CAASPP Smarter Balanced SSR Guides English GR3 2017-18 - Understanding Your Student Score Report

Oct 3, 2026

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Guide for parents on interpreting a Grade 3 CAASPP Smarter Balanced English language arts/literacy and mathematics student score report. Explains how to read the student’s name and report date, overall achievement levels, progress summaries, and the score-report graph and tables. Details performance areas for ELA (reading, writing, listening, research/inquiry) and mathematics (concepts & procedures, problem solving/modeling & data analysis, communicating reasoning). Includes score history and achievement level meanings, plus where to get help and more information.

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Your Child’s Score Report Overview

Student Identification and Report Date

Overall Score and Progress

Graph of This Year’s Scores

Results by Area for ELA and Mathematics

Score History and Statewide Assessments

What Do Scores Mean?

Score Ranges (ELA and Mathematics)

Where to Get Help and More Information?

Posted by the California Department of Education June 2018 ENGLISH UNDERSTANDING YOUR STUDENT SCORE REPORT GRADE 3 Smarter Balanced Assessments for English language arts/literacy and mathematics This guide will explain your child’s score report and provide additional resources to help you understand his or her scores. Please speak to your child’s teacher(s) if you have more questions. A message from the State Superintendent, Tom Torlakson: This report shows your child’s scores on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) for English language arts/literacy and mathematics. These tests are based on California’s goal of preparing students for college and career. Your child’s scores are just one measure of progress at school. These results should be considered along with other information—such as classroom tests, assignments, and grades. Students achieve more when their parents are involved in their learning. Please use theresources outlined below to find out more about how you can help your child continue to make progress and prepare for a bright future. 1. Your child’s name and date of the report Here you find your child’s name and the date of the report. 2. Overall score and progress for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics The left side of the score report provides your child’s overall score and achievement level by subject. The right side of the score report offers a quick summary of whether he or she met the grade-level standards by reaching the Standard Met Level 3 for his or her grade. 3. Graph of this year’s scores for ELA and mathematics The graph on the left side of the score report shows your child’s score and achievement level. The gray shades on the bar graph represent the four achievement levels, from the darkest gray color representing Standard Not Met to the lightest gray representing Standard Exceeded. 4. Results by area for ELA and mathematics The right side of your child’s score report shows your child’s performance for ELA and mathematics areas in a table. Across the top of the table are the performance levels (from left to right: Below Standard, Near Standard, and Above Standard) . The areas for ELA include: • Reading: How well does your child understand stories and information that he or she reads? • Writing: How well does your child communicate in writing? • Listening: How well does your child understand spoken information? • Research/Inquiry: How well can your child find and present information about a topic? The areas for mathematics include: • Concepts & Procedures: How well does your child use mathematical rules and ideas? • Problem Solving and Modeling & Data Analysis: How well can your child show and apply problem-solving skills? • Communicating Reasoning: How well can your child think logically and express thoughts in order to solve a problem? These areas are based on the standards, which describe what your child should know and be able to do relative to the overall Standard Met achievement level for his or her grade. These results by area are most useful to identify skills where your child is performing particularly well (Above Standard) or where your child is struggling and needs help to improve (Below Standard) . If your child received a “No score,” it means he or she did not complete enough questions to receive ascore in that area. 5. Score history The table on the right side of the score report shows your child’s overall score and corresponding achievement level of this year’s scores. State average data are provided as well. Statewide Assessments: One Measure of Your Child’s Progress CAASPP results give us one measure of how well students are mastering California’s challenging academic standards. The skills called for by these standards—the ability to write clearly, think critically, and solve problems—are critical for preparing students for college and a 21st-century career. What do my chil

FAQs

How can parents find their child’s name and report date on the CAASPP score report?

The student’s name and the date of the report are shown in the first section of the score report.

What do the achievement levels mean for Grade 3 ELA and mathematics?

The report uses four score levels. “Standard Met” and “Standard Exceeded” are the state targets for all students.

How should parents interpret results by area such as reading or problem solving?

The table lists performance by subject areas and compares the child’s level to the grade-level standards tied to the overall achievement level. These results help identify strengths (Above Standard) and needs for improvement (Below Standard).

Where can parents go for practice materials and additional information?

Parents can use the resources linked on testscoreguide.org and access grade-by-grade practice tests through the CAASPP Web portal, plus visit the CDE CAASPP Results Website for complete results.

Oct 3, 2026

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