Accessibility Supports

DESIGNED FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS

CAASPP assessments are designed so that all students who take them can participate meaningfully and demonstrate what they know and can do.  Accessibility supports are available for students with IEPs, 504 Plans, English Language Learners, and general education.

  • Universal Tools, Designated Supports and Accommodations
  • Supports for English Language Learners 
  • California Alternate Assessments 

The CAASPP Student Needs Matching Tool

The CAASPP Student Needs Matching Tool  helps educators and individualized education program teams choose the accessibility resources for students to use in the classroom and on the California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress (CAASPP) assessments. 

Usability Materials

SART Tool - IEP teams use to select designated supports and accommodations

Training for ELD Teachers and IEP Case Managers

Video Tutorial Library for Embedded Universal Tools, Designated Supports, and Accommodations

Directions for entering Designated Supports in Illuminate

Non-embedded accessibility supports for SBA and CAST (check student IEP status prior to use)

Guidelines: "Read Aloud", "Scribing" and Simplified Test Directions

Translated Test Directions

Assessment Accessibility Resources Matrix

This page was last updated on October 21, 2024