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Technical Reports and Studies

Development of Performance Level Descriptors for the California Standards Tests (CSTs) and High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) (PDF; 2MB)
These performance level descriptors were not adopted by the State Board of Education.

CST

California Standards Tests (CSTs) Technical Report, Spring 2011 Administration (PDF; 20MB)

California Standards Tests (CSTs) Technical Report, Spring 2010 Administration (PDF; 7MB)

California Standards Tests (CSTs) Technical Report, Spring 2009 Administration (PDF; 12MB)

California Standards Tests (CSTs) Technical Report, Spring 2008 Administration (PDF; 8MB)

California Standards Tests (CSTs) Technical Report, Spring 2007 Administration (PDF; 10MB)

California Standards Tests (CSTs) Technical Report, Spring 2006 Administration (PDF; 31MB)

Addendum to the California Standards Tests (CSTs) Technical Report, Spring 2006 Administration (DOC) | PDF (63KB)

California Standardized Testing Program Technical Report, Spring 2005 Administration (PDF; 14MB)

California Standardized Testing Program Technical Report, Spring 2004 Administration (PDF; 14MB)

Read-aloud Study for the California Standards Tests (CSTs) in English-Language Arts (DOC; 6MB)

Read-aloud Study for the California Standards Tests (CSTs) for Mathematics (DOC)

CAPA

California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) Technical Report, Spring 2011 Administration (PDF; 6MB)

California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) Technical Report, Spring 2010 Administration (PDF; 3MB)

California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) Technical Report, Spring 2009 Administration (PDF; 3MB)

California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) Technical Report, Spring 2008 Administration (PDF; 859KB)

Technical Report on the Standard Setting Workshop for the California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) (DOC; 2MB)

Executive Summary: California Alternative Performance Assessment (CAPA) Standard Setting (DOC)

California Alternate Performance Assessment Technical Report, 2007 Spring Administration (PDF; 5MB)

California Alternate Performance Assessment Technical Report, 2006 Spring Administration (PDF; 6MB)

California Alternate Performance Assessment Technical Report, 2005 Spring Administration (PDF; 3MB)

California Alternate Performance Assessment Technical Report, 2004 Spring Administration (PDF; 2MB)

Independent Evaluation of the Alignment of the California Standards Tests (CSTs) and the California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) (PDF; 3MB)

California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) Science Alignment Study: Results (PDF)

CMA

California Modified Assessment (CMA) Technical Report, Spring 2011 Administration (PDF; 9MB)

Addendum to the California Modified Assessment (CMA) Technical Report, Spring 2011 Administration (PDF)

California Modified Assessment (CMA) Technical Report, Spring 2010 Administration (PDF; 5MB)

Addendum to the CMA Technical Report, Spring 2010 Administration (PDF)

California Modified Assessment (CMA) Technical Report, Spring 2009 Administration (PDF; 4MB)

Addendum to the CMA Technical Report, Spring 2009 Administration (PDF)

California Modified Assessment (CMA) Technical Report, Spring 2008 Administration (PDF)

Addendum to the CMA Technical Report, Spring 2008 Administration (PDF)

Technical Report on the Standard Setting Workshop for the California Modified Assessment (CMA) (DOC; 2MB)

Executive Summary: California Modified Assessment (CMA) Standard Setting (DOC)

STS

Standards-based Tests in Spanish: Technical Report, Spring 2011 Administration (PDF; 12MB)

Addendum to the Standards-based Tests in Spanish: Technical Report, Spring 2011 Administration (PDF)

Standards-based Tests in Spanish: Technical Report, Spring 2010 Administration (PDF; 4MB)

Standards-based Tests in Spanish: Technical Report, Spring 2009 Administration (PDF; 3MB)

Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS): Technical Report, Spring 2008 Administration (PDF)

Addendum to the STS Technical Report, Spring 2008 Administration (PDF)

Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS): Technical Report, Spring 2007 Administration (PDF; 6MB)