CAASPP Known Issues

Newly enrolled students that tested in a different LEA are not included in the Student Score Data File.

Resolution: This issue is resolved. Newly enrolled students that tested in a different LEA are available in the Student Score Data File.

Grade twelve students who completed the CAST and CAA for Science last year are currently showing as assigned to the assessment for the 2023–24 administration.

Resolution: This issue is now resolved.

CAASPP student test settings (i.e., designated supports and accommodations) are not saving correctly in TOMS when test settings are updated one-by-one or in bulk. This impacts CAASPP test settings only and not ELPAC test settings. LEAs may continue to administer the Initial ELPAC, Initial Alternate ELPAC, and CAASPP Smarter Balanced interim assessments. Note: Educators can continue to assign test settings for CAASPP Smarter Balanced interim assessments directly in the Test Administrator Interface prior to admitting students into the interim assessment.

Resolution: This issue is now resolved. LEAs can now upload any student test settings needed for CAASPP testing.

ETS was unable to process the file from CALPADS. This means that any changes to demographic data that LEAs uploaded via CALPADS on May 23, 2023, will not be processed by all testing systems until tomorrow (May 25).This includes updates to the TESTING ELAS of students who completed the Initial ELPAC assessment on May 23, 2023. ETS will be running the update later today to minimize the delay of information entering the testing system.

Resolution: This issue has been resolved.

Test assignment updates are currently not working for students who took the general Initial ELPAC and require an alternate summative assessment for CAASPP and ELPAC.

Resolution: This issue has been resolved.

Superintendents are currently unable to log into TOMS if they only have the role of superintendent.

Resolution: This issue has been resolved.

Some LEAs were experiencing a “500 Internal Server Error” when trying to log into the THSS interface.

Resolution: This issue has been resolved.

Some users were being redirected away from the Data Entry Interface (DEI) login page and were unable to enter data. This issue also impacted users accessing the Interim Assessment Viewing System (IAVS).

Resolution: This issue has been resolved and links to the DEI and IAVS have been updated on the websites. Users should use the following URLs to access the DEI and IAVS and not previously bookmarked URLs or URLs referenced in the Directions for Administration.

• DEI: https://ca.cambiumtds.com/student/?a=ResponseEntry
• IAVS: https://capt.cambiumtds.com/student/?a=ResponseEntry

Due to the CALPADS update and extended CALPADS downtime in early April, ETS was unable to process the CALPADS data into TOMS. This issue impacted both CAASPP and ELPAC.

Resolution:

This issue is resolved and automated processing of the CALPADS file has resumed.

The 2022 CALPADS Updates website is available to assist coordinators in managing the various anomalies that have occurred during the disruption of normal CALPADS processing.

UPDATES:

05/09/22: CALPADS provided TOMS a new file during the evening of Friday, May 6, 2022. ETS was able to manually process the file into TOMS, which passed the information into the test delivery system (TDS). All updates that your LEA posted into CALPADS by 5 p.m. on Friday are available for student testing as of Monday, May 9, 2022. Processed information includes the data from CALPADS as well as test assignments, remote testing video permissions, test administration windows, and exemptions.

05/02/22: The CDE and ETS have successfully processed the CALPADS file and all updates made by LEAs in TOMS from Tuesday, April 5, 2022, to the present. All processed CALPADS data has been updated in the test delivery system (TDS) as of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.

Note that the update process is not automated at this time. Until automation can resume, ETS will upload the CALPADS information on Tuesday and Friday evenings. This will also include, from TOMS, test assignments, remote testing permissions, and exemptions. Information will be available in the TDS on Thursday and Monday mornings respectively.

04/28/22: ETS processed updates on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Updates included administration window changes, exemptions for all assessments, remote testing video permissions, and test assignments. These updates are available in the test delivery system now. ETS is still unable to process information from the CALPADS file at this time.

04/27/22—ACTION NEEDED BY LEA TESTING COORDINATORS: ETS will process updates after 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. LEA coordinators should enter updates into TOMS prior to that time. Updates include administration window changes, exemptions for all assessments, remote testing video permissions, and test assignments. These updates will be sent to the TDS and will be available at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 29, 2022.

04/22/22: Test settings continue to be updated. Test assignments, remote testing permissions, and exemptions will be updated one time on April 22, 2022.

04/20/22: Test settings will be processed and available in the test delivery system

04/12/22: The following data from CALPADS will not be processed to TOMS at this time:

• Test assignments
• Test settings
• Parent/Guardian exemptions
• Remote Testing Video Permission field
• Special education fields (added or removed)
• Enrollment of new students
• English language acquisition status (for students who have completed the Initial ELPAC)
• Demographic information (including, but not limited to, grade level, school, and LEA)

Some LEAs reported an issue regarding lagging or slowness while testing as of Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 9 a.m.

Resolution: The testing issues have been resolved as of Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 10:30 a.m.. LEAs may continue testing. We will continue to monitor systems.

Some LEAs reported an issue regarding lagging or slowness while testing.

Resolution: This issue has been resolved.

Currently, students who attend a nonpublic, nonsectarian school (NPS) show as inactive in TOMS. ETS is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it.

Resolution: This issue is now resolved.

There is currently a delay in Interim Assessment results posting to the California Educator Reporting System (CERS). We are investigating and working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible

Resolution: This issue is now resolved.

When setting a test administration window for the Smarter Balanced (ELA and mathematics), CAAs (ELA and mathematics), and CAST in the Test Operations Management System (TOMS), the Test Administration Start Date is automatically populated with a date that is one day prior to the allowable window’s start date.

When setting this test administration window, the user must readjust the Test Administration Start Date to match the listed dates to avoid a system error message.

2020–21 CAASPP Student Score Data File Currently Unavailable
TOMS users who log on as LEA CAASPP coordinators for the 2021–22 administration year to access the 2020–21 CAASPP student score data file in the “Reports” section will receive a message that reads, “There is currently no report available for download.”

Resolution: This issue is now resolved. LEA CAASPP coordinators can access the 2020–21 CAASPP student score data file in the “Reports” section of TOMS.