Regional Assessment Network Meeting

Smarter Balanced Update

July 23, 2015

PlannedCAASPP System Downtimes

August 1–9: The following CAASPP systems are not available: Test Administrator (TA) Interface; Interim Assessment Hand Scoring System (IAHSS); Appeals System
August 1-6: Online Reporting System (ORS) results are viewable but static as of July 31
August 7–9: ORS is not available

Summative Assessments

2015 Testing Window Ending
All Smarter Balanced Testing will be completed on July 31, 2015. All tests not completed or reported will be processed and sent to hand scoring and reporting.
New Web Postings
Student Score Report Video in Spanish has been posted to the CDE CAASPP Individual Score Reports Web page at
CDE is posting an optional parent/guardian student score report letter to the CDE CAASPP Web page at
CDE has posted the Smarter Balanced Scale Score Ranges by Content Area and Grade to the CDE CAASPP Individual Score Reports Web page at
Reporting Update
ETS will begin mailing Student Score Reports to LEAs at the end of July.
Just a reminder that Student Score Reports must be distributed to parents within 20 working days of receipt of reports if school is in session.
Superintendents will receive letter with schedule for release shortly.
Online Reporting System (ORS) Update.
LEA CAASPP Coordinators using ORS preliminary claim-level ELA results for analytical purposes are advised to access the updated results.
August 1-6, 2015 ORS will be available in view-only mode
New users created during this time will not have access to ORS.
New scores will be available August 10, 2015.
Upcoming and Future Activities
Parent Guide
Teacher Guide

Interim Assessments

Interim assessment results from the 2014–15 school year will remain available in the IA Reporting System until further notice.

For the 2015–16 school year, the following opportunities are available for students taking the interim assessments:
Interim Comprehensive Assessments (ICAs) – 3 opportunities
Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs) – unlimited opportunities
All interim assessments will be available to all students

For the 2015–16 school year, interim assessments will not be adaptive. In addition, no new content is scheduled to be added.

Digital Library

New! In June 2015, Smarter Balanced launched a redesigned landing page and other enhancements to the Digital Library.

New resource! Digital Library training videotitled “Exploring the Smarter Balanced Digital Library” now available on the CDE Digital Library Web page at This 29-minute video is divided into three segments:

Upcoming Training Opportunities!