CAASPP: Smarter Balanced
Practice and Training Tests
Grades 3-8 and 11
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) has placed online for public access a set of practice tests for grades three through eight and grade eleven. Practice tests are available in both English-language arts and mathematics for each grade. The practice tests are available on the California Department of Education (CDE) Smarter Balanced Practice Tests Web page and include test questions with the same features that students will experience each spring. Online access to the practice tests will not require a unique username and password, so we can use them for teacher training as well as discussions with parents. There will be no immediate scoring of the tests, but scoring keys will be made available later in the year. We encourage ESs, parents and students to view the practice tests.