Pretest-Whats-New-for-CAASPP-Slides-Dec-2023 (1).pptx

2023–24
Pretest Virtual
Training Series
December 14, 2023:
CAASPP: What’s New for Testing?
Materials and Questions:
bit.ly/2324pretestCAASPP

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Notes About This Training
 This PowerPoint file and a separate resource guide with links are
provided on the padlet.
 Slide notes are included throughout this PowerPoint file.
 Questions can be entered into the padlet during the session and will
remain available after the session.
 This session will be recorded and posted on the Asynchronous
Training Opportunities web page. Recordings are posted within two
weeks of the session.

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Agenda
 2023–24 Testing Updates
 Preparing to Test
 Summative General Assessments
 Summative California Alternate Assessments (CAAs)
 California Science Test (CAST) Interim Assessments
 Test Operations Management System (TOMS)
 Test Administration
 Resources and Q&A

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Learning Goals
 By the end of the training today,
participants will understand the
following:
– Preparation and training needed for
CAASPP administration
– Updates to test administration systems and
resources
– Options for finding additional information
and support

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CAASPP: Test Administration Windows
Assessment
Statewide Testing
Window Start Date
Statewide Testing
Window End Date
Smarter Balanced, CAST,
CAAs for ELA and
mathematics
January 9, 2024, or once
66% of instructional year
is completed
Last day of instruction
or July 15, 2024
CAA for Science September 19, 2023 Last day of instruction
or July 15, 2024
California Spanish
Assessment (CSA)
January 9, 2024, or once
66% of instructional year
is completed
Last day of instruction
or July 15, 2024
Smarter Balanced and
CAST Interim Assessments
August 1, 2023 (Smarter Balanced)
October 24, 2023 (CAST)
Available for the entire
administration year

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New Website!
 The CAASPP website and the ELPAC website are being
redesigned and combined into a single website.
– Improved user interface
– Intuitive organization
– Improved search function
– Quick links: Always available
 The existing websites will remain active during a soft
launch.

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Test Settings API
 Current methods (one-by-one
and batch files in TOMS)
continue to work.
 Certain student information systems
(SIS) and Special Education
systems can automatically sync to
TOMS.
– Contact vendors about availability
– More information coming soon

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Redesigned SSRs
 Newly redesigned Student Score
Reports (SSRs) are available for
the 2023–24 summative
assessments.
– Redesigned SSRs for the Initial
ELPAC will be available for the
2024–25 test administration.
– SSRs will be available as PDFs
and HTML pages.
– SSRs will also be available in
Arabic.

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New Personalized Video SSRs
 Two video SSRs will be available to purchase.
– CAASPP Smarter Balanced for ELA and mathematics
– Summative ELPAC
 Same cost as in previous years—$1 per video
– Includes both English and Spanish for students whose primary
language is Spanish
– Costs $1 for the Smarter Balanced for ELA and mathematics
video and $1 for the Summative ELPAC video

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Teacher Hand Scoring System Updates
 New features include the following:
– Improved navigation
– Ability to add comments for other scorers on student responses
– Email notifications to scorers
 The Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS) is used to score
student responses for the following:
– Initial ELPAC (Writing domain for grades three through twelve)
– Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments for ELA and mathematics
– CAST Interim Assessments
– ELPAC Interim Assessments

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Accessibility Resources
 The following accessibility resources are now available:
– New California Assessment Accessibility Resources Matrix
– New accessibility resource graphics
– New embedded Word Prediction accommodation
 LEA coordinators are expected to communicate with site
coordinators and test examiners about designated
supports and check test settings in the Test Administrator
(TA) Interface.
– Avoid submitting Security and Test Administration Incident
Reporting System (STAIRS) cases!

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Processing Time (1)

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Materials for Administration
 Smarter Balanced and CAST
– Soon to come, three separate Smarter Balanced and CAST
scripts
 CSA
– Uses a Spanish script
 CAAs for ELA, mathematics, and science
– Use Preparing for Administration (PFAs) and Directions for
Administration (DFAs)

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Summative Assessment Scripts

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PFA and DFAs for CAAs
PFA
 Before testing
 Availability on the
CAASPP website
 Optional, nonsecure
DFAs
 During testing
 Availability in
TOMS
 Required, secure

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Test Administrator Tutorial
 Updates for 2023–24 coming in early January
 Optional training for test administrators
 Availability on Moodle and on the CAASPP website
 Included topics:
– Overview of summative general assessments (Smarter
Balanced Summative Assessments, CAST, CSA)
– Test security
– Test administration procedures

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Test Examiner Tutorial
 Updates for 2023–24 available now
 Required training for CAASPP test
examiners
 Certificate of completion:
– CAA General Requirements
– CAAs for ELA and Mathematics
– CAA for Science
Get Certificate

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Manuals Library
 Navigate to the Manuals
Library for a list of all
available manuals.

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What’s New Chapters
 What’s New in 2023–24 sections for
updated manuals

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Accessibility Resources Information
 Accessibility Resources Asynchronous Training
– Module A: Matching Accessibility Resources to Students’ Needs
– Module B: Using Accessibility Resources in Daily Instruction
 Demonstration videos
– Scribe
– Read Aloud
– …and more!

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System Timing (1)
Student Information
CALPADS One business day TOMS
Test Assignments
TOMS One business day
Test Delivery
System (TDS)
Test Settings
TOMS About four hours TDS

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System Timing (2)
Signed Security Forms
TOMS About 60 minutes TA Interface
Interim Assessment Results
Interim test
submitted
About 20
minutes
THSS (if hand scoring)
CERS (if no hand scoring)
THSS score
submitted
About 20
minutes CERS

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Testing Recommendations
 Take a practice or training test with the students.
 Administer interim assessments.
 Use the entire testing window.
 Schedule in-person testing sessions and remote testing
sessions in separate testing sessions.
– Note: Remote testing is only for students receiving daily
remote instruction, and remote testing is not available for the
CAAs.

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Where to Get Answers
 All roles
– Checklists, manuals, and videos
– Get Answers tool
– “Anita” chat bot
– Asynchronous and recorded trainings
 LEA coordinators
– CalTAC and Success Agents
 Site coordinators, test administrators, and
others.
– LEA coordinator
– For issues with testing systems that arise during an
active test session: CalTAC at 800-955-2954

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Processing Time (2)

Summative General
Assessments
Smarter Balanced for ELA and Mathematics, CAST, and CSA

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Smarter Balanced Summative
Blueprints
 Adjusted blueprints continuation
 Target results in CERS (for groups of 30 or more students)
 New: Individual student composite claim results in CERS
and on SSRs
 Claim results in the Test Results for California’s
Assessments website
– Individual claim aggregate data for groups of 30 or more
students
– Composite claim aggregate data for groups of 11 or more
students

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CSA Expansion
 New speaking domain
 One full-write item for writing
domain per grade level or grade
span
 Recommended headphones with
attached microphones for
speaking and listening domains
 Field test for 2023–24
 New videos, training tests, and
other resources

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2023–24 CSA Field Test (1)
 Who: All registered students taking
the CSA
 What: CSA Field Test
 When: Spring 2024
 Where: At your school
 Why: To field-test newly developed
speaking and full-write items to get
a more complete picture of a
student’s Spanish literacy skills

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2023–24 CSA Field Test (2)
 New cover page for segments
 Constructed-response scoring
information
 Updated training test and flyer
 New videos to support
administration of field test items
 Updated estimated testing times

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Importance of the CSA Field Test
The CSA Field Test will do the following:
 Ensure the reliability and validity of the
items being field-tested
 Provide a more accurate determination
of the time needed for students
to complete the assessment
 Provide student speaking responses to
develop administration scoring
and training materials for LEAs to use
during the operational CSA
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Processing Time (3)

Summative California
Alternate Assessments
CAAs for ELA, Mathematics, and Science

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Test Form Assignments
 LEA coordinators use the form assignment web pages to
check the LEA’s forms.
– Two forms for the CAAs for ELA and mathematics
– Four forms for the CAA for Science
 Forms determine which DFAs to use.

CAA for ELA
Second Scoring
 Validity check for rubric-
scored items
 Secondary test examiner
scoring in the moment
 Submission of second
scores into the Data Entry
Interface (DEI)
 CAA for ELA Second
Scoring Assignments web
page

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CAA for Science Test Administration
Planning
 Embedded performance tasks (PTs) to be administered
throughout the school year (between September and the
end of instruction or July 15, whichever comes first)
 CAA for Science Administration Planning Guides

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CAA for Science Scheduling
Flexibility—Example Timeline
Earth and Space
Sciences
October—PT 1
Life Sciences
January—PT 2
Physical Sciences A
April—PT 3
Physical Sciences B
May—PT 4

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Processing Time (4)

California Assessment System Interim
Assessments
Smarter Balanced
for ELA and mathematics
interim assessments
CAST
Interim
Assessments

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Security Considerations
 Interim assessment materials are not for
public use, display, or distribution.
 These materials should not be
– shared with parents/guardians or the public;
– reproduced in any form; or
– posted in any public place, including online.

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Roles to Administer Interim
Assessments
 LEA coordinators and test site
coordinators, test administrators,
and test examiners can administer
all interim assessments.
 The IA Administrator Only role
can be assigned for access to all
interim assessments but no
summative assessments.

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Organization
 Elementary organized by grade level performance
expectations:
– Grade three
– Grade four
– Grade five
 Middle school and high school organized by science
domain:
– Earth and Space Sciences
– Life Sciences
– Physical Sciences

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in CERS
 Information and data are available in CERS.
– Available now: Student scores and achievement levels
– Late January 2024: Items and student responses
– Late July 2024: Individual student reports
 Educators will need to be given access to view results.

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CAST Interim Assessment Use
 The CAST Interim Assessments are fixed-form
assessments.
 Evidence of student learning elicited from
assessments will differ depending upon the items
administered and the administration method.
 The evidence will help to inform instructional practices.
 California Education Code Section 60642.7 prohibits
the use of interim assessments for any high-stakes
purposes.

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CAST Items Requiring Hand
Scoring
 CAST Interim Assessments each include one PT.
 Each PT contains one constructed-response item that
requires hand scoring.
 Scale score ranges for the CAST Interim Assessments
are based on those from the summative CAST.
 Performance levels are also provided.

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Additional Resources
 Interim Assessment Video Series
 Interim Assessment User Guide
 CAASPP Interim Assessment Administration
Resources web page

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Processing Time (5)

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TOMS Updates
 TOMS has an updated user interface.
 Primary LEA coordinators can designate additional LEA
coordinators.
 The IA Administrator Only role gives access to both
CAASPP and ELPAC interim assessments.
 In the [Test Settings] tab of the Student Profile, tables
now include the date the student’s test settings were last
updated, the user who updated the settings, and the
source of the last update.

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TOMS Updates Coming Soon
 Security form status for users
 Date last updated details in the [Test
Assignments] tab for students
 Test assignment status in the [Test
Assignments] tab for LEA
coordinators to view all tests assigned
to a student
 New report in TOMS: ELPAC Eligibility
Age Out Report

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STAIRS and Appeals Process
 SSID swap process
 Bluetooth earbuds added to
“Student Cheating or Accessing
Unauthorized Devices” case type
– Note: Bluetooth hearing aids are an
allowable medical device if needed.

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Crisis Alert Review System (CARS)
 In January 2024, CARS will display alerts across
both CAASPP and ELPAC programs to LEA
CAASPP coordinators and LEA ELPAC
coordinators.

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Processing Time (6)

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End Test Sequence Change
 There will be no [End Test] button on the last question; selecting
the [Next] button on the final question will open the Test Review
screen.
 The [End Test] button is still present at the stopping markers.

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Confirming Test Settings
Remind test administrators and test examiners to
check settings before approving.

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Security Agreements
and Affidavits
 TOMS users will not have access to
administer summative tests if the
security form has not been signed.
– Test site coordinators sign affidavits and
agreements.
– Test administrators and test examiners
sign affidavits.
– Signatures take about 60 minutes to
process.
 Security forms are separate from
Moodle course agreements.
 Non-TOMS users sign locally.

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Processing Time (7)

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Resource Guide
 Upcoming and asynchronous
trainings
 Checklists
 Manuals
 Coordinator email archive
 California Department of Education
Assessment Spotlight

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LEA Outreach and Assistance
 CalTAC phone line (800-955-2954)
 Success Agents (email, phone, and chat)

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Are We There?
 Participants should understand the
following:
– Preparation and training needed for
CAASPP administration
– Updates to test administration systems and
resources
– Options for finding additional information
and support

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Questions and
Answers

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