CAASPP Testing and Assessments
“Starting Smarter” Family Website for CAASPP
To help empower parents/guardians and families to become partners in their children’s academic success, the California Department of Education and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium have created the “Starting Smarter" family website for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) including information on Student Score Reports and resources for the California Science Test, the California Spanish Assessment, and the California Alternate Assessments.
Using this website, which is available in both English and Spanish, families can become involved in their child’s progress and:
- Learn more about the performance areas in each subject and grade.
- See sample test questions.
- Prepare for parent-teacher conferences with a useful downloadable
guide.
- Access high-quality resources to support learning at home.
Starting Smarter for the CAASPP (available in English and Spanish) can be found at https://ca.startingsmarter.org
CAASPP Description
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System was established on January 1, 2014. The CAASPP System replaced the Standardized Testing and Report (STAR) Program, which became inoperative on July 1, 2013.
The CAASPP System is intended to provide parents, teachers, administrators and students with accurate and actionable information about what students are learning. The CAASPP System encompasses the following assessments and student participation requirements. Information about the content and format of each test is also provided.
Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments (SBAC)
for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics in grades three through eight and grade eleven.