Feature | Description |
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Purpose | To show a student’s achievement on CAASPP System assessments to parents/guardians, students, and teachers. |
Format |
The CAASPP SSR for the CSA (consists of a single two-sided page)
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Action | Pursuant to 5 CCR Section 863, LEAs must notify parents/guardians and make SSRs available within 20 working days of its delivery to the LEA in TOMS. If the LEA receives the SSRs after the last day of instruction for the school year, the LEA shall make the SSR available to the parent/guardian no later than the first 20 working days of the next school year. |
Focus | Individual student’s results for the CSA |
Data displayed on the samples in this guide are for demonstration purposes only and may not reflect valid data. Sample SSRs may include minor variances from actual SSRs.
Description
The SSR for the CSA provides parents/guardians and teachers with the student’s results.
Information about the CSA is provided for students in grades three through eight and high school (grades nine through twelve).
Data presented for the CSA includes the following:
- Overall scores
- Score reporting ranges, with a description of the expectations for each range
- Scale score and reporting range for a previous year’s assessment(s) (if available)
Example SSR
CSA SSRs have three score reporting ranges with a description explaining what a student can do at each score range.
Because the CSA is aligned with the CCSS en Español, which are a translated and linguistically augmented version of the CCSS for English Language Arts & Literacy, scores cannot be compared between tests for different content areas (for example, between mathematics and the CSA) or on tests administered previously in California (such as for the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program).
Score reporting ranges that express student achievement are different for each grade level, and the expectations for instruction, which are aligned with the standards, for the next grade level are more challenging than for the previous grade level. As a result, an increase in the overall score may not mean a higher level of achievement for the current year.
Under certain circumstances, such as when results are associated with a particular special condition code, a message will appear on the SSR. Possible messages and their associated condition codes are presented in table 1. Refer to the Condition Code Descriptions section in Interpreting Results for information about when a condition code applies.
Condition Code | Message |
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LOSS | [Student’s name]’s scores should be used with caution as the test was administered under conditions that may not represent [Student name]’s achievement. |
Page 1 of 2, Top: Student Information
Figure 1. Student information on page one of the CSA SSR
# | Feature | Description |
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1 | Student’s mailing address | This area shows the student’s residential address as listed in CALPADS. |
2 | Student and school information |
This area shows information about the student and the school and LEA name, as well as the county/district/school code. Note that the grade noted indicates the grade level in which the student was enrolled at the start of testing. |
3 | CSA program overview | This paragraph provides an overview of the CSA. |
Page 1 of 2, Bottom: Score and Additional Information
Figure 2. Score and additional information on page one of the CSA SSR
# | Feature | Description |
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1 | Overall scale score | This box provides the student’s overall scale score for the CSA for the current and previous year. Note that these scores are not comparable. |
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Special condition (Not shown) |
A cautionary message also will be included under the progress summary if the student
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2 | Results overview | This paragraph provides an overview of the purpose of CSA results. |
3 | Starting Smarter website information | This section describes the Starting Smarter website, which describes SSRs and other information that supports student learning. |
4 | CAASPP results website information | This section describes the Test Results for California’s Assessment website on which results for schools, districts, and the state are found. |
Page 2 of 2, Score Reporting Range Summaries
Figure 3. Score reporting range summary on page two of the CSA SSR for grade eleven
# | Feature | Description |
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1 | Score Reporting Range | This indicator places the student’s scale score within the appropriate score reporting range. |
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Special condition (Not shown) |
A cautionary message also will be included under the progress summary for one of the following reasons:
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2 | Skills summary | The score reporting range descriptors are listed for each score range. The descriptors vary, depending on the student’s grade level. |
Sample of the SSR for the CSA
Figure 4. Sample CSA SSR, page one
Figure 5. Sample CSA SSR, page two