What’s New in 2023–24

New Interim Assessments for the CAST and ELPAC

Interim assessments for the CAST and the ELPAC are now available to improve teaching and learning in the classroom. The first set of interim assessments for each program will be released in 2023–24, and the release of the second set will be in 2024–25. These interim assessments will be administered online as fixed forms. The new CAST and ELPAC Interim Assessments will complement interim assessments that are already available for ELA and mathematics and will use the same PLDs for the CAST Summative Assessment and Summative ELPAC, and scale scores as their respective summative assessments.

New Performance Task

ELA grade eight has a new performance task titled, “Women in Space”, which replaces the old performance task titled, “Maps and Technology”.

Hand Scoring Change

A new Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS) is being launched for 2023–24. For more detailed information about this system, refer to the Hand Scoring section of this user guide.