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Assessment Information for Teachers

 

Formative

Interim/Benchmark

Large-scale Summative

CAASPP Tools for Teachers

Choral Response

Exit Tickets

Four Corners

Graphic Organizers

Hand Signals

Individual Whiteboards

Kahoot

One Sentence Summary

Padlet

Pear Deck

Plickers

Poll Everywhere

Quick Writes

Random Selection

Think-Pair-Share

Ultimate List of More

CAASPP Interim Assessments

DIBELS

Illuminate

CAASPP

ELPAC

Assessment Calendar 2026-27

Initial ELPAC testing occurs throughout the year.  

Month

Window

Audience

Assessment

August

8/17-9/30

1-5

DIBELS Testing through Amplify mClass

8/17-9/30

2-12

Star (Early Literacy, Reading, and Math)

September

8/17-9/30

1-5

DIBELS Testing through Amplify mClass

8/17-9/30

2-12

Star (Early Literacy, Reading, and Math)

8/12-9/30

Dist PBIS

District Systems Fidelity Inventory (DFSI) 

October

10/19-11/6

1-5

Star (Early Literacy, Reading, and Math)

10/1-10/9

3-12

Fall Panorama Survey (students)

December

12/7-1/22

6-8

Star (Reading and Math)



January

1/4-2/26

1-5

DIBELS Testing through Amplify mClass 

12/7-1/22

6-8

Star (Reading and Math)

1/4-2/26

9-12

Star (Reading and Math)


February

2/1-5/28

K-12

ELPAC Summative Testing 

1/4-2/26

9-12

Star (Reading and Math)

1/4-2/26

1-5

DIBELS Testing through Amplify mClass

2/1-3/5

K-12

Hanover LCAP Survey (students, staff & parents)

2/9-2/26

1-5

Star (Early Literacy, Reading, and Math)

March

2/1-5/28

K-12

ELPAC Summative Testing


April

2/1-5/28

K-12

ELPAC Summative Testing

4/1-4/30

School

DPBIST

PBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI)

District Systems Fidelity Inventory (DSFI)

4/12-5/21

3-8, 11

CAASPP Summative Assessments (SBAC and CAST)

4/19-5/28

6-12

Star (Early Literacy, Reading, and Math)

4/19-5/28

K-5

DIBELS Testing through Amplify mClass 


May

2/1-5/28

K-12

ELPAC Summative Testing

4/12-5/21

3-8, 11

CAASPP Summative Assessments (SBAC and CAST)

5/24-5/28

3-12

Spring Panorama Survey (students)

4/19-5/28

K-5

DIBELS Testing through Amplify mClass

5/3-5/28

1-5

Star (Early Literacy, Reading, and Math)