Each spring, students in grades three through eight participate in the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). This year, your child will take the following test(s) between May 12-May 23:
● Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment in English language arts/literacy
● Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment in mathematics
● Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment in science (grades 5&8 only)
● Smarter Balanced California Spanish Assessment
The Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments are online tests that measure what your child knows and is able to do. The tests include many different types of questions that allow students to interact with the test questions. Results help identify gaps in knowledge or skills early on so your child can get the support he or she needs to be successful in school.
To learn more about either the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments or the CAST, go to the California Department of Education Parent Guides to nderstanding Web page at
https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/parentguidetounderstand.asp.
You can look at sample test questions on the practice tests, which can be found on the CAASPP Web Portal at
http://www.caaspp.org/practice-and-training/index.html.
Parent Request for Exemptions
A parent or guardian may annually submit to the school a written request to excuse his or her child from any or 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. The LEA and its employees shall not solicit orencourage any written exemption request on behalf of any child or group of children.
Sincerely,
Cynthia Delgado