Assessment Spotlight, Issue 317

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 and ELPAC website .

Training Reminder—Accessing Summative Assessment Results

There is still time to register for the May 2025 training, Accessing Summative Assessment Results in the California Educator Reporting System (CERS). This California Department of Education (CDE)-sponsored training will cover how to access 2024–25 summative assessment results in CERS, view and interpret individual student reports, and understand the reporting features available for specific assessments.

Module One: Focuses on the Summative ELPAC, the Summative Alternate ELPAC, and the California Spanish Assessment, on May 15, 2025, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Module Two: Focuses on the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics, California Science Test, and the California Alternate Assessments for ELA, mathematics, and science, on May 22, 2025, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Register now on the Accessing Summative Assessment Results in CERS registration website ! Any questions about this training opportunity can be emailed to the Sacramento County Office of Education at caaspp@scoe.net.

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