This webinar will introduce the series of New CAASPP and New ELPAC Coordinator Trainings throughout the year, as well as introduce new coordinators to their role, introduce the coordinator checklist, and available resources per assessment. An interactive question and answer session will also be included.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Materials: The archived webcast and materials for this training is available on the Archive Webcasts webpage.

The New CAASPP Coordinator Training is a voluntary training session designed for the LEA CAASPP coordinator, the person who manages the overall CAASPP testing process for their school or district. This training session will focus on the roles and responsibilities of the LEA CAASPP coordinator in planning and preparing for a successful administration of the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics; California Science Test; and California Alternate Assessments for ELA, mathematics, and science.

Audience: LEA CAASPP coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Materials: The archived webcast and materials for this training will be available on the Archive Webcasts webpage.

The North-South Assessment Information Meeting provides school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools the latest information and updates on California's assessment system.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators

Materials: The archived webcast and materials for this training will be available on the Archive Webcasts webpage.

This webinar for new CAASPP and new ELPAC coordinators is comprised of a coordinator checklist review, and an interactive question and answer session.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Registration: Registration is coming soon.

Educational Testing Service (ETS), on behalf of the California Department of Education, will present a webcast that includes information about preparing your local educational agency’s (LEA’s) technology for the 2019‒20 CAASPP online testing, the October 2019 ELPAC computer-based field test, and the computer-based Summative ELPAC beginning February 1, 2020.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators and Technology coordinators

Date: September 24

Registration: This live webcast is open to everyone and requires no preregistration or logon account.

Materials: The archived webcast and masterials for this training will be available on the Archive Webcast webpage.

This webinar for new CAASPP and new ELPAC coordinators is comprised of a coordinator checklist review, and an interactive question and answer session.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Registration: Registration is coming soon.

The CDE will host a four-hour interactive pre-session at CERA to explore its improved data reporting systems, including the California School Dashboard. 

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators

Registration: Registration is coming soon.

Held by our county office of education (COE) partners, this training for new CAASPP and new ELPAC coordinators will focus on preparing for summative testing, the Test Operation Management System (TOMS), and coordinator checklist activities.

Audience: LEA CAASP and ELPAC coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Registration: Registeration for each local training is managed by the COE. Training dates and links to registration are coming soon. Locations and contact information for each local training is as follows:

Humboldt County Office of Education

Lori Breyer, lbreyer@hcoe.org

Los Angeles County Office of Education

Jessica Conkle, Conkle_Jessica@lacoe.edu

Orange County Office of Education

Diane Ehrle, dehrle@ocde.us

Riverside County Office of Education

Wu Li, CLI@rcoe.us

Sacramento County Office of Education

Nikki Antonovich nantonovich@scoe.net

San Bernardino County Office of Education

Robin Mclver-Brown, Robin.McIver-Brown@sbcss.net

Shasta County Office of Education

Shere DePaoli, sdepaoli@shastacoe.org

Santa Clara County Office of Education

Dan Mason, dan_mason@sccoe.org

Sonoma County Office of Education

Lyndsey Munn, lmunn@scoe.org

Stanislaus County Office of Education

Rex A. Tschetter, rtschetter@stancoe.org

In-person workshop held in multiple locations throughout the state to provide coordinators with the information they need to successfully prepare for and administer the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English language arts/literacy and mathematics, the California Science Test (CAST), the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs), the California Spanish Assessment (CSA), and Initial and Summative ELPAC.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators

Registration: Registration is coming soon.

Hosted by the CDE, this webinar for all LEA coordinators will provide the latest updates for the spring summative test administration for the CAASPP and ELPAC.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators

Registration: Registration is now available.

Hosted by the CDE, this webinar for all LEA coordinators will provide the latest updates for the spring summative test administration for the CAASPP and ELPAC.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators

Registration: Registration is coming soon.

This webinar for new CAASPP and new ELPAC coordinators will focus on preparing for results and completion reports. This webinar will also include an interactive question and answer session.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Registration: Registration is now available.

This workshop will demonstrate how to use data to advance English language proficiency through high-leverage instructional sequences. Participants will use a protocol linking two of the more difficult ELPAC task types to robust classroom instruction which can be used to create ELPAC-like assessments in context. Video clips, student work, and reflections from the implementation of these practices with English learners will be shared.

Audience: LEA ELPAC coordinators and classroom educators

Registration: Registration is coming soon.

The CAASPP and ELPAC Post-Test Webcasts will be held on two separate days to prepare coordinators for the results from the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments, the California Science Test (CAST), the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs), the California Spanish Assessment (CSA), and Initial and Summative ELPAC. LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators will receive an email announcing the dates of the Webcasts.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators

Registration: Registration is not required.

This workshop will focus on how a data analysis protocol can support a discussion about programs, policies, and practices that can inform actions to improve teaching and learning. The workshop will include information about how to analyze and use the CAASPP summative assessment results to inform teaching and learning, how to access and use supplementary resources and reference materials to inform the interpretation of student results, and how to display results to varied stakeholder audiences for a particular purpose.

Audience: LEA CAASPP coordinators and classroom educators

Registration: Registration is coming soon.

The Summer Institute 2019 is a two-day, in-person, professional development opportunity titled “Analyzing Student Work and Using the Interim and Digital Library Systems to Inform Teaching and Learning.” The Summer Institute is for classroom teachers, instructional coaches, and teachers on special assignment in kindergarten through grade twelve looking to understand how different types of assessment work together to support student learning. Participants will be trained on analysis and hand scoring of student work in order to help improve teaching and learning. However, administrators also may find this training useful to inform their support of classroom teachers. You may want to print and display the workshop flyer to advertise this training opportunity.

Audience: Classroom Educators

Registration: Registration is now available

Bringing it All Together: Building Connections between Assessments and the Classroom. This conference will provide classroom educators with information about using statewide assessment data to improve teaching and learning.

Audience: Classroom Educators

Registration: CAC web page

This workshop will demonstrate how to use data to advance English language proficiency through high-leverage instructional sequences. Participants will use a protocol linking two of the more difficult ELPAC task types to robust classroom instruction which can be used to create ELPAC-like assessments in context. Video clips, student work, and reflections from the implementation of these practices with English learners will be shared.

Audience: LEA ELPAC coordinators and classroom educators

Registration: Registration is coming soon.

This workshop will focus on how a data analysis protocol can support a discussion about programs, policies, and practices that can inform actions to improve teaching and learning. The workshop will include information about how to analyze and use the summative assessment results to inform teaching and learning, how to access and use supplementary resources and reference materials to inform the interpretation of student results, and how to display results to varied stakeholder audiences for a particular purpose.

Audience: Classroom Educators

Registration: Registration is coming soon.