CSA Content

Sample SSR

Sample SSRs are provided here. The callouts on the samples correspond with the links in the numbered list. Select a link for more information about that section of the SSR.

Data displayed on the samples in this guide are for demonstration purposes only and may not reflect valid data. Sample SSRs may include minor variances from actual SSRs.

Refer to the CSA Reporting Criteria subsection for information about the criteria required for a student to receive an SSR.

Page 1

  1. Student Information
  2. What Is the CSA?
  3. What Do the Scores Mean?
  4. Overall CSA Score
  5. Score History
  6. Additional Resources

Sample grade five CSA SSR, page 1, with callouts indicating student information, descriptions of the CSA and scores, overall score, score history, and a QR code for additional information.

Figure 1. Sample CSA SSR, page one

Page 2

  1. Score Reporting Range Summaries

Sample grade five CSA SSR with performance area descriptions and results.

Figure 2. Sample CSA SSR page two

Description

The SSR for the CSA, which provides parents/guardians with the student’s results, is described in table 1.

Table 1. Description of the CSA SSR
Feature Description
Purpose To show a student’s achievement on the CSA to students and parents/‌guardians
Format
  • Page 1:
    • Student’s overall score for previous year(s) and the current year
    • Descriptions of the CSA and scores
    • Student information
    • Score history
    • Additional resources
  • Page 2:
    • Description of each score reporting range
    • Placement of the student’s score within the score reporting range
Action Pursuant to 5 CCR Section 863, LEAs must notify parents/guardians and make SSRs available within 20 working days of its delivery to the LEA in TOMS. If the LEA receives the SSRs after the last day of instruction for the school year, the LEA shall make the SSR available to the parent/‌guardian no later than the first 20 working days of the new academic year.
Focus Individual student’s results for the CSA

The SSR for the CSA provides parents/guardians with the student’s results.

Information about the CSA is provided for students in grades three through eight and high school (grades nine through twelve).

Data presented for the CSA includes the following:

  • Overall scores
  • Score reporting ranges, with a description of the expectations for each range
  • Scale score and reporting range for two previous years’ assessments (if available)

CSA SSRs have three score reporting ranges with a description explaining what a student can do at each score range.

Because the CSA is aligned with the CCSS en Español, which are a translated and linguistically augmented version of the CCSS for English Language Arts & Literacy, scores cannot be compared between assessments for different content areas (for example, between mathematics and the CSA) or on assessments administered previously in California (such as for the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program).

Score reporting ranges that express student achievement are different for each grade level, and the expectations for instruction, which are aligned with the standards, for the next grade level are more challenging than for the previous grade level. As a result, an increase in the overall score may not mean a higher level of achievement for the current year.

Under certain circumstances, such as when results are associated with a particular special condition code or an assessment was invalidated, a message will appear on the SSR. The possible message and its associated condition code is presented in table 2. Refer to the Condition Code Descriptions section in Interpreting Results for information about when a condition code applies.

Table 2. CSA SSR Messages
Condition Code Message
Invalid If the student’s test result is invalidated, the score is accompanied by a footnote: [Student’s name]’s scores should be used with caution as the test was administered under conditions that may not represent [Student’s name]’s achievement.
LOSS [Student’s name]’s scores should be used with caution as the test was administered under conditions that may not represent [Student’s name]’s achievement.

Front Page—General Information

The front page of an SSR always contains the student information and additional information described in the Common CAASPP and ELPAC SSR Page 1 General Information section in addition to the content described in the rest of this subsection.

What Is the CSA?

Each CSA SSR contains a brief program overview (figure 3).

A description of the CSA and its standards on the first page of an SSR.

Figure 3. Program overview

What Do the Scores Mean?

Each CSA SSR contains a paragraph describing what the scores mean (figure 4).

A description of the scores on the first page of an SSR.

Figure 4. Scores information

Front Page—Score Overview

Overall CSA Score

The section on an SSR with the student's overall CSA score and callouts indicating the reporting ranges and a measurement gauge.

Figure 5. Overall CSA score

Table 3. Overall CSA Score Description (Figure 5)
# Feature Description
1 Score ranges Each section of the gauge includes its associated reporting range.
2 Reporting range measurement gauge A gauge is divided into three parts, each representing a score range. An indicator with the student’s score places the score within one of the ranges.
2

Not tested

(Not shown)

 If present, additional text will be included if the student did not receive a score, either because the student did not take the assessment or because the student logged on but answered no items.
2

Special condition

(Not shown)

A cautionary message also will be included at the bottom of the page for one of the following reasons:

  • Invalidate Appeal (The actual score is shown.)
  • Student did not answer enough questions for scoring so received the LOSS
  • Student had an unlisted resource that changed the construct being measured (5 CCR Section 835.8)

Score History

Scores are presented for a student’s prior two results on the CSA (figure 6). Note the following about this section:

  • “Not Tested” appears if a student does not have a score for a particular year (grade level).
  • A score history is not shown for a student in grade three, who is taking the CSA for the first time.

  • A progress summary is not shown if there is no score for the student in the current or prior year.

The section on an SSR with the student's score history and callouts indicating the progress summary and score history table.

Figure 6. Student score history

Table 4. Student Score History Description (Figure 6)
# Feature Description
1 Progress summary This paragraph summarizes the student’s progress relative to the prior year. Summaries are listed in the Progress Summary Text subsection.
1

Special condition

(Not shown)

A cautionary message also will be included under the progress summary for one of the following reasons:

  • Invalidate Appeal (The actual score is shown.)
  • Student did not answer enough questions for scoring so received the LOSS
  • Student had an unlisted resource that changed the construct being measured (5 CCR Section 835.8)
2 Score history table Student scores are presented in a table that shows, from left to right, the student’s score two years ago, one year ago, and as reported for the current test administration year. If the student is in grade three for the first time—that is, the student is not repeating grade three—this table will be replaced with the message, “[Name] took this test for the first time this school year. [Name] will have score history next school year.”

Progress Summary Text

Possible progress summary outcomes for students are as follows:

  • [Student’s name]’s score reporting range increased from last year.
  • [Student’s name]’s score reporting range stayed the same as last year.
  • [Student’s name]’s score reporting range decreased from last year.

Score Reporting Range Summaries

Section on the SSR showing a score range, with callouts pointing to the student score and score range descriptions.

Figure 7. Score reporting range summary

Table 5. Score Reporting Range Summary Description (Figure 7)
# Feature Description
1 Score reporting range This indicator places the student’s scale score within the appropriate score reporting range.
1

Special condition

(Not shown)

A cautionary message also will be included for one of the following reasons:

  • Invalidate Appeal (The actual score is shown.)
  • Student did not answer enough questions for scoring so received the LOSS
  • Student had an unlisted resource that changed the construct being measured
2 Skills summary The score reporting range descriptors are listed for each score range. The descriptors vary, depending on the student’s grade level.