Assessment Spotlight, Issue 331
California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) email update, August 01, 2025.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
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New Coordinator Training Webinar #4—Assessment Systems and Test Operations Management System
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for the New Coordinator Training Webinar – Assessment Systems and Test Operations Management System (TOMS) on August 28, 2025, from 3 to 4 p.m. This webinar will focus on:
- Storing student data
- Local systems
- Communicating with state systems that store student data
- Assessment systems
We hope you can join us!
ELPAC Students Meeting Reclassification Criteria 1 Report
The Summative ELPAC Student Score Reports (SSRs) for 2024–25 began releasing in May, and local educational agencies (LEAs) are encouraged to begin the reclassification process for eligible students as soon as scores are available. We are excited to introduce a new report in TOMS called the ELPAC Students Meeting Reclassification Criteria 1 Report to support this process. We encourage LEA and site coordinators to access this new report to help identify actively enrolled students who have met criteria 1 and are ready to be evaluated for the remaining reclassification criteria (2–4).
Students who score an overall 4 on the Summative ELPAC or an overall 3 on the Summative Alternate ELPAC are eligible to begin the Reclassification process. These students can be reclassified if they meet all four of the reclassification criteria:
- Assessment of English Language Proficiency
- Teacher Evaluations
- Parent Consultation
- Basic Skills Relative to English Proficient Students
LEAs use their established locally approved reclassification process to determine if the student has met each of these criteria. Be sure to also consult the Guidance Letter on Reclassification for Dually Identified Students for your English learner students with an individualized education program.
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