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You should have received an email with a link to access the meeting materials. You may also access the materials at the link above.

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The purpose of this application is to allow for file transfers between the California Department of Education (CDE) and non-CDE organizations. A project code and an upload/download password are required.

Project Information

Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series (ADAD)

This training series will provide direct, online training opportunities focusing on leveraging components of the Smarter Balanced comprehensive system of assessments to inform teaching and learning. There will be three distinct, independent components of this training series, with multiple opportunities-in both the summer and fall-to attend. Sessions in the fall will contain the same content as covered in the summer.

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The purpose of this application is to allow for file transfers between the California Department of Education (CDE) and non-CDE organizations. A project code and an upload/download password are required.

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Smarter Balanced Training Tests, Practice Tests, and Interim Assessments At-a-Glance

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Smarter Balanced Training Tests, Practice Tests, and Interim Assessments At-a-Glance

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Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments Overview

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Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments Overview

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California Educator Reporting System Resources

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California Educator Reporting System Resources

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California Educator Reporting System Resources

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The California Educator Reporting System (CERS) allows teachers and administrators to access their students’ individual and aggregate test results from state summative and interim assessments.

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Home Page - Smarter Balanced Sample Items

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This evening, you will receive an email with an evaluation survey and instructions on how to obtain a certificate of completion for each of the sessions you have attended. If you do not receive the email, email CalTrainings@WestEd.org for assistance.

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Home Page - Smarter Balanced Sample Items

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For more information on upcoming training opportunities, including additional sessions in the 2022 Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series, please visit https://www.caaspp.org/training/training-opportunities.html

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Training workshops for administration of the CAASPP computer-based summative and interim assessments and the Digital Library.

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Smarter Balanced Accessibility Strategies for Remote Teaching

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Smarter Balanced Accessibility Strategies for Remote Teaching

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Writing tasks challenge students to demonstrate critical thinking skills. In each task, students examine sources on a topic and write a response based on a specific purpose described in state academic standards. Read more about “purpose” under Terms to Know.

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Smarter Balanced Supporting Remote and Hybrid Teaching and Learning website

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Smarter Balanced Supporting Remote and Hybrid Teaching and Learning website

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The Smarter Balanced assessment system includes a comprehensive suite of standards-aligned assessments and tools-including instructional supports, interim assessments, and summative assessments-to support effective teaching and maximize learning for each individual student.

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Developed by Teachers for Teachers At the center of our work is a commitment to equity, accessibility, and ensuring that teachers are equipped with what they need to support students of diverse backgrounds and abilities for successful productive futures. A Smarter Assessment System The Smarter Balanced assessment system includes a comprehensive suite of standards-aligned assessments...

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Video: Understanding the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments

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Video: Understanding the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments

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Understanding the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments

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Video: Understanding the California Educator Reporting System (CERS)

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Video: Understanding the California Educator Reporting System (CERS)

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Understanding the California Educator Reporting System (CERS)

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Read recommended questions and answers that will help you better understand and use the Smarter Content Explorer.

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Video: Importance of Implementing CAASPP and ELPAC Accessibility Resources: Voices from Educators

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Video: Importance of Implementing CAASPP and ELPAC Accessibility Resources: Voices from Educators

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Importance of Implementing CAASPP and ELPAC Accessibility Resources: Voices from Educators

This video focuses on our conversations with California educators to learn more about the importance of implementing accessibility resources for assessments. Best practices used by educators in the field are highlighted in this video.

To help understand the types of accessibility resources are available to students, please refer to the CAASPP Accessibility Resources web page and the ELPAC Student Accessibility Resources web page.

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Importance of Implementing CAASPP and ELPAC Accessibility Resources: Voices from Educators

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This video focuses on our conversations with California educators to learn more about the importance of implementing accessibility resources for California State Assessments.

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Registration Introduction to CERS for Test Coordinators and Administrators

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Registration Introduction to CERS for Test Coordinators and Administrators

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Archived Event - Introduction to CERS for Test Coordinators and Administrators

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Interim assessments are designed to support teaching and learning throughout the year. The CAASPP Interim Assessments include the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics as well as the California Science Test (CAST) Interim Assessments.

To access resources regarding the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) Interim Assessments, please visit the ELPAC Interim Assessment Administration Resources web page.

General Resources

User Guides

Interim Assessment Video Series

The CAASPP and ELPAC Interim Assessment Video Series consists of six modules covering the content and purpose of the interim assessments and how to use related systems and resources.

Interim Assessment Lists

2023-24 Interim Assessments At-a-Glance (July 2023)
This document lists, by grade level or grade span, all available CAASPP and ELPAC Interim Assessments.

2023-24 Interim Assessments by Grade (August 2023)
This document lists all available CAASPP and ELPAC Interim Assessments by grade or grade span, and provides information such as associated standards, total number of items and number of items requiring hand scoring.

Instructions

Other General Resources

Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Resources

Blueprints

Blueprints for the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) and mathematics, as well as various other resources, can be found on the CDE Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments web page

Quick Instructions and Flyers

Videos

Asynchronous Hand Scoring Learning Modules

These asynchronous learning modules guide educators on how to hand score the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment performance tasks for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) and mathematics. The asynchronous learning modules can be accessed on the following web pages:

CAST Interim Assessment Resources

The CAST Interim Assessments in grades three, four, and five will each assess all three science domains. Middle school and high school will each have three interim assessments that assess a single science domain. Each CAST interim assessment will consist of two segments: one discrete segment and one performance task (PT) segment. The PT consists of four to six items, including one constructed response item worth 2 points that must be hand-scored.

CAST Interim Assessment Organization Flyer

Blueprints

Item Specifications

Item specifications describe how items for the CAST are developed to assess the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS).

CAST Item Specifications web page

CAST Constructed Response Annotated Examples

These annotated examples were created for selected constructed response items on the CAST practice tests. Practice test scoring guides and more can be found on the Online Practice Test Scoring Guides, PFAs, and DFAs web page.

Last Reviewed: September 19, 2023

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Test Administrator Resources for the administration of California tests.

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Registration for Introduction to CERS for Teachers

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Registration for Introduction to CERS for Teachers

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Archived Event - Introduction to CERS for Teachers

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Tools for Teachers and Other Formative Assessment Online Tools At-A-Glance

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Tools for Teachers and Other Formative Assessment Online Tools At-A-Glance

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It's SO challenging to know what to get out of Interim Assessments on the website...other than getting practice navigating the testing site for the students.

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For Interim Assessments, who is able to view this data? How long would it take to receive the data?

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For Interim Assessments, who is able to view this data? How long would it take to receive the data?

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Is data collected from the Interim Assessments by the State of CA?

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How does a school district makes a decision on what interim assessment to provide for their schools?

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What are ways you would suggest to add more interim assessments to the classroom?

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Are interim assessments available for grades 9 and 10 even though they do not take the summative SBAC?

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Has anyone figured out a user friendly way to introduce Tools for Teachers to teachers?

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Has anyone figured out a user friendly way to introduce Tools for Teachers to teachers?

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How many times can we give the interim assessments in the year?

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It is tempting for schools/districts to use summative assessment results to determine targets for the next year's instruction.  Do you think this is a misuse of that data?

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It is tempting for schools/districts to use summative assessment results to determine targets for the next year's instruction.  Do you think this is a misuse of that data?

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Curious if teachers find the interim assessments (given more often than summative) more helpful in making decisions. Teacher struggle with finding summative tests helpful overall in day to day lesson planning.

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I do not understand how to get the data from the Interim Assessments.

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When you say reproduced, does this mean that we cannot make classroom copies to work with students during whole class learning?

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When you say reproduced, does this mean that we cannot make classroom copies to work with students during whole class learning?

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Should screeners in reading and math be used in conjunction with the state interim assessments to provide more diagnostic data to inform instruction?

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Where can we find resources for the CAST?

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Are the IAB's available in Spanish

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You said it is grades 3+, but the slide said K-12. How can we use grade 3+ questions with K, 1, and 2 grades? TY

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You said it is grades 3+, but the slide said K-12. How can we use grade 3+ questions with K, 1, and 2 grades? TY

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I teach a combo 2nd and 3rd grade class. Do my second graders have access to the IABs?

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I teach a combo 2nd and 3rd grade class. Do my second graders have access to the IABs?

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variety of interim materials for different grade levels in HS?

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variety of interim materials for different grade levels in HS?

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Are there any interim assessment resources that are designed for high school grades levels BEFORE 11th grade? We'd love to have our 9th and 10th grade students benefit from something like this, but if they are seeing the same material every year, it kind of defeats the purpose for us... because we usually give the ICA during the 11th grade year, a few months before they get to the summative window.

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Can we administer the ICA as often as we deem necessary?

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Can we administer the ICA as often as we deem necessary?

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Will all these documents be posted somewhere for 2022-2023?

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Can we get a link to the updated Interim Assessments at a Glance Document in the Resource Guide? The powerpoint being used by the presenter shows the 22-23 doc but the resource guide still has the 2021-22 at a glance document

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Can you specify what you mean by blueprint? 

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Can you specify what you mean by blueprint? 

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Can teachers assign accommodations/supports in Interims?

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Are results of Interims only available in CERS?

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The PowerPoint says it is available for K-12 but when I looked, there were only 3-12 assessments, will K-2 be available for next school year?

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whats the difference between standardized and non-standardized IABs?

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whats the difference between standardized and non-standardized IABs?

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Is there an answer key to the IABs?
Do the students need their SSID to access IABs?

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When is hand scoring available? I've administer FIABs requiring this and have not been able to have access for days. Is there a standard amount of time?

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When is hand scoring available? I've administer FIABs requiring this and have not been able to have access for days. Is there a standard amount of time?

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The last time I administered, the non-standardized option was not available. Was this a technical issue?

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At our Charter school our home office determines which IAB's are given and when. Is this idea or should the school site be able to determine whn the IAB's and which are given for the best benefit for the teachers

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I haven't administered a standardized interim assessment, where can I see the scores when they're done?

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So I noticed that on a 4th grade math IAB fraction question ex: 4 x 1/3 =   4/3  & 1  1/3  were acceptable answers.

Those that mean that on the CAASPP a 4/3 answer will be acceptable since it was an acceptable answer on the interim assessment?

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Have you seen a district give a IAB Pretest, develop units around the IAB Pretest, teach the unit, and give the IAB Post Test?

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Do you know of any examples of schools who have forgone their curricum-provided assessments and transitioned site-wide to using Smarter Balanced exclusively or at least primarily?

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Can we differentiate accommodations and tools available per student's IEP Testing Accommodations in either standardized and/or non-standardized tests for practice?

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Can we differentiate accommodations and tools available per student's IEP Testing Accommodations in either standardized and/or non-standardized tests for practice?

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Are there specific ones for each grade level in high school? For instance, I teach 11th graders, so which of these are geared not just HS generally, but 11th specifically?

Will there be more of these practice assessments posted?

I recall in the presentation, a mention that there's only one and so questions will repeat.

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Can I access my students' data from administration of 11th SBAC this past spring 2022? I usually have had to wait for admin. to share this data. I hope I'll be able to search for my students' data now.

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I wonder if anyone uses Assistments.org? I notice some of the Math CAASPP tests & performance tasks are in the test bank of questions that could be assigned to students. Possibly another way to gather data and hand score questions.

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Is there a way we can have access to this Padlet after this training. I love having these resources all in one place.

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Will this recorded training be available to us later?

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Will this recorded training be available to us later?

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How long will this padlet be available for use?

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How long will this padlet be available for use?

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I have attended module 1 and plan to attend module 3 next Wednesday. Do you offer salary points for LAUSD?

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Where are the student writing examples again...step by step in Tools for Teachers? thanks!

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When I used the practice tests with my students, I noticed that the test I select are different than the ones they see from their practice test interface. Why is this?

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How would you use the content explorer?

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Where can I find the answer key? thank you