The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) practice and training tests are two crucial resources designed to acclimate students to the type of computer based assessments they will experience during the spring summative tests in ELA and Math. Be aware that the practice tests are substantially different from the training tests. Practice tests simulate a full testing experience with a large number of items and testing length similar to the full test and are available in each grade from 3-8 and 11. Training tests have a very small number of items and are available in the following grade bands: 3-5, 6-8, and 11. Practice tests are most helpful to expose students to grade level appropriate content and simulate operational testing length. Training tests are most helpful to give brief, general exposure to what online testing will be like under CAASPP. The practice and training tests are unsecured and publicly available; anyone with a computer connected to the internet can use them including: administrators, teachers, parents, students, and community members. The practice and training tests do not generate scores of any kind, but scoring guides for the practice tests are available online at http://goo.gl/feusmx This simple illustrated guide is intended to help with accessing the practice and training tests. NOTE: The ELA practice/training tests require headphones Step 1. Open the Chrome browser from your desktop. Step 2. Enter “caaspp.org” in the address bar (highlighted in red) and press “enter”. Step 3. Click the “practice & training tests” button (highlighted in purple) Step 4. Click the green button for “Student Interface Practice and Training Tests” (highlighted in orange)
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) practice and training tests are two crucial resources designed to acclimate students to the type of computer based assessments they will experience during the spring summative tests in ELA and Math. Be aware that the practice tests are substantially different from the training tests. Practice tests simulate a full testing experience with a large number of items and testing length similar to the full test and are available in each grade from 3-8 and 11. Training tests have a very small number of items and are available in the following grade bands: 3-5, 6-8, and 11. Practice tests are most helpful to expose students to grade level appropriate content and simulate operational testing length. Training tests are most helpful to give brief, general exposure to what online testing will be like under CAASPP. The practice and training tests are unsecured and publicly available; anyone with a computer connected to the internet can use them including: administrators, teachers, parents, students, and community members. The practice and training tests do not generate scores of any kind, but scoring guides for the practice tests are available online at http://goo.gl/feusmx This simple illustrated guide is intended to help with accessing the practice and training tests. NOTE: The ELA practice/training tests require headphones Step 1. Open the Chrome browser from your desktop. Step 2. Enter “caaspp.org” in the address bar (highlighted in red) and press “enter”. Step 3. Click the “practice & training tests” button (highlighted in purple) Step 4. Click the green button for “Student Interface Practice and Training Tests” (highlighted in orange)
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