Understanding Your Student Score Report Grade 11 - English language arts/literacy and Mathematics (Smarter Balanced Assessments)

Oct 3, 2026

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Guide for interpreting a Grade 11 student score report for English language arts/literacy and mathematics using Smarter Balanced assessments. Explains what CAASPP score reports show, including overall achievement levels, progress, and how to read graphs and area-by-area results in ELA and math. Provides context on why the tests are used, how to connect results to college readiness under the Early Assessment Program, and how to use the information alongside classroom work to discuss next steps with teachers.

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Understanding Your Student Score Report

Overall score and progress (ELA and mathematics)

Graph of this year’s scores

Results by area for ELA and mathematics

One measure of your child’s progress

What is the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)?

What your child’s scores mean

ENGLISH | | UNDERSTANDING YOUR STUDENT SCORE REPORT GRADE 11
English language arts/literacy and Mathematics (Smarter Balanced Assessments) | | --- | --- | This guide will explain your child’s score report and provide additional resources to help you understand his/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 how your child scored on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) tests for English language arts/literacy and mathematics. These online assessments were new this year for your child asan eleventh-grade student. These tests are based on California’s rigorous academic standards, which are designed to help every student graduate ready for college and a 21st-century career. Your child’s scores provide an indication of his/her readiness for college-level work after graduation. Please see the Early Assessment Program portion of this report for information about steps your child can take in twelfth grade to be ready for college. While tests are just one way to measure your child’s progress, the results can help teachers and the school focus on areas in which students need more help. I encourage you to be involved in your child’s learning and discuss these results with your child’s teacher(s) . 􀁮 Your child’s name and date of the report Here you find your child’s name and the date of the report. 􀁯 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/she met the grade level standards by reaching the Standard Met Level 3 for his/her grade. 􀁰 Graph of this year’s scores for ELA and mathematics The graph on the left side shows your child’s score and achievement level. The gray shades on the bar graph represent the four achievement levels, with the darkest gray color representing Standard Not Met to the lightest gray representing Standard Exceeded. 􀁱 Results by area for ELA and mathematics The right side of your child’s score report shows your child’s achievement for ELA and mathematics areas in a table. Across the top of the table are the achievement 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 their problem solving skills? 􀁸 Communicating Reasoning: How well can your child think logically and express their 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/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/she did not complete enough questions to receive a score in that area. This guide was designed for the 2015–16 CAASPP Student Score Reports for grade 11. One Measure of Your Child’s Progress These results are one measure of your child’s academic performance and provide limited information. Like any important measure of your child’s performance, they should be viewed with other available information—such as classroom

FAQs

What does the CAASPP score report show for Grade 11?

It shows how the student scored on CAASPP tests for English language arts/literacy and mathematics, including overall achievement and results by area.

How do achievement levels relate to college readiness?

Each CAASPP achievement level corresponds to a level of college readiness under the Early Assessment Program, and students are encouraged to develop skills during the senior year if not yet ready.

What should a family do if a subject shows “No score”?

A “No score” means the student did not complete enough questions in that area to receive a score.

Oct 3, 2026

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