California
Assessment of
Student
Performance and
Progress (CAASPP)
Using Online Practice and Training Tests
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Purpose of the Practice Tests
Allow students and administrators to
become familiar with:
• The experience of a grade-level assessment
• A variety of grade-specific items and
difficulty levels
• The performance tasks (PTs)
• The format and structure of the operational
assessments
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About the Practice Tests
• Practice Tests are available in grades 3–8 and
11 for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and
mathematics
• Each Practice Test contains approximately 30
items
• Performance tasks are available for both ELA
and mathematics
• All universal tools, designated supports, and
accommodations are available
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Purpose of the Training Tests
• Allow students and administrators to become
familiar with the test delivery system and interface
features.
• Allow students to become familiar with:
• Accessing the tests (log on process)
• The testing software
• The navigational tools
About the Training Tests
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Training Tests are available by grade bands for:
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Each Training Test contains approximately 14–15 items.
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Grades 3–5
Grades 6–8
High school
6 ELA items
8–9 math items
There are no Training Tests for performance tasks.
All universal tools, designated supports, and
accommodations are available.
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How to Access the Tests
There are two means for accessing the
Practice and Training Tests:
1. Through http://caaspp.org on a
Web browser
2. Through the secure browser
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How to Access the Tests (cont.)
Through the secure browser
• The recommended way to access the tests
• Simulates the online test environment
• Secures students from accessing other
computer or Internet applications
• Gives access to the text-to-speech
accommodation
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How to Access the Tests (cont.)
Through a Web browser
• If the secure browser is not yet available for your
LEA’s testing devices
• For students and parents who want to access the
tests from home
• Accessible on the following Web browsers:
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Mozilla Firefox 10+
Safari 5+
Chrome 31+
Internet Explorer 10 or 11
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Student Logon through
Web Browser
1.Navigate to http://caaspp.org.
2.Select the “Practice & Training Tests” button.
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Student Logon through
Web Browser (cont.)
3. Select the [Student Interface for Practice and
Training Tests] button.
− Note: To simulate an online test session with
students, TAs will need to select the [TA
Interface for Practice and Training Tests]
button to create a practice or training test session.
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Student Logon through
Web Browser (cont.)
4. Make sure the
checkboxes next
to “Guest User”
and “Guest Session”
are checked.
5.Select [Sign In].
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Student Logon through
Secure Browser
1.Close all running applications on
your device.
2.Open the secure browser.
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3.Select the link that takes you to the
Practice/Training Test.
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Student Logon through
Secure Browser (cont.)
4. Make sure the checkboxes
next to “Guest User”
and “Guest Session”
are not checked.
5. Students will enter their first
name (as it appears in
CALPADS) into the
Confirmation Code
field.
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Student Logon through
Secure Browser (cont.)
6. Students will enter “CA”
followed by a hyphen and
their SSID into the StateSSID field.
7. Students will enter the Session
ID generated by the Test
Administrator (TA).
8. Select [Sign In].
Note: Students can take a Practice or
Training Test through a secure browser
as a guest user.
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Starting a Practice
or Training Test
1. Select a grade level.
a. After logging on, select a grade
level from the “Grade” drop-down
list.
b. Select [Yes] to continue.
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2. Select a test.
Note: If students access the tests
with their credentials and a Session
ID, the grade field will be
automatically populated and the
available tests will only be the ones
the TA has chosen for the session.
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Starting a Practice
or Training Test (cont.)
3.Choose test settings.
a. Select the option(s) you
want for each available test
setting.
b. Select [Select] to
continue.
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Starting a Practice or Training Test:
Test Setting Options
Language
• English (default)
• Spanish
• Braille English
Color Contrast
• Black on White (default)
• Black on Rose
• Yellow on Blue
• Medium Gray on Light Gray
• Reverse Contrast
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Starting a Practice or Training Test:
Test Setting Options (cont.)
• Highlighter
• American Sign Language (ASL)
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Show ASL videos
• Calculator
• Mark for Review
• Text-to-speech
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Passage and Items
Stimuli
Items
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Starting a Practice or Training Test:
Test Setting Options (cont.)
• Masking
• Strikethrough
• Word List
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English Glossary default
• Expandable Passages
• Student Comments
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Notepad
Options for Word List setting
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Starting a Practice
or Training Test (cont.)
4. Confirm selected test and
settings.
a.
b.
Review the screen and confirm
the test and settings.
If the settings are not correct,
select [No]. You will receive a
warning message and will be
taken back to the logon screen.
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Starting a Practice
or Training Test (cont.)
5. Begin the test.
a.Read the information on the
“Test Instructions and Help”
page, which is the final
introductory page.
b.Select [Begin Test Now] at
the bottom of the screen. The
first page of the test will
automatically appear.
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Student Test Interface Layout
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Basic Test Rules
•Students may not skip test items.
•Students must answer all test items on a page before
going to the next page.
•Students may mark items for review and use the
“Questions” drop-down list at the top of the page to
return to those items.
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Test Tools
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The following tools are available for all Practice and
Training tests:
1.Calculator
2.Zoom in and out of test pages
3.Access to the Test Instructions and Help
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Test Tools (cont.)
The following tools are available for all Practice and
Training tests:
4.Highlight text in passages and test questions
5.Mark items for review
6.Make notes about an item in the notepad
7.View tutorials about item type
8.Strikethrough (cross out answer options)
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Accessing Test Tools
Students can
access the
Tutorial, Notepad
and Mark for
Review tool by
clicking on the
Context Menu
button.
Students can access additional
test tools, such as Highlight
Selection, and Strikethrough by
selecting text within the item
stimuli and/or item responses
and using the right-click on a
two-button mouse.
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Accessing Test Tools (cont.)
Students can access the test tools by using the following methods
on different testing devices:
• Mouse or Trackpad
Select an answer option so that it is “active” (a light blue border will appear
around it).
Caution: This will result in the answer option being selected until the student
selects a different option.
Select the Context Menu button [
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• Tablets
Tap an answer option so that it is “active” (a light blue border will appear
around it).
Caution: This will result in the answer option being selected until the student
selects a different option.
Tap the Context Menu button. The Context Menu will open.
• Two-Button Mouse
Right click anywhere on an answer option. The Context Menu will open.
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Test Tools (cont.)
The following grades have access to calculators on
mathematics assessments:
Grade 6: Basic Calculator
Grade 7 and 8: Scientific Calculator
Grade 11: Graphing, Regression, and Scientific
Calculators
Resources and Support
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
CAASPP Portal at http://californiatac.org
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Fresno Unified LEA CAASPP Coordinator
 Cin
Rogers
 cin.rogers@fresnounified.org