California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 2 - Pupils › Subchapter 3.75 - California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) › Article 2 - Achievement Tests and Any Primary Language Assessment › Section 853 - Administration

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The CAASPP
					 tests pursuant to Education Code section
					 60640
					 shall be administered, scored, transmitted, and/or returned by LEAs in
					 accordance with the corresponding TAMs or other instructions provided by the
					 contractor or the California Department of Education (CDE) for administering,
					 scoring, transmitting, and/or returning the tests, unless specifically provided
					 otherwise in this subchapter, including instructions for administering the test
					 with universal tools, designated supports, accommodations, unlisted resources
					 or instructional supports, where appropriate. The procedures shall include, but
					 are not limited to, those designed to ensure the uniform and standardized
					 administration, and scoring of the tests to pupils, the security and integrity
					 of the test content and test items, and the timely provision of all required
					 pupil and school level information.
(b) The primary mode of administration of a
					 CAASPP achievement test shall be via a computing device, the use of an
					 assessment technology platform, and the adaptive engine. Administration, with
					 the exception of the California Alternate Assessments, may be conducted through
					 in-person or remote test sessions.
(c) If available, an LEA may utilize a
					 paper-pencil version of any computer-based assessment (CBA) of the CAASPP
					 System, excluding the alternate assessments, in accordance with Education Code
					 section
					 60640(e),
					 and if the LEA identifies the pupils that are unable to access the CBA version
					 of the test.
(d) Interim
					 assessments and formative assessment tools shall be made available to LEA(s)
					 for their use. Use of interim assessments and formative assessment tools shall
					 not be considered advance preparation for a CAASPP achievement test as defined
					 in Education Code section
					 60611.
					 LEAs that use interim assessments and/or formative assessment tools shall abide
					 by the consortium/contractor(s) administration and use requirements. Any
					 scoring of any performance tasks or constructed responses for an interim
					 assessment is the responsibility of the LEA.
1. New
						section adopted by the State Board of Education and filed 1-2-98 as an
						emergency; operative 1-2-98 (Register 98, No. 1). A Certificate of Compliance
						must be transmitted to OAL by 5-2-98 or emergency language will be repealed by
						operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 5-5-98
						as an emergency; operative 5-5-98 (Register 98, No. 19). A Certificate of
						Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-2-98 or emergency language will be
						repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of
						Compliance as to 5-5-98 order, including new subsections (c) and (d),
						transmitted to OAL 9-2-98 and filed 10-14-98 (Register 98, No.
						42).
4. Amendment of subsections (a) and (c) filed 10-26-98 as an
						emergency; operative 10-26-98 (Register 98, No. 44). A Certificate of
						Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-23-99 or emergency language will be
						repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. Certificate of
						Compliance as to 10-26-98 order transmitted to OAL 2-23-99 and filed 4-6-99
						(Register 99, No. 15).
6. Amendment filed 12-16-99 as an emergency;
						operative 12-16-99 (Register 99, No. 51). A Certificate of Compliance must be
						transmitted to OAL by 4-14-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by
						operation of law on the following day.
7. Certificate of Compliance
						as to 12-16-99 order transmitted to OAL 4-14-2000 and filed 5-26-2000 (Register
						2000, No. 21).
8. New subsection (d), subsection relettering and
						amendment of newly designated subsection (e) filed 11-8-2000; operative
						12-8-2000 (Register 2000, No. 45).
9. Amendment of subsections (a)
						and (b) filed 11-27-2000 as an emergency; operative 1-1-2001 (Register 2000,
						No. 48). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-1-2001 or
						emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
10. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-27-2000 order
						transmitted to OAL 3-28-2001 and filed 5-9-2001 (Register 2001, No.
						19).
11. Amendment of subsection (a), repealer of former subsections
						(b)-(e), new subsections (b) and (c) and amendment of NOTE filed 2-3-2004;
						operative 2-3-2004 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2004, No. 6).
12. Amendment of subsections (b)-(c) filed
						8-22-2005; operative 9-21-2005 (Register 2005, No. 34).
13.
						Amendment filed 11-8-2006; operative 12-8-2006 (Register 2006, No.
						45).
14. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 4-13-2011; operative
						5-13-2011 (Register 2011, No. 15).
15. Amendment of section and NOTE
						filed 2-3-2014 as an emergency; operative 2-3-2014 (Register 2014, No. 6). A
						Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-4-2014 or emergency
						language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
16. Amendment of section and NOTE refiled 7-23-2014 as an
						emergency; operative 7-23-2014 (Register 2014, No. 30). A Certificate of
						Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-21-2014 or emergency language will
						be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
17.
						Certificate of Compliance as to 7-23-2014 order, including amendment of
						subsection (a), new subsection (b), subsection relettering, amendment of newly
						designated subsections (c) and (d) and amendment of NOTE, transmitted to OAL
						7-16-2014 and filed 8-27-2014; amendments effective 8-27-2014 pursuant to
						Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2014, No. 35).
18. Amendment filed 11-23-2015 as an
						emergency; operative 11-23-2015 (Register 2015, No. 48). A Certificate of
						Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-23-2016 or emergency language will
						be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
19.
						Certificate of Compliance as to 11-23-2015 order transmitted to OAL 4-6-2016
						and filed 5-18-2016 (Register 2016, No. 21).
20. Amendment of
						subsections (a) and (c) filed 1-25-2018; operative 1-25-2018 pursuant to
						Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2018, No. 4).
21. Amendment filed 10-31-2022; operative
						1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  33031 and
						  60640,
						  Education Code. Reference: Sections
						  60602.5,
						  60603,
						  60605,
						  60611,
						  60640 and
						  60642.6,
						  Education Code.