The SAT also features an optional essay component, which some colleges will require. Questions throughout the assessments focus on skills that matter most for college readiness and success, according to the latest research."
Results
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
"Each assessment in the SAT Suite of Assessments — the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9 — includes a Reading Test, a Writing and Language Test, and a Math Test. The SAT also features an optional essay component, which some colleges will require. Questions throughout the assessments focus on skills that matter most for college readiness and success, according to the latest research."
Results
Preparation Materials
ICA
What?
What is the ICA?ICA stands for Interim Comprehensive Assessment. SUHSD administers the district-wide assessment in Math and Literacy each fall.
Why?
Why are we giving the ICA?
We administer the ICA each year to measure progress toward key Common Core Standards.
We administer the ICA each year to measure progress toward key Common Core Standards.
- Student Performance
- School-wide Performance
- Practice
- Predictive
How?
How are students taking the ICA?
Math
Students will take the Math ICA in their math classes. They are given questions in each of the following domains for a total of 11 questions.
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Knowledge
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Application
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Communication
Literacy
Students will take the Literacy ICA in their English classes and includes a range of item types: multiple choice, multiple response, evidence-based selected responses, and hot text. The assessment is divided into four components:
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Reading Literature
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Reading Informational Text
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Writing
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Listening
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