Assessment Spotlight, Issue 360
California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) email update, April 3, 2026.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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Upcoming System Downtime
From Friday, April 10, at 5 p.m. to Sunday, April 12, at 8 p.m., the CAASPP and ELPAC Test Operations Management System will be unavailable for a scheduled downtime.
The CAASPP-ELPAC System Downtime Schedule web page
provides a calendar of scheduled downtimes through June 2027.
Questions about the scheduled downtime can be directed to your local educational agency’s (LEA’s) assigned Success Agent. You can locate your assigned agent on the LEA Success Agents web page
. For other support options, visit the Contact Us web page
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