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See EUSD's updated state-wide testing notification below.
- The letter was also mailed home and should have been received by March 12th, 2022:
On January 1, 2014, the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System was established. The primary purpose of the CAASPP System is to assist teachers, administrators, students, and parents by promoting high-quality teaching and learning through the use of a variety of assessment approaches and item types.
State and federal law require that local educational agencies administer a state test of English Language Proficiency (ELP) to eligible students in kindergarten (or year one of a two-year kindergarten program, sometimes referred to as “transitional kindergarten”) through grade twelve (ages 3-21). The English Language Proficiency Assessments for CA (ELPAC) is aligned with California’s 2012 English Language Development Standards. Beginning in 2017–18, the ELPAC is the required state test for English language proficiency (ELP) that must be given to students whose primary language is a language other than English.
The ELPAC is the test that is used to measure how well students in kindergarten through grade twelve understand English when it is not their primary language. The ELPAC took the place of the California English Language Development Test (CELDT). Information from the ELPAC
helps your child’s teacher provide support in the right areas.The ELPAC tests four different areas: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.
The Summative ELPAC is given in the spring annually until a student is reclassified as Fluent English Proficient. The Initial ELPAC is given only once, upon a student’s entry into a California school.
To learn more, go to ELPAC Resources for Parents on the California Department of Education website.
Overview of California’s State Assessments:
Test Name
Content
Participants
Grades
Testing Window
CAASPP
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
English Language Arts and Mathematics
All students at designated grade levels (unless eligible for CAA or new to the U.S.)
Grades 3–8
Testing window can begin when 66 percent of instructional year has been completed.
California Alternative Assessments (CAA)
English Language Arts and Mathematics
Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whose active IEP designates the use of an alternate assessment
Grades 3–8
Testing window can begin when 66 percent of instructional year has been completed.
California Science Test
(CAST)
Science
All students in designated grade levels (unless eligible for CAA Science)
Grades 5 and 8
Testing window can begin when 66 percent of instructional year has been completed.
California Alternative Assessments (CAA)
Science
Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whose active IEP designates the use of an alternate assessment
Grades 5 and 8
January 8, 2019 through last day of instruction.
Test Name
Content
Particpants
Grades
Testing Window
ELPAC
ELPAC Initial
Listening Speaking Reading Writing
All students whose primary language is not English as indicated on the Home Language Survey
Grades K - 8
Within 30 calendar days after enrolling in a California public school
ELPAC Summative
Listening Speaking Reading Writing
Identified English learners until they are re-designated as fluent English proficient
Grades K - 8
February 1 through May 31
Test Name
Content
Participants
Grades
Testing Window
PFT
FITNESSGRAM
Aerobic Capacity Body Composition Abdominal Strength and Endurance Trunk Extensor Strength and Flexibility Upper Body Strength and Endurance Flexibility
All students, regardless of whether they are enrolled in a physical education class or participate in a block schedule
Grades 5 and 7
February 1 through May 31
Due to COVID the PFT has been suspended for the 2020-21 school year.
For more detailed information please review these documents:
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