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Publish the Title I Assessment Transparency Inventory by Grade

A public, grade-level map of every required state assessment and each districtwide assessment: subject, purpose, legal source, schedule, time, and result format.

  • Title I
  • Assessment Transparency
  • Public Information
Date(s)Maintain publicly; update before each school year and whenever the assessment program changes
Applies toLEAs receiving Title I, Part A funds and, where practicable, each served school website

In Plain Language: Make clear and accessible public information available for each required state assessment and each LEA-required districtwide assessment, organized by grade. Include subject, purpose, requirement source, and—where available—time, schedule, and result timing/format.

Why this matters

A test calendar alone does not tell families why an assessment exists, who requires it, how much time it takes, or what they will receive. The inventory also prevents local screeners and interim tests from being mislabeled as state mandates.

Joint ownership

Owner: Title I/federal programs with assessment lead. Partners: curriculum, EL, special education, communications/web, principals, privacy, and language access.

From an assessment inventory to a public transparency page by grade: the SDLA ITO workflow

Families should find each state and districtwide assessment by grade, with its purpose and timing. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how state and districtwide assessments, requirement sources, and schedules and result timing become the approved inventory, the public pages and translations, and the review and change log.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from state and districtwide assessments, requirement sources, and schedules and result timing, through the inventory, documentation of each assessment, and publication, to the approved inventory, the public pages and translations, and the review and change log.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers the inventory, documentation of each assessment, and publication; Output covers the approved inventory, the public pages and translations, and the review and change log. Maintain publicly, and update before each school year and when the program changes.

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Operational workflow

  1. Inventory assessments by grade, subject, population, and whether administration is statewide or districtwide.
  2. For each, document purpose, requirement source, time, schedule, and results timing/format.
  3. Publish in a clear, accessible, translated structure on the LEA site and school sites where practicable.
  4. Assign an owner and review date; remove obsolete tests and update changed windows or purposes.

Recommended public table

Grade/population
Assessment and subject
Purpose
Requirement source
Estimated time/window
Results timing/format

Evidence to retain

  • Approved assessment inventory
  • Authority/source verification
  • Accessible public pages and translations
  • Publication screenshots/URLs
  • Annual review and change log

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify current federal and California law, CDE and test-contractor manuals, local board policy, adopted instruments, individual student circumstances, and live system status before acting.