Acronyms and Initialisms Used in the CERS User Guide

Table 1. Acronyms and Initialisms Used in the CERS User Guide

Abbreviation Term

CAA

California Alternate Assessment

CAASPP

California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress

CAST

California Science Test

CCSS

Common Core State Standards

CERS

California Educator Reporting System

CSA

California Spanish Assessment

CSV

Comma-Separated Value

ELA

English Language Arts/literacy

ELPAC

English Language Proficiency Assessments for California

FIAB

Focused Interim Assessment Block

IAs

Interim Assessments

IAB

Interim Assessment Block

ICA

Interim Comprehensive Assessment

ISR

Individual Student Report

LEA

Local Educational Agency

LS

Local Scoring

PII

Personally Identifiable Information

SEM

Standard Error of Measurement

SSO

Single Sign-On

SSID

Statewide Student Identifier

THSS

Teacher Hand Scoring System

TOMS

Test Operations Management System (ETS application)

WER

Writing Extended Response