CAASPP and ELPAC email update, February 4, 2021.

hand scoring Smarter Balanced assessment items as a way to deepen their understanding of the content standards, strengthen their evaluation of student work, and promote the use of student results to inform teaching and learning. Separate workshops are being offered for English-language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics.

These four-hour online workshops use the Zoom platform. Some of the workshops are being presented in a single session, while others are staggered over three days so teachers can attend after school hours. The upcoming training dates are as follows:

ELA Single Sessions

These sessions will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• February 17, 2021
• February 24, 2021
• March 17, 2021
• March 24, 2021

ELA Staggered Sessions

These sessions will take place over three days, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. each day.

• February 16 to 18, 2021
• February 23 to 25, 2021
• March 2 to 4, 2021
• March 16 to 18, 2021

Mathematics Single Sessions

These sessions will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• February 17, 2021
• March 3, 2021
• March 17, 2021

Mathematics Staggered Sessions

These sessions will take place over three days, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. each day.

• February 9 to 11, 2021
• February 16 to 18, 2021
• March 2 to 4, 2021
• April 5 to 7, 2021

To register, go the 2020–21 Interim Assessment Hand Scoring Workshop web page .

If you have any questions please contact Nikki Antonovich, Coordinator, Sacramento County Office of Education by email at caaspp@scoe.net.

Sincerely,

California Technical Assistance Center
Phone: 800-955-2954
Fax: 800-541-8455
Websites: https://www.elpac.org/ and https://www.caaspp.org/