CA Alternate Assessment (CAA) - ELA, Math, & Science

Introduction

The summative California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for English language arts (ELA) and mathematics are to be administered to students in grades three through eight and grade eleven whose individualized education program teams designate the use of an alternate assessment on statewide assessments and who have a cognitive disability that prevents him or her from taking the online California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments. This population of students has, in previous years, been assigned to take the California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) for ELA and mathematics. Students in grades five and eight will also take the CAA Science test.

A Parent Guide to Understanding

The California Alternate Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA), Mathematics, and Field Test for Science

The California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) are part of the state testing program called the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, or CAASPP. The CAAs are designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Students are eligible only if an alternate assessment is indicated in their active individualized education program (IEP) by the IEP team.

A PARENT GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING The California Alternate Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA), Mathematics, and Field Test for Science

California Alternate Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics

The California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics are part of California’s system of assessments called the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). Designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, the CAAs for ELA and mathematics are an annual measure of what students know and can do using alternate achievement standards.    

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