Assessment Administration - CAA

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The summative California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for English language arts/literacy (ELA), mathematics, and science are administered to eligible students using the secure browser and test delivery system. The CAAs are for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities and whose individualized education program (IEP) team has designated the use of an alternate assessment on statewide summative assessments.

 

Administration Window Link to this section

AssessmentsGradeWindow
CAA Science 5, 8 & 11Sept 27 - May 30, 2025
CAA ELA & Math 3 - 8 & 11March 17 - May 30, 2025
Alt ELPACTK - 12Feb 1 - May 30, 2025

 

Student Participation in California Alternate Assessments and ELPAC Link to this section

  • Students cannot be exempted from CAASPP testing through an IEP process. Once identified for any alternate assessment, he/she must then take the alternate assessment version of every standardized state assessment: CAA ELA/Math, CAA Science and the Alternate ELPAC.
  • Alternate assessments must be listed in the current year IEP. Students are only able to access an assessment if alternate assessments are specified on the statewide assessments page of SEIS..

An IEP team decision worksheet (link is external)and participation criteria(link is external) can be used for selecting alternative state assessments.

2024-25 CAASPP Test Assignment Report

On-line Training Link to this section

Forthcoming 

Archived Alternate Assessment Training Materials
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2024-25 Alternate State Assessment Presentation Materials

Video Presentation (link is external)

2023-24 Alternate State Assessments Orientation Meeting Slides (link is external)

Online training modules for administering ELA, Math and Science assessments must be completed prior to administering CAA: 2023–24 CAA Test Examiner Tutorials(link is external). After finishing the Moodle training, a certificate will be generated to confirm training has been completed (Case Managers administering CAA Science complete an additional section for the science assessment).  

2024-25 Alternate State Assessment Presentation Materials

 (link is external)

This page was last updated on July 23, 2024