STAR
(Standardized Testing and Reporting)
· Upon enrollment, parents sign
an Assessment Confirmation Form which states they will
participate
in the state mandated assessments, or the mandatory school assessment
·
Students are
assigned to a test site by the Assessment Department based upon their physical
address. Special circumstances requiring their test site to be changed must be
discussed with ES and request indicated in the comments field on the assessment
layout in Citrix .
·
Grades 4 and 7
have a separate, additional exam date for a writing portion of STAR testing.
Please check your school calendar for specific dates
·
Dates for the
grades 2-11 multiple choice portion of the test are within the state mandated
test window. Please check your school calendar for the test window, and your
specific test site schedules for specific dates and times as they become
available.
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Students must test
at the grade level indicated on their student agreement. There is no out of
level testing allowed.
·
Student will need
to bring a lunch, snacks, water, and a book to keep them occupied if they
finish earlier than other students. No electronic devices such as game boys,
IPods, etc. are allowed.
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Individual test
scores are confidential and are sent directly to the parent/student by IEM
usually in mid- August, after they are received by IEM.
·
Scores collected
by the State are aggregates, merged into group grade level reports by subject.
Individual scores are confidential and are not collected by the State.
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STAR study
resources can be found online at the following link: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/resources.asp
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See Subjects per Grade Level chart online
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All students in
grades 8 and 9 are required to take a CST (California Standards Test) math
test, based on math courses they are currently taking or have completed (some
10 and 11th grade students may not take a CST math test).
·
Grade 9 test
subjects include Language Arts/Reading, Math, and Science.
·
Grades 10 and 11
test subjects include Language Arts/Reading, Math, Science and History-Social
Science.
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Students in grades
9-11 are required to take a CST science test that is course-specific based on
courses they are currently taking or have completed. (If the science course is
not closely aligned with a test blueprint, no science test should be
administered.)