Assessment Spotlight, Issue 271

Focusing on the CAASPP System and English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC)—and including, when timely, updates on California’s other statewide assessments. For questions related to test administration, coordination, and trainings, visit the CAASPP website and the ELPAC website.

Upcoming Systems Downtime

The Test Operations Management System will be unavailable from Friday, April 12, at 5 p.m. to Monday, April 15, at 8 a.m., for a scheduled downtime. The CAASPP Planned System Downtime and ELPAC Planned System Downtime web pages provide a calendar of scheduled downtimes through June 2025.

Direct any questions about the scheduled downtime to your local educational agencies’ (LEA’s) assigned LEA Success Agent. You can locate your LEA's assigned Success Agent on the LEA Success Agents web page. For other support options, visit the California Outreach web page.

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