Dear Parents and Guardians: Soon you will be receiving a Score Report from the California Assessment of Performance and Progress (CAASPP) that will provide you with information on how your student performed on the 2015 CAASPP assessment. The following information is meant to assist you in making sense of the report. Please note the following: CAASPP scores cannot be compared to previously reported CST scores The scoring range for the CAASPP will look quite different than the previously used range of the CST Average achievement measures for the 2015 CAASPP are based on average scores reported on the 2014 pilot test The CAASPP assessment is more challenging for students in analytical writing, critical thinking, and problem solving in English Language Arts and Mathematics The CAASPP assessment should be viewed as one part of your child’s academic measures that include classroom tests, assignments, and grades

CAASPP Assessment Reports

Score Range: Student Score Average Score On 2014 pilot test Met achievement standard and demonstrated progress in ELA CAASPP scores cannot be compared to CST scores Did not meet achievement standard

More challenge: analytical writing, critical thinking, and problem solving in ELA and math Should be viewed as one part of overall academic measures that include classroom tests, assignments, and grades Further breakdown of overall scores Above Standard At or Near Standard Below Standard ELA: Reading Writing Listening Research/Inquiry Math: Problem Solving & Modeling/Data Analysis Concepts & Procedures Communicating Reasoning