- Departments
- Business Services
- Child Nutrition Services
- Education Services
- Information Technology Services (ITS)
- Facilities and Operations
- Human Resources
Parent and Guardian Resources
Parent/Guardian Resources
This page contains resources for parents and guardians to support their child with online California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) testing.
Starting Smarter
CAASPP Starting Smarter website 

ELPAC Starting Smarter website 

- The Starting Smarter websites help parents understand student scores and reports, view sample test questions, and provide additional free resources to support your child’s learning.
Practice and Training Tests
Practice and Training Tests web page 

- This web page provides students guest access to practice and training tests. Select “Sign In” as a Guest User and Guest Session to take a practice or training test with your child. Select your child’s grade and choose a practice or training test for the following tests:
- Smarter Balanced English-language Arts or mathematics
- California Alternate Assessments for English-language Arts or mathematics
- California Science Test
- California Spanish Test
- English Language Proficiency Assessments for California
Technology Readiness Checker for Students
- The Technology Readiness Checker for Students (TRCS) is a game-like tool students navigate to create a storyboard. The navigation through the TRCS is similar to the navigation used in a computer-based assessment and can be used to identify your child’s technology readiness for online testing.
- The TRCS is not an assessment and does not provide scores.