CAASPP Update, Issue 155

Accessibility Notes: Multiplication Table 

Please note the following information about the Multiplication Table (PDF) External link opens in new window or tab., available through the CAASPP Portal External link opens in new window or tab

• It is a non-embedded accommodation available to students in grades four and above who have an individualized education program or Section 504 plan. 
  
• For students in grade three who have a documented need, it must be requested as an unlisted resource in TOMS. The use of the multiplication table in grade three can be found in Matrix One: Universal Tools, Designated Supports, and Accommodations for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress for 2015–16 (PDF), "Unlisted Resources" (pages 8 and 9), as a pre-identified unlisted resources that is known to change the construct. Unlisted resources that change the construct are not valid for accountability calculations. 
  

California Alternate Assessments Reminder 

Students must complete both the California Alternate Assessment (CAA) for English language arts and the CAA for mathematics. If a student does not orient during or respond to the first four questions of the first subject area they engage, the test examiner (TE) may end the test as instructed in the Directions for Administration (DFAs). The TE still must administer the subsequent subject-area assessment, and if the student does not orient or respond to the first four questions of the following assessment, the TE may end the test as instructed by the DFAs.