California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)

Approximately 4.75 million students participated in the 2008 STAR program, which is comprised of five components:

• California Standards Tests (CSTs) are standards-based tests that measure the achievement of state content standards in English-language arts, mathematics, science, and history-social science.
• California Modified Assessment (CMA) is for students whose IEP indicates assessment with the CMA (currently for grades three through five in ELA and Math and grade five in Science).
• California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) is for students who have significant cognitive disabilities.
• California Achievement Tests (CAT/6) are nationally norm-referenced tests, taken in grades three and seven only.
• Aprenda: La prueba de logros en español, Tercera edición (Aprenda 3) is a nationally norm-referenced achievement test of general academic knowledge in Spanish for Spanish-speaking English learners (for grades five through eleven in 2008).