Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
The STAR Program is designed to help measure how well students are achieving the California content standards. The program also provides information about how well schools and school districts are meeting state and federal accountability requirements. All California students (including students with disabilities and English learners) in grades two through eleven must participate in the STAR Program each spring.
- California Standards Tests (CSTs) An assesssment that measure students’ achievement of California’s content standards for English–language arts, mathematics, science, and history–social science. These tests are given in grades two through eleven.
- California Modified Assessment (CMA) An alternate assessment of the California content standards based on modified achievement standards for children with disabilities grades 3-8 and meets the CMA eligibility critera.
- California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) measures students’ achievement of California’s content standards for English–language arts, mathematics, and science. This alternate assessment is given to students in grades two through eleven who have significant cognitive disabilities and are unable to take the CSTs or CMA with accommodations or the CSTs with modifications.
- Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS) A tests that measures students’ achievement of California’s content standards in reading/language arts and mathematics in Spanish. These assessments are given to Spanish-speaking English learners in grades two through eleven.
