1. Riverside County Assessment Network (RCAN) Update
Chun-Wu Li, Ph.D.
Assessment and Accountability Services
Division of Educational Services
March 18, 2016

2. Graduation, Dropout and A-G Rates
Riverside County
Graduation, Dropout and A-G Rates

4. Data Correction and Release Schedule
The “Preliminary” Graduation, Dropout and A-G Completion Rate are based on data submitted to CALPADS on December 18, This information is embargoed until March 18,  The public release data is set for April 25, 2016.
 Data Correction and Release Schedule
3/18/2016 – The final deadline for LEAs to review, make corrections, and (re)certify the 2015–16 CALPADS Fall 1 submission, which includes official 2015–16 enrollment, EL, FRPM, and the 2014–15 one-year graduate and dropout data.
4/8/2016 – The final deadline for LEAs serving grades 9-12 to review and make corrections to the 2014–15 cohort outcome in the CALPADS ODS before the public release of these data, which will be used for the 2016 AYP determinations. These data are final. LEAs will NOT have another opportunity to amend these data.
4/20/2016 – Private pre-release preview site will be made available for LEAs to review the public release of the official 2015–16 enrollment, EL, FRPM, and the 2014–15 one-year graduate, dropout, and final cohort outcome data.
4/25/2016 – Public release of the official 2015–16 enrollment, EL, FRPM, and the 2014–15 one-year graduate, dropout, and final cohort outcome data.

5. CAASPP Update

6. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

7. California Next Generation Science Standards Summative Assessments
March 2016, SBE approval of:
Grades five and eight and high school
Performance Expectations (PEs)
Grade five assessment, consisting of grade five PEs and matrix sampling of PEs from kindergarten through grade four
Grade eight assessment, consisting of middle school (grades six through eight) PEs
Grade ten, eleven, or twelve assessment, consisting of high school PEs
May 2016, request SBE approval of a transition plan for the implementation of the CA Next Generation Science Standards summative assessments.
The current timeline is to pilot test in spring 2017; field test in spring 2018; and operational test in spring Reporting would take place in fall 2019 after standard setting.

8. Primary Language Test

9. Successor to California’s Primary Language Assessment
National Experts:
Kathy Escamilla is a Professor of Education in the Division of Social, Bilingual and Multicultural Foundations, at University of Colorado Boulder.
Kenji Hakuta is the Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University.
Guadalupe Valdés is the Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor of Education at Stanford University.
July 2016, request SBE approval of the “purpose” and high-level test design.
Current plan is to pilot test in spring 2017, field test in spring 2018, operational test in spring 2019.

10. California Alternate Assessment
(CAA)

11. CAAs Overview: 2016 Testing Window
The testing window for the CAAs is April 11 through June 17, 2016 for all LEAs:
Scheduling within this window is according to local preference.
LEAs are not required to inform ETS or CDE of their testing schedule.
All testing must take place within the window.
Starting in 2017, the CAA testing window will merge with the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment window.
Note: The 2017 CAASPP testing window is defined in regulations. ETS has surveyed LEAs to determine impact of this transition on the system.

12. CAA Training Tests

13. CAA Training Tests (cont.)

14. Communication with…

15. Communication with…

16. Communication with…

17. Communication with…
California Alternate Assessments

18. CAA Student Score Reports (SSR)

19. CAA SSR (Cont.)

20. CAA SSR (Cont.)

21. Smarter Balanced Assessment

22. Summative Assessment CAASPP Weekend Operational Scoring Workshop
April 9 or April 10, 2016 at Riverside COE
Assessment Target Reports
Now available for results, results for will be available in April.
FAQs are posted online at
CAASPP Post Test Workshop
June 7, 2016 at Riverside COE
The afternoon session will have training on understanding the Assessment Target Reports.

23. Summative Assessment (continued)
New Resources
Security and Test Administration Incident Report (STAIRS) Process
Test Security Webcast has been archived on CAASPP.org portal under training current administration tab at
Reference Sheet will be posted on STAIRs landing page at
Coming Soon! Smarter Balanced is developing a new Website that will initially assist parent and guardian about his/her child’s score report.
California specific Web pages are currently being developed.

24. Interim Assessment
Since being made available for the school year, more than 4 million interim assessments have been started across more than 1,300 LEAs in California.
Reminder: “Manner of Administration” setting made available in October 2015
Available in the Test Administration interface for all interim assessments
Two Options: “standardized/benchmark” and “nonstandardized” (default)
results from nonstandardized administrations will be purged from the IA Reporting System at the beginning of the school year; all results will be purged at the same time.
LEAs can download all and interim assessment results from the IA Reporting System at any time before these data are removed.

25. Interim Assessment (continued)
Coming Soon! Interim Assessment User Guide.
Available this month on the Interim Assessment Administration Resources page on the CAASPP portal at
Coming Soon! Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Video Series
Narrated presentation slides with embedded demonstrations
Available this month on the CAASPP Portal as well as the CDE Web page at

26. Digital Library NEW! Formative Assessment in Action Video Series
Features California members of the Digital Library SNE demonstrating formative assessment strategies in their classrooms
Available on the CDE Web page at
NEW! Digital Library Professional Learning Series
Available on the CDE Web page at
The Formative Assessment Process-Foundational Series
The Formative Assessment process-Advanced Series
Assessment Literacy-Foundational Series
Assessment literacy-Advanced Series
Supporting Student Accessibility Needs (Coming Soon)

27. CELDT/ELPAC

28. CELDT/ELPAC
CELDT
The CELDT Data Review Module Window: February 23-March 21, 2016.
The Scoring Training of Trainers Workshop in Riverside: April 14, 2016.
Registration available at
Edition Superintendent’s designation of CELDT District Coordinator Form Submission Window: March 8-April 1, 2016
Edition Initial Ordering Window: March 11-April 1, 2016
ELPAC
In March 2016, ETS will be providing the CDE with a complete report of the pilot test results.
In May 2016, ETS will be providing the CDE with approximately 2,000 test items for an initial review.
ETS is currently in the process of developing the ELPAC.org Web site, which will be tentatively launched in spring 2016.
The proposed ELPAC regulations are currently on the SBE agenda for approval in May 2016.

29. 2015-16 Educator Opportunities for Involvement in the Development of the ELPAC
Content Review Panel Meeting (K, grades 1–12)—August 1–5, 2016
Bias and Sensitivity Review Panel Meeting (K, grades 1–12)—August 3–5, 2016
The application for these opportunities is located at

30. State of Education Address
2016 Riverside County
State of Education Address

31. College and Career Ready Dashboard
2016 Riverside County State of Education Address
College and Career Ready Dashboard
Schools to Note