Teacher Guides & Score Report
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This page is specifically designed to deepen educators understanding of the Smarter Balanced summative assessment and the student score reports. This page synthesizes key information from the wide array of resources.
Teacher Resources
Explore and interact with sample questions just as students encounter them on the test. These samples can be filtered by subject, grade, claim or item type. An excellent resource for teachers: Sample Item Web site.
The purpose of the Teacher Guide is to deepen teachers' understanding of the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments, their alignment with the Common Core State Standards (CA CCSS)). and their intended connection to classroom learning. They explain how student skills and knowledge are assessed and reported through collecting and scoring evidence.
Click on the links below to access the grade-band teacher guide:
ELA/Literacy Teacher Guide:
Teacher Guide Gr 11 ELA/Literacy
Math Teacher Guide:
Experience Sample Test Items
To learn more about the Smarter Balanced test items, click on the image to the right to redirect to the Smarter Balanced Sample Item homepage.
Understanding the Student Score Report
A webpage has been designed to help educators and parents understanding the CAASPP student score reports. Click on this link to be redirected to this site.
This brief video explains the new CAASPP Individual Student Score Report:
Entendiendo el Reporte de Punctuacion del Esudeniate del 2015-16 (Video; 8:00) explica el Reporte de Puntuación del Estudiante en CAASPP y acentuá las nuevas características que se encuentran en el reporte.
View California's Statewide CAASPP Test Results by county, district or school by clicking here.