CHAPTER 5. California Assessment of Academic Achievement

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 975, Sec. 1.

§§ 60600–60648.5 · 42 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 60600–60603 · 4 sections

   • § 60600 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Leroy Greene California Assessment of Academic Achievement Act.
   • § 60602.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide a system of assessments of pupils that has the primary purposes of assisting…
   • § 60602.6 It is the intent of the Legislature that the department minimize the impact to teachers and administrators and state resources by ensuring, where feasible,…
   • § 60603 As used in this chapter: (a) “Achievement level descriptors” means a narrative description of the knowledge, skills, and processes expected of pupils at…
2. ARTICLE 2. Program Provisions §§ 60604–60618 · 26 sections

   • § 60604 (a) The Superintendent shall design and implement, consistent with the timetable and plan required pursuant to subdivision (b), a statewide pupil assessment…
   • § 60604.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the reauthorization of the statewide pupil assessment program include all of the following: (1) A plan for…
   • § 60605 (a) (1) (A) Not later than January 1, 1998, the state board shall adopt statewide academically rigorous content standards, pursuant to the recommendations of… see note
   • § 60605.1 (a) No later than June 1, 2001, the State Board of Education shall adopt content standards, pursuant to recommendations developed by the Superintendent of…
   • § 60605.2 (a) No later than December 1, 2004, the State Board of Education shall adopt model content standards, pursuant to recommendations developed by the…
   • § 60605.3 (a) On or before June 1, 2009, the state board shall adopt content standards, pursuant to recommendations developed by the Superintendent, for teaching world…
   • § 60605.4 (a) On or before July 31, 2019, the Instructional Quality Commission shall consider developing and recommending to the state board computer science content…
   • § 60605.5 (a) (1) In consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission, the Superintendent shall recommend to the state board revisions to the World Language…
   • § 60605.6 Subject to the availability of funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the Superintendent, upon approval of the state board, shall…
   • § 60605.7 The Superintendent, the state board, and any other entity or individual designated by the Governor shall participate in the Common Core State Standards…
   • § 60605.8 (a) There is hereby established the Academic Content Standards Commission. The commission shall consist of 21 members, appointed as follows: (1) Eleven members…
   • § 60605.9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the limitation in paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 60200, which requires that other criteria be approved…
   • § 60605.10 The Superintendent may recommend and the state board may adopt the college and career readiness anchor standards developed by the Common Core State Standards…
   • § 60605.11 (a) The Superintendent may recommend to the state board, and the state board may approve, modifications to the common core academic content standards in…
   • § 60605.13 (a) The Superintendent, in consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission, shall recommend to the state board revisions to the visual and performing…
   • § 60607 (a) Each pupil shall have an individual record of accomplishment by the end of grade 12 that includes the results of the achievement test required and…
   • § 60608 The governing board of each district shall, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, conduct a testing program pursuant to…
   • § 60610 At the request of the state board, and in accordance with rules and regulations that the state board may adopt, each county superintendent of schools shall…
   • § 60611 A local educational agency, district superintendent of schools, or principal or teacher of any elementary or secondary school, including a charter school,…
   • § 60612 Upon adoption or approval of assessments pursuant to this chapter, the Superintendent shall prepare, and make available to parents, teachers, pupils,…
   • § 60613 A school district is an agent of the State Department of Education for the purpose of administering a test or assessment required pursuant to this article. No…
   • § 60614 Notwithstanding Section 51513, no test, examination, or assessment given as part of the statewide pupil assessment program shall contain any questions or items…
   • § 60615 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a parent’s or guardian’s written request to school officials to excuse his or her child from any or all parts of…
   • § 60616 Any achievement test adopted by the state board pursuant to this chapter may be reviewed by any Member of the Legislature or any member of the governing board…
   • § 60617 The governing board of any school district may meet in closed session only to review the actual contents of any approved or adopted assessment, provided the…
   • § 60618 (a) The academic content and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 60605 that are used as standards for the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Program Evaluation and Analysis § 60630 · 1 section

   • § 60630 (a) The Superintendent shall prepare and submit, and subsequently post on the internet website of the department, an annual report to the state board…
4. ARTICLE 4. California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress §§ 60640–60648.5 · 11 sections

   • § 60640 (a) There is hereby established the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, to be known as the CAASPP. (b) Commencing with the 2013–14…
   • § 60641 (a) The department shall ensure that local educational agencies comply with each of the following requirements: (1) The achievement tests provided for in…
   • § 60642.5 (a) The Superintendent, with approval of the state board, shall provide for the development of an assessment instrument, to be called the California Standards…
   • § 60642.6 (a) The department shall acquire, and offer at no cost to local educational agencies, interim and formative assessment tools for kindergarten and grades 1 to…
   • § 60642.7 (a) Interim assessments offered by the department to local educational agencies, including those offered pursuant to Section 60642.6, are intended for the…
   • § 60643 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the contractor or contractors of the achievement tests provided for in Section 60640 shall comply with all of the conditions…
   • § 60643.6 A local educational agency shall be reimbursed by the contractor selected pursuant to this article for any unexpected expenses incurred due to scheduling…
   • § 60644 (a) By November 1, 2014, the department shall identify and make available to school districts information regarding existing assessments in language arts and…
   • § 60647 An action to challenge a provision of this article or a determination made by the state board under this article, shall be filed and adjudicated pursuant to…
   • § 60648 Exclusive of consortium summative assessments, the Superintendent shall recommend, and the state board shall adopt, performance standards on the California…
   • § 60648.5 (a) The first full administration of assessments aligned to the common core standards in English language arts and mathematics shall occur in the 2014–15…