Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics
Students in grades three through eight and grade eleven will receive full-length summative tests for both English language arts/literacy and mathematics, with approximately seven to eight hours of total testing time for each student. Every device used for testing must have the secure browser
installed. Stable, high-speed Internet is required.
Visit the California Department of Education (CDE) California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System web page for additional information about the Smarter Balanced Assessment System.
Materials
2019–2020 Smarter Balanced Online Summative Test Administration Manuals
CAASPP Online Test Administration Manual for CAASPP—Select this link to expand or collapse the list of downloadable options. (Posted 02/04/20)
- Online Test Administration Manual for CAASPP Testing—Entire manual (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 1. CAASPP Testing Overview (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 2. Test Administration Resources (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 3. Test Security (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 4. Administration Preparation and Planning (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 5. Science Assessments (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 6. California Spanish Assessment (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 7. Using the Test Administrator Interface with Summative Assessments (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 8. Scripts for Administering Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments and the California Science Test (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 9. Scripts for Administering the California Spanish Assessment (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 10. Overview of the Student Testing Application (Posted 02/04/20)
- Chapter 11. Appendices (Posted 02/04/20)
- Directions for Administration of the Smarter Balanced Online Summative Assessments and California Science Test (Posted 02/04/20)
2019–2020 Other Resources
- CAASPP Student Accessibility Resources and Test Settings web page
- CDE CAASPP Student Accessibility Resources web page
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Available Resources for the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments (Posted 03/31/20)
Estimated Testing Times for Smarter Balanced Assessments
This table contains rough estimates of the time most students will take to complete the Smarter Balanced online assessments for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics. This information is for scheduling purposes only, as the assessments are not timed.
| Content Area | Grades | Computer Adaptive Test Items hrs:mins |
Performance Task (PT) hrs:mins |
Total hrs:mins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELA | 3–5 | 1:30 | 2:00 | 3:30 |
| ELA | 6–8 | 1:30 | 2:00 | 3:30 |
| ELA | 11 | 2:00 | 2:00 | 4:00 |
| Mathematics | 3–5 | 1:30 | 1:00 | 2:30 |
| Mathematics | 6–8 | 2:00 | 1:00 | 3:00 |
| Mathematics | 11 | 2:00 | 1:30 | 3:30 |
| Both | 3–5 | 3:00 | 3:00 | 6:00 |
| Both | 6–8 | 3:30 | 3:00 | 6:30 |
| Both | 11 | 4:00 | 3:30 | 7:30 |
Last Reviewed: Thursday, March 26, 2020