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9/19/2025

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2025 EOY Overview for SIRAS Districts (video and PPT)

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2025 EOY Overview for SIRAS Districts (video and PPT)

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PPT Updated

Cloud Recording

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Audio Transcript

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2024 Fall 1 Kern SELPA Siras for SEDS/CALPADS Fall 1 training

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2024 Fall 1 Kern SELPA Siras for SEDS/CALPADS Fall 1 training

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2024 Fall 1 Ventura SELPA Siras for SEDS/CALPADS Fall 1 training

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2024 Fall 1 Ventura SELPA Siras for SEDS/CALPADS Fall 1 training

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5/1/24

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The California Department of Education, Special Education Division is pleased to announce the following in-person trainings (virtual participation available at some events) in preparation for the upcoming redesign of the collection of data for students with disabilities in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS): CALPADS Special Education Data 2023-24.

These sessions will train local special education data coordinators and special education local plan area (SELPA)-level staff on the updates and changes for the CALPADS End-of-Year 3 and 4 Submissions. The training will cover:

End-of-Year Reporting deadlines

End-of-year reminders for auditing the data in your local special education data system

Reporting and reviewing disciplinary incident data and reports for students with disabilities, including restraint and seclusion

Reporting and reviewing data and reports for special education plans, special education program exits, and post-school outcomes

End-of-Year monitoring and compliance data and reports in CALPADS

Parental Involvement

Timeliness of Initial Evaluations, including evaluations required by the student's third birthday

Individualized Education Program (IEP) Implementation Data Collection

Changes for 2024-25

SELPA staff, district, and site-level special education data coordinators are welcome to attend. CALPADS local educational agency (LEA) administrators may attend only if space is available.

The host sites have agreed to extend participation to neighboring counties. For questions about a specific session, please contact the host contact (listed below). For general questions or if you are in need of accommodations at any of these sessions, please contact Isabell Robertson, Office Technician, at irobertson@cde.ca.gov.

Date of Roadshow

Hosting Agency

Hosting Agency Contact First and Last Name

Contact Email Address

Session Start Time

Session End Time

Location and Address of Session

Is there a cost for In-person Attendance?

Virtual Option?

Maximum In-person Capacity

Maximum Virtual Capacity (if Offering Virtual Option

In-Person Registration Information

Virtual Registration Information (if Providing a Virtual Option)

4/17/2024

Fresno County Superintendent of Schools

Carolina Mora

cmora@fcoe.org

8:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
1111 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno CA 93721

No

Yes

72

100

http://fresno.k12oms.org/131-245850 (access code 0417)

http://fresno.k12oms.org/131-245850 (access code 0417)

4/24/2024

Los Angeles County Office of Education

Damali Thomas

Thomas_Damali@lacoe.edu

9:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

10100 Pioneer Blvd. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

No

Yes

119

75

5/21/2024

Statewide CALPADS Special Education Data Spring Virtual Roadshow

Isabell Robertson
speddatasupport@cde.ca.gov
9:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

Zoom

N/A

Yes

N/A

1000

N/A
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_huzxPf-rT8WbGcEPZutd5Q

Last Reviewed: Friday, April 19, 2024

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CALPADS Special Education Data Spring Roadshows - Announcements & Current Issues (CA Dept of Education)

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California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) Regional trainings in Spring 2024 to inform local educational agencies (LEAs) with updates and changes to the collection of data for students with disabilities.

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Siras Toolkit for IEP Implementation PPT - Finding your CDE list of students to evaluate

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Siras Toolkit for IEP Implementation PPT - Finding your CDE list of students to evaluate

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CDE SPED Office Hours / Email List - Sign up Resources

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CDE SPED Office Hours / Email List - Sign up Resources

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To: Siras SPED admins

CC: CALPADS Administrators

CALPADS Special Education Data Office is offering Q and A with Brandi every Monday. Please remember to register for these sessions: Monday CALPADS Office Hours 3-4 Link

Send an email with Subscribe in the subject matter to:

subscribe-calpads-sped-support@mlist.cde.ca.gov

These links were shared during the meeting today:

Special Education File Submission Scenarios: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sp/cl/spededfilesubscenarios.asp

Special Education FAQs: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sp/cl/calpadsfaqs.asp#f1top

CDE Box link: https://cde.app.box.com/s/fxew6ck6lq9uvyna28pzspqwx5n8saa0

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UPDATE, the Option 1 fix is now live and ready to be used!

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Join Zoom Meeting:
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Getting Ready for Fall 1 - 9/14/2023 @ 1p

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Getting Ready for Fall 1 - 9/14/2023 @ 1p

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Join Zoom Meeting:
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Updated 2/2024

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Incoming Students
• Log into Siras > Click on the little schoolhouse icon in the top right > Check the box that says Incoming Students > Click GO.

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Registration for 2023-24 CALPADS SPED Roadshows

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Registration for 2023-24 CALPADS SPED Roadshows

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From: Sped Data Support <speddatasupport@cde.ca.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2023 1:46 PM
Dear LEA Representative,

The California Department of Education, Special Education Division is pleased to announce  in-person trainings (virtual participation available at some events) in preparation for the upcoming redesign of the collection of data for students with disabilities in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) for the 2023-24 academic year. Registration information for these trainings can be found at the following web page:  https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/ac/calpadsspedroadshows2023.asp.

For questions about a specific session, please contact the host contact. For general questions or if you are in need of accommodations at any of these sessions, please contact Brandi Jauregui, Information Technology Specialist, at bjauregu@cde.ca.gov.

Sincerely,

The Sped Data Support Team

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Active Status Update for SPED Redesign PPT

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5/9/23 Siras SPED Re-Design Helpful Files

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Files that were used in the 5/9/23 zoominar

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Enrollment for preschool and private school

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Enrollment for preschool and private school

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transferred post
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Instructions on how to get the IEP data out of Siras for the System Improvement Leads 'The Basics' website.
https://thebasics.systemimprovement.org

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How should we report assignments for staff serving students with disabilities in special education?

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How should we report assignments for staff serving students with disabilities in special education?

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Updated 10/19/22, you may want to just go to the source.

From: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sp/cl/calpadsfaqs.asp

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An excused absence is when a student misses school with a valid excuse per Education Code Section 48260(c).

48260(c)

For purposes of this article, a valid excuse includes, but is not limited to, the reasons for which a pupil shall be excused from school pursuant to Education Code sections 48205 and 48225.5 and may include other reasons that are within the discretion of school administrators and, based on the facts of the pupil's circumstances, are deemed to constitute a valid excuse.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil shall be excused from school when the absence is:

(1) Due to the pupil's illness.

(2) Due to quarantine under the direction of a county or city health officer.

(3) For the purpose of having medical, dental, optometrical, or chiropractic services rendered.

(4) For the purpose of attending the funeral services of a member of the pupil's immediate family, so long as the absence is not more than one day if the service is conducted in California and not more than three days if the service is conducted outside California.

(5) For the purpose of jury duty in the manner provided for by law.

(6) Due to the illness or medical appointment during school hours of a child of whom the pupil is the custodial parent.

(7) For justifiable personal reasons, including, but not limited to, an appearance in court, attendance at a funeral service, observance of a holiday or ceremony of the pupil's religion, attendance at religious retreats, attendance at an employment conference, or attendance at an educational conference on the legislative or judicial process offered by a nonprofit organization when the pupil's absence is requested in writing by the parent or guardian and approved by the principal or a designated representative pursuant to uniform standards established by the governing board.

(8) For the purpose of serving as a member of a precinct board for an election pursuant to Section 12302 of the Elections Code.

(9) For the purpose of spending time with a member of the pupil's immediate family, who is an active duty member of the uniformed services, as defined in Section 49701, and has been called to duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately returned from, deployment to a combat zone or combat support position. Absences granted pursuant to this paragraph shall be granted for a period of time to be determined at the discretion of the superintendent of the school district.

(10) For the purpose of attending the pupil's naturalization ceremony to become a United States citizen.

(b) A pupil absent from school under this section shall be allowed to complete all assignments and tests missed during the absence that can be reasonably provided and, upon satisfactory completion within a reasonable period of time, shall be given full credit therefor. The teacher of the class from which a pupil is absent shall determine which tests and assignments shall be reasonably equivalent to, but not necessarily identical to, the tests and assignments that the pupil missed during the absence.

(c) For purposes of this section, attendance at religious retreats shall not exceed four hours per semester.

(d) Absences pursuant to this section are deemed to be absences in computing average daily attendance and shall not generate state apportionment payments.

(e) "Immediate family," as used in this section, has the same meaning as set forth in Section 45194, except that references therein to "employee" shall be deemed to be references to "pupil."

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 92, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2017.)

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 432, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2013.)

48225.5.

(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil who holds a work permit to work for a period of not more than five consecutive days in the entertainment or allied industries shall be excused from school during the period that the pupil is working in the entertainment or allied industry for a maximum of up to five absences per school year.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil shall be excused from school in order to participate with a not-for-profit performing arts organization in a performance for a public school pupil audience for a maximum of up to five days per school year provided the pupil's parent or guardian provides a written note to the school authorities explaining the reason for the pupil's absence.

(b) A pupil absent from school under this section shall be permitted to complete all assignments and tests missed during the absence that can be reasonably provided and, upon satisfactory completion, shall be given full credit therefor. The teacher of any class from which a pupil is absent shall determine, pursuant to the regulations of the governing board of the school district, or the county board of education, what assignments the pupil shall make up and in what period of time the pupil shall complete those assignments. The tests and assignments shall be reasonably equivalent to, but not necessarily identical to, the tests and assignments that the pupil missed during the absence.

(c) A pupil absent pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall receive instruction during the period of the absence from a studio teacher certified by the Labor Commissioner holding credentials as defined in Section 11755 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations. The instruction shall be offered between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. for pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive. The school district or county superintendent of schools shall accept the work done by the pupil and the grades given to the pupil on that work and shall provide the pupil with credit for the instruction the pupil received from that teacher.

(d) At the request of a pupil excused from school pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), the pupil may be permitted to enroll in a work experience program of the school district and shall receive appropriate academic credit for that work experience.

(e) This section shall apply to all pupils, whether a pupil is enrolled in regular classes or special education classes, a regional occupational program or center, or a program of independent study, or any other program of the school district or county superintendent of schools.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 879, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)

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List of frequently asked questions for CALPADS.

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Fall 1 2022 Getting Ready for Census Day Zoominar

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Fall 1 2022 Getting Ready for Census Day Zoominar

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Topic: Fall 1 2022 Getting Ready for Census Day
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/U0rLHSDjJ5eJmdElMYem-3v31qq0DFggjKW7FxA2YqQqOGiu0j4Fi9QZ8E2nMUFj.qunlqFAU4CsIX4Xe
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10/6/2022 Siras Fall 1 Census Day Zoominar

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10/6/2022 Siras Fall 1 Census Day Zoominar

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Getting Ready for Census Day - Fall 1 2022

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Getting Ready for Census Day - Fall 1 2022

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Siras Fall 1 Zoominar PPT

Updated 10/14/22

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PSTS Academic Year should be the year in which the PSTS survey was conducted. PSTS surveys conducted for this academic year (2021-2022) are for students that exited within the From-Through Grad Date of the previous academic year: 8/16/2020 - 8/15/2021.

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- SELPA level users quarterly office hours

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- SELPA level users quarterly office hours

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Meeting Dates:

Thu. Aug. 8th, 2024 @ 12-1p

Wed. Nov. 13th 2024 @ 12-1p

Thu. Feb. 6th 2025 @ 12-1p

Wed. May 7th 2025 @ 12-1p

-Join Recurring Zoom Meeting:

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Meeting ID: 883 6994 8845

Passcode: 004684

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· 7/9/2022 Rollover completed: All districts 504 & SST

· 7/16/2022 Rollover completed: 1501 Kern, 1511 Bakersfield, 1512 Kern HS, 1514 Panama Buena Vista, 1923 Rowland, 2700 Monterey, 3100 Placer, 3312 Riverside, 4411 Pajaro, 5600 Ventura, 7100 CA State Special Schools

· 7/23/2022 Rollover completed: 1924 Hacienda La Puente, 3500 San Benito, 4200 Santa Barbara

· 7/30/2022 Upcoming rollover: 4301, 4302, 4303, 4304, 4307 & 4311 All Santa Clara Districts

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Data Discrepancy Errors (PPT presentation)

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Known Issues

There are some CDDs with known issues (validation is over-triggering) that result in the display of large numbers of errors for the CDD. The CDE is working to address these defects as soon as possible. In the meantime, LEAs should work on resolving other CDDs

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To: Local Educational Agency (LEA) Representatives

From: California Department of Education (CDE) -
California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) Team

Date: July 5, 2022

Subject: CALPADS Update FLASH #226

Data Discrepancies Required for End-of-Year Certification Become Viewable July 6, 2022

Flash 223 provided an overview of the "certification data discrepancies" (CDDs) that LEAs must resolve in order to certify their End-of-Year (EOY) submissions, and communicated that the CDE would inform LEAs when they would begin to see these new CDDs in CALPADS. LEAs are reminded that CDDs are the former Input Validation Rules (IVRs) that triggered upon input in the legacy system; in the new system, the validations trigger after the data are posted to the system. Therefore, LEAs should be familiar with these validations. Please refer to Flash 223 for more information on CDDs.

LEAs will begin to see the new CDDs on the Certification Status User Interface (UI) in CALPADS beginning some time on Wednesday, July 6, following the Tuesday, July 5 release which will occur at 5:00 PM. The CDDs will be viewable on the same screen that displays any triggered Certification Validation Rules (CVRs). The CDDs will be identified by the IVR number that existed in the legacy system; a description of the error and suggested resolution steps can be found in the CALPADS Error List by the former IVR number.

There are seventeen file types that have associated data discrepancies that total a little over 100 validations that become CDDs. Currently, there are some CDDs with known issues (validation is over-triggering) that result in the display of large numbers of errors for the CDD. Therefore, first check Table 1 below which lists the CDDs that are over-triggering, and do not work on these CDDs until the Known Issue is resolved. As LEAs may still feel overwhelmed by the number of CDDs to resolve, we suggest that the approach for the next two weeks is for staff to become comfortable with identifying the problem data and the resolution process. Data coordinators may want to first identify CDDs that have a low total count, resolve the error by referring to the Error List for the validation's suggested resolution, and then proceed to other errors with larger counts. Data coordinators may also want to consider the availability of other internal staff when deciding which CDDs or submissions to address first.

The development team will continue to fix problems as they arise. Therefore, please continue to submit service tickets if you come across a CDD that seems to be inappropriately triggering so that it can be evaluated.

Training

We are offering two webinars for the new CDD functionality that will be available to all and begin this week as follows:

Thursday, July 7, 2022
11:00 - 12:30
Registration Link https://fcmat.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EYWhy2a0QT-rM1KL_9yu_A
Monday, July 11, 2022
10:30 - 12:00

Registration Link
https://fcmat.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cQwaCLFeQkWny2dteeaHNQ
The webinar will be recorded and published on the YouTube Channel when ready.

Known Issues

There are some CDDs with known issues (validation is over-triggering) that result in the display of large numbers of errors for the CDD. The CDE is working to address these defects as soon as possible. In the meantime, LEAs should work on resolving other CDDs.

The CDDs that appear to be over-triggering are listed in Table 1.

Table 1
Known Issues: CDDs that Appear to be Over-Triggering

Certification

LEAs will be able to certify their EOY submissions once the approval button within CALPADS is enabled in the next two weeks.

Last Reviewed: Wednesday, July 6, 2022

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Data Discrepancies required for End-of-Year certification become viewable July 6, 2022; upcoming training regarding new certification data discrepancies (CDDs) functionality; known issues regarding some CDDs over-triggering.

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Email Notification from CALPADS Service Desk - Reference #261526

Most Recent Communication:

CALPADS requires that the SPED Exit Date overlap the student's enrollment (otherwise, you trigger a GERR0005). Therefore, an exit that occurs out of state cannot be submitted to CALPADS since it doesn't overlap any existing enrollment.

So, in order to submit the SPED Exit record that occurs out-of-state you must adopt and submit the student's prior plan with an Exit Date = Enrollment Start Date with your LEA. We recognize that this is not the actual exit date, however, it is currently the only way that we can report the exit to CALPADS.

We have plans to improve on reporting out-of-state exits with our SPED redesign, however, that is still a year out from being implemented.

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The secure browser for Mac computers is not currently supported on computers using macOS 11 (also known as "Big Sur"). At this time, the secure browser is only functional on computers using OS X 10.11 or macOS 10.12 through 10.15.

02/09/21

02/10/21

02/10/21

Some local educational agencies are reporting that they are experiencing technical issues with the camera during remote testing. Instead of displaying the student video, the Test Administrator Interface shows a gray cloud.

Resolution: This issue has been resolved. LEA staff can resume all remote testing.

Note: If the student is not visible in the Test Administrator Interface, the test administrator or examiner should ask the student to pause the test and then reenter the test. If the issue persists, notify CalTAC. CalTAC will request the following information:

Type of device the test administrator or examiner is using

Type of device the student is using

Assessment being administered

Test session ID

Student SSID

Whether the student was visible at some point

Which other parts of the communication widget were not functioning

02/09/21

02/10/21

02/10/21

The secure browser for iPad is currently not functioning as intended for remote administration.

At this time, local educational agency staff should not attempt remote testing of students who are using iPads.

Resolution: This issue has been resolved. LEA staff can resume remote testing on iPads.

01/14/21

01/14/21

N/A

For California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for English language arts/literacy (ELA), when the streamline mode is assigned in the test delivery system, certain items will render in a manner that may be difficult to see on the screen. For example, when a student or test examiner selects the first part of an item, the user is prevented from interacting with the rest of the item. If this occurs, the user should skip this item and proceed to the next item on the test.

11/13/20

12/09/20

12/09/20

For students who tested prior to December 5, 2020, changes to the Smarter Balanced scale score ranges in some grades to raise the lowest obtainable scale score and raise the highest obtainable scale score were not applied to the Interim Comprehensive Assessments (ICAs) and Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs) for English language arts/literacy and mathematics. As a result, some students received a score inconsistent with either the current values for lowest or highest obtainable scale score.

Resolution: Results affected by this issue will be rescored by December 5, 2020, and reposted by Wednesday, December 9, 2020.

08/11/20

08/12/20

08/12/20

Users are receiving an error message when logging into the Interim Assessment (IA) Viewing System. ETS is working to resolve the issue.

Resolution: This issue has been resolved.

02/18/20

03/10/20

03/10/20

Connectivity Issue on Chromebook

We are aware of a connectivity error message being intermittently displayed on Chrome operating systems when students attempt to log in to the secure browser. Some devices may display a sad face icon instead of taking the student to the "Is this you?" screen or test selection screen.

Resolution: If you experience this issue, you should consult with your technology staff and update your testing devices to Chrome OS 80, which is now stable and approved for testing. Older devices may not have the capacity to upgrade to OS 80 due to Google's Chrome OS Auto Update Expiration Policy ; for those devices, the students may retry their logon attempt until they reach the Is This You? screen.

Even if you are not experiencing these issues, it is recommended that you set an update limit to the Chrome OS version that students have successfully tested with.

01/29/20

02/21/20

02/20/20

Note: Issue only impacts schools with grade six students.

As part of the review of the 2018-2019 Smarter Balanced statewide assessment data, Educational Testing Service (ETS) recognized that within the pool of grade six English language arts/literacy (ELA) writing extended response (WER) items, six automated-scored WER prompts had low interrater reliability estimates for the conventions (COV) dimension scores. ETS reviewed and analyzed the data and discovered a configuration error in how some of the student responses were transferred. Due to this configuration error, ETS reported lower scores for some of the students who were assigned one of the six WER prompts.

Resolution: ETS has updated the configuration setting, reprocessed the impacted grade six responses, and has rereported CAASPP Smarter Balanced ELA scores for all grade six students whose scale score increased, or those who had a change in at least one WER dimension score due to rescoring. A subset of these students may also experience increases in their achievement level. The reprocessing did not result in any student receiving a lower score than previously reported and did not impact any other grades or content areas.

01/28/20

02/11/20

02/11/20

Users are experiencing delays in accessing recent responses in the Interim Assessment Hand Scoring System (IAHSS) and the California Educator Reporting System (CERS) due to a technical issue in receiving data. This issue will not impact taking interim assessments, but it will delay the receipt of the responses in the IAHSS and receipt of results in CERS.

Resolution: The technical issue has been resolved and the backlog of responses and results have been processed.

10/04/19

10/08/19

10/24/19

Some users have been unable to access the California Educator Reporting System (CERS) and are receiving an error message (HTTP ERROR 405). Users who have an organization name that contains a comma are impacted. ETS is working with Smarter Balanced to resolve the issue.

Resolution: This issue was resolved on October 24, 2019.

09/13/19

09/13/19

09/17/19

The issue with the grade four Reading Literary Texts and Reading Informational Texts interim Assessment Blocks was resolved on September 17. These tests now appear in the Interim Assessment Reporting System.

09/10/19

09/10/19

09/24/19

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) indicator continues to be updated in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System and will not be available in the Test Operations Management System (TOMS) on September 10, 2019, as anticipated. Local educational agencies should wait to administer the California Alternate Assessment for Science until further notice.

Resolution: The IDEA indicator has been updated in TOMS. The California Alternate Assessment for Science is now available for administration.

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