CSA
Feature Description
Purpose To show a student’s achievement on CAASPP System assessments to parents/‌guardians, students, and teachers.
Format

The CAASPP SSR for the CSA (consists of a single two-sided page)

  • Page 1
    • Student’s overall score for previous year(s) and the current year
    • Descriptions of the CSA and score meaning
    • Student information
    • Additional information for parents/guardians
  • Page 2
    • Description of each score reporting range
    • Placement of the student’s score within the score reporting range
Action Pursuant to 5 CCR Section 863, LEAs must notify parents/guardians and make SSRs available within 20 working days of its delivery to the LEA in TOMS. If the LEA receives the SSRs after the last day of instruction for the school year, the LEA shall make the SSR available to the parent/‌guardian no later than the first 20 working days of the next school year.
Focus Individual student’s results for the CSA

Data displayed on the samples in this guide are for demonstration purposes only and may not reflect valid data. Sample SSRs may include minor variances from actual SSRs.

Description

The SSR for the CSA provides parents/guardians and teachers with the student’s results.

Information about the CSA is provided for students in grades three through eight and high school (grades nine through twelve).

Data presented for the CSA includes the following:

  • Overall scores
  • Score reporting ranges, with a description of the expectations for each range
  • Scale score and reporting range for a previous year’s assessment(s) (if available)

Example SSR

CSA SSRs have three score reporting ranges with a description explaining what a student can do at each score range.

Because the CSA is aligned with the CCSS en Español, which are a translated and linguistically augmented version of the CCSS for English Language Arts & Literacy, scores cannot be compared between tests for different content areas (for example, between mathematics and the CSA) or on tests administered previously in California (such as for the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program).

Score reporting ranges that express student achievement are different for each grade level, and the expectations for instruction, which are aligned with the standards, for the next grade level are more challenging than for the previous grade level. As a result, an increase in the overall score may not mean a higher level of achievement for the current year.

Under certain circumstances, such as when results are associated with a particular special condition code, a message will appear on the SSR. Possible messages and their associated condition codes are presented in table 1. Refer to the Condition Code Descriptions section in Interpreting Results for information about when a condition code applies.

Table 1. CSA SSR Messages
Condition Code Message
LOSS [Student’s name]’s scores should be used with caution as the test was administered under conditions that may not represent [Student name]’s achievement.

Page 1 of 2, Top: Student Information

Top of the first page of the CSA SSR, with callouts pointing to the student name, student information, and information about statewide assessments

Figure 1. Student information on page one of the CSA SSR

Table 2. The SSR for the CSA: Student Information Descriptions
# Feature Description
1 Student’s mailing address This area shows the student’s residential address as listed in CALPADS.
2 Student and school information

This area shows information about the student and the school and LEA name, as well as the county/district/‌school code.

Note that the grade noted indicates the grade level in which the student was enrolled at the start of testing.
3 CSA program overview This paragraph provides an overview of the CSA.

Page 1 of 2, Bottom: Score and Additional Information

Bottom of the first page of the CSA SSR, with callouts pointing to the student's scores for the current and previous year, results overview, and the parent/guardian resources information that includes URLs for additional information

Figure 2. Score and additional information on page one of the CSA SSR

Table 3. The SSR for the CSA: Score Overview Descriptions
# Feature Description
1 Overall scale score This box provides the student’s overall scale score for the CSA for the current and previous year. Note that these scores are not comparable.
1

Special condition

(Not shown)

A cautionary message also will be included under the progress summary if the student

  • Invalidate Appeal
  • Student earned the LOSS
  • Student had an unlisted resource that changes the construct being measured
2 Results overview This paragraph provides an overview of the purpose of CSA results.
3 Starting Smarter website information This section describes the Starting Smarter website, which describes SSRs and other information that supports student learning.
4 CAASPP results website information This section describes the Test Results for California’s Assessment website on which results for schools, districts, and the state are found.

Page 2 of 2, Score Reporting Range Summaries

Section of page 2 of the CSA SSR showing a score range, with callouts pointing to the student score and score range descriptions

Figure 3. Score reporting range summary on page two of the CSA SSR for grade eleven

Table 4. The SSR for the CSA: Score Reporting Range Summary
# Feature Description
1 Score Reporting Range This indicator places the student’s scale score within the appropriate score reporting range.
1

Special condition

(Not shown)

A cautionary message also will be included under the progress summary for one of the following reasons:

  • Invalidate Appeal
  • Student earned the LOSS
  • Student had an unlisted resource that changes the construct being measured
2 Skills summary The score reporting range descriptors are listed for each score range. The descriptors vary, depending on the student’s grade level.

Sample of the SSR for the CSA

Sample CSA SSR, grade five, page 1

Figure 4. Sample CSA SSR, page one

Sample CSA SSR, grade five, page 2

Figure 5. Sample CSA SSR, page two