Links

Use the [Links] navigation tab to access external links to CAASPP and ELPAC program resources (figure 1).

Links navigation tab.

Figure 1. [Links] navigation tab

Figure 2 and table 1 provide information about external links to program resources. Links are the same for both CAASPP and ELPAC users.

CAASPP and ELPAC external links that are listed and described in table 1.

Figure 2. CAASPP and ELPAC external links

Table 1. CAASPP and ELPAC External Links
Name Description

Test Administrator (TA) Interface

The TA Interface is used to start and monitor student test sessions for both interim and summative assessments. Refer to the following resources for additional information:

Data Entry Interface (DEI)

The DEI is used to enter students’ responses or scores for assessments completed on paper. Refer to the following resources for additional information:

Completion Status

The Completion Status System is the primary means of viewing test status and completion data. Refer to the Guide to Completion Status for additional information.

Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS)

The THSS enables users to enter results for ELPAC hand scored student responses; and to hand score student constructed responses to interim assessment items. Depending on user role, scoring tasks can be reassigned in the THSS. Refer to the following resources for additional information:

Interim Assessment Viewing System

The Interim Assessment Viewing System provides users with access to view interim assessment items for professional development and training purposes. This link directs the user to the logon page. Refer to the Viewing System chapter of the Interim Assessment User Guide for additional information.

California Educator Reporting System (CERS)

CERS enables users to access results for the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments. Users can also access summative assessment results for CAASPP and ELPAC. Through CERS, group administrators can create and manage student groups. Refer to the California Educator Reporting System User Guide for additional information.

Test Results for California’s Assessments website

The public reporting website provides a place where users can access aggregated CAASPP and ELPAC results for California’s assessments. This website also allows for the user to compare test results in many different categories.

Practice and Training Tests

The Practice and Training Tests web page contains links to online practice and training tests for test administrators, test examiners, parents/guardians, and students.

Tools for Teachers

Tools for Teachers is a free, online collection of instructional and professional development resources that support K–12 educators in their use of formative assessment processes to adjust teaching and improve student learning.

Lexile® & Quantile® Hub

The Lexile & Quantile Hub is an online platform that offers instructional and planning resources, including a career database, book search, text analyzer, and mathematics skills database. Educators can register at no cost, and TOMS users can access Hub resources seamlessly from within TOMS. More information regarding the tools found on the Hub can be found on the Lexile® & Quantile® Measures web page.

CAASPP & ELPAC Website

The CAASPP & ELPAC Website hosts many key resources that an LEA needs to administer CAASPP and ELPAC, including training materials, instructions, forms, external links, calendars of important dates, and the most recent CAASPP and ELPAC news.