Condition Code Descriptions

A special condition code indicates the presence of a particular circumstance during testing. Only one condition code can be applied per student’s content-area assessment.

CAASPP

Table 1 describes the CAASPP condition codes. For a more detailed description of all condition codes and their meanings, refer to the Condition Codes appendix of the current CAASPP Student Data File Layout that is linked on the CAASPP & ELPAC SSR and Reporting Resources web page.

Table 1. CAASPP Condition Codes
Condition Code	Assessment	Description
INC0	CAA for ELA CAA for Mathematics CAA for Science	The student did not answer any items so will receive the LOSS.
INC1	CAA for ELA CAA for Mathematics CAA for Science	The student answered more than one but fewer than four items so will receive the LOSS +1.
LOSS	Smarter Balanced for ELA Smarter Balanced for Mathematics CAST	Smarter Balanced—The student answered fewer than 10 CAT items and 1 PT item so will receive the LOSS. CAST—The student answered fewer than 10 items.
NEL	Smarter Balanced for ELA	The student has been designated as an EL who first enrolled in a US school after April 15 of the previous year so is exempt for ELA; additionally, one of the following conditions was met: Student was enrolled and did not test. Student tested but responded to fewer than one item in each part. Assessment is a force-complete. (A force-complete occurs when the student did not log on to at least one part of the online assessment within a content area [such as CAT or PT in the case of the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments] before the end of the LEA testing window. The assessment is force-completed by the system so that student’s test can be moved to the process of scoring and reporting.)
NEL	CAA for ELA	The student has been designated as an EL who first enrolled in a US school after April 15 of the previous year so is exempt for ELA; additionally, one of the following conditions was met: Student was enrolled and did not test. Student tested but responded to fewer than four items.
NER	CAA for Science	The student attempted at least 1 PT but fewer than 3 PTs so receives no score.
NT	All CAASPP	The student was not tested.
NTE	All CAASPP	The student was not tested because of a significant medical emergency.
PGE	All CAASPP	The student was not tested by parent or guardian request.

ELPAC

Table 2 describes the ELPAC condition codes. Only one condition code can be applied per student’s domain. For a more detailed description of all condition codes and their meanings, refer to the Condition Codes appendix of the current ELPAC Student Data File Layout that is linked on the CAASPP & ELPAC SSR and Reporting Resources web page.

Table 2. ELPAC Condition Codes
Condition Code	Assessment	Description
EXD	Summative ELPAC	Within a composite, a student may be assigned an exemption from testing in one of the two domains; the composite’s score, which is used to calculate the overall score, is derived from the score of the tested domain.
NT	Summative ELPAC Summative Alternate ELPAC	The student was not tested and the student’s ELAS did not change from EL to non-EL by the end of the testing window.