ELPAC email update, June 23, 2022.

Dear LEA CAASPP Coordinator or LEA ELPAC Coordinator:

As you prepare for the 2022–23 test administration year for the CAASPP and ELPAC, please keep the following dates in mind:

July 5, 2022

• The 2022–23 Initial ELPAC and Initial Alternate ELPAC administration year begins.
  • The secure Directions for Administration (DFAs) will be available in the Test Operations Management System (TOMS).
  • The non-secure Preparing for Administration (PFA) documents for the Initial Alternate ELPAC will be available for each assessment in TOMS and on the ELPAC Manuals and Instructions web page.
  • LEA ELPAC coordinators can upload site coordinators and other site-level users in TOMS for the 2022–23 administration.

August 2, 2022

• The 2022–23 CAASPP administration year begins.
• The 2022–23 Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments will be available.
• CAASPP users can upload site coordinators and other site-level users for the 2022–23 administration.
• The CAA for Science Administration Planning Guides will be available on the CAA for Science Planning Guides web page.
• The non-secure PFAs for the California Alternate Assessment (CAA) for will be available in TOMS and on the CAA web page.

September 6, 2022

• The CAA for Science embedded performance tasks and DFAs will be available in the secure test delivery system (TDS).
• The practice and training tests will be updated.

January 10, 2023

• CAASPP:
  • The following assessments will be available in the secure TDS:
    • Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics
    • The CAAs for ELA and mathematics
    • The California Science Test
    • The California Spanish Assessment
  • The secure DFAs and non-secure PFAs for the CAAs for ELA and mathematics will be available in TOMS. The PFAs will also be available on the CAA web page.
  • Students in an LEA will have access to the summative CAASPP within the LEA's selected testing window, determined by the LEA coordinator, after 66 percent of the instructional year for the LEA has passed.
• ELPAC:
  • The secure DFAs and non-secure PFAs for the Summative ELPAC and Summative Alternate ELPAC will be available in TOMS in late January. The PFAs will also be available on the ELPAC website.

February 1, 2023

• The Summative ELPAC and Summative Alternate ELPAC will be available in the secure TDS from February 1 through May 31, 2023.

Please notify all site coordinators within the LEA of upcoming assessment component releases and system downtimes. System downtime dates are now available on the CAASPP Planned System Downtime web page and the ELPAC Planned System Downtime web page.

Direct any questions about scheduled downtimes and releases to the LEA's assigned LEA Success Agent . Visit the California Outreach web page for other support options.

Sincerely,

California Outreach Team