Required Information

The STAIRS/Appeals process requires the following information from coordinators:

• Date of the incident
• School name
• Grade level or grade span affected
• Test name
  • Users with designated ELPAC roles can select Initial ELPAC, Summative ELPAC, Summative Alternate ELPAC, or Initial Alternate ELPAC.
  • Users with designated CAASPP roles can select CAA, CAA for Science, CAST, CSA, and Smarter Balanced.
• Test type or domain (The selections for this drop-down list are dependent on the test name selected.)
  • Smarter Balanced
    • ELA—PT
    • ELA—CAT
    • ELA—Special Version/Emergency Form
    • Math—PT
    • Math—CAT
    • Math—Special Version/Emergency Form
  • CAST
    • Science
    • Special Version/Emergency Form
  • CAA
    • ELA
    • Mathematics
  • CAA for Science
    • Life Sciences
    • Earth and Space Sciences
    • Physical Sciences A
    • Physical Sciences B
  • Initial or Summative ELPAC
    • Reading
    • Listening
    • Speaking
    • Writing
  • Initial or Summative Alternate ELPAC
    • N/A
• Test delivery or score entry
  • The field for Online or Paper–Pencil for the Smarter Balanced, CAST, and any ELPAC will auto populate.
• Type of testing issue, which is listed in the Testing Incident Types topic
• Total number of students involved in this incident
• SSID(s) for the student(s) involved, when the testing incident type requires an SSID
• A brief description of the incident
  • The description should contain additional information about the case and not just restate the testing issue selected on the previous screen(s).