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Window |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| CAASPP | ELA/Mathematics | Smarter Balanced Format: CAT or P/P(1) | MC\u003Cbr>SR\u003Cbr>CR\u003Cbr>PT | All students at designated grade levels\u003Cbr>Exceptions:\u003Cbr>• Eligible students participating in alternate assessments\u003Cbr>• ELA only– English learners whoare in their first 12 months of attending a school in the United States | 3–8 and 11(2) | Available Testing Window begins when 66 percent of instructional year has been completed and continues through the LEAs last day of the selected testing window orthe last day of instruction:\u003Cbr>LEAs may select their own testing windoweach year:\u003Cbr>• Schedule in Test Operations Management System (TOMS)\u003Cbr>• Minimum window of 25 instructional days\u003Cbr>• Must fall within available testing window |\n| CAASPP | ELA/Mathematics | CAAs\u003Cbr>Format: CBT | MC\u003Cbr>SR\u003Cbr>CR\u003Cbr>TE | Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whose active IEP designates the use of an alternate assessment | 3–8 and 11 | Available Testing Window begins when 66 percent of instructional year has been completed and continues through the LEAs last day of the selected testing window orthe last day of instruction:\u003Cbr>LEAs may select their own testing windoweach year:\u003Cbr>• Schedule in Test Operations Management System (TOMS)\u003Cbr>• Minimum window of 25 instructional days\u003Cbr>• Must fall within available testing window |\n| CAASPP | Science | CAST\u003Cbr>(Field Test)\u003Cbr>Format: CBT | MC\u003Cbr>SR\u003Cbr>CR\u003Cbr>TE\u003Cbr>PT | All students in designated grade levels\u003Cbr>Exceptions:\u003Cbr>• Eligible students participating in the CAA for Science | 5 and 8,\u003Cbr>and once in\u003Cbr>high school\u003Cbr>(10, 11, 12) | April 2, 2018 through the last day of the LEA selected testing window or the last day of instruction |\n| CAASPP | Science | CAA\u003Cbr>(Pilot Test) Format: Embedded PT | PA | Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whose active IEP designates the use of an alternate assessment | 5 and 8,\u003Cbr>and once in\u003Cbr>high school\u003Cbr>(10, 11, 12) | November through last day of instruction |\n| CAASPP | Reading/Language Arts | STS\u003Cbr>Format: P/P | MC | English learners at no cost to the LEA or nonEnglish learners (e.g. , pupils in dual immersion classrooms) at minimal cost to the LEA | 2–11\u003Cbr>Optional | 25-day window that includes 12 instructional days before and after completion of 85 percent of instructional days |\n| CAASPP | Reading/Language Arts | CSA Pilot\u003Cbr>Format: CBT | MC | English learners at no cost to the LEA or nonEnglish learners (e.g. , pupils in dual immersion classrooms) at minimal cost to the LEA | 2–11\u003Cbr>Optional | 25-day window that includes 12 instructional days before and after completion of 85 percent of instructional days |\n\n(1) Paper-pencil versions of the Smarter Balanced assessments are available to 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