Assessment
Teachers use a variety of assessments to guide instruction and determine how to support student learning. In addition to regular classroom assessments, teacher observations of progress, and checking for understanding, students also participate in district and state assessments:
DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS
- Beginning-of-Year and End-of-Year: I-Ready (English-Language Arts and Math)
STATE ASSESSMENTS
- Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
- 3rd-5th graders only
- Assesses English-Language Arts and Math
- Computer-adaptive questions and performance task
- California Science Test (CAST)
- 5th graders only
- Assesses core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts
- Computer-adaptive and performance tasks
- English Language Proficiency Assessment of California (ELPAC)
- English Learners only
- Assesses Oral (speaking and listening) and Written (reading and writing) skills