Student Assessment

San Dieguito Union High School District uses various measures to monitor and ensure student success. The District uses a comprehensive system of state, district, and local assessments that provide us with useful data to assist the decision-making process related to curriculum and instructional practices utilized throughout the district classrooms.

Test Name	Acronym	Grade(s) Tested	Testing Window
California English Language Development Test (Being replaced by ELPAC in 2017-2018)	CELDT	7-12	No longer administered
English Language Proficiency Assessment for California	ELPAC	7-12	Annual Assessment February - May Initial Assessment July - June
California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress	CAASPP	7, 8, 11	Specific assessments under the CAASPP system each have a designated testing window (listed below).
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Part of the CAASPP Assessments)	SBAC	7, 8, 11	March - May
California Alternate Assessment (Part of the CAASPP Assessments)	CalALT	7, 8, 11
California Science Test (Part of the CAASPP Assessments)	CAST	8, HS	Field Test: April – July 2018 Operational Test: January – July 2019
Early Assessment Program	EAP	11	SBAC results are used by the California State Universities as an indicator of readiness for college-level coursework in English and math.
Physical Fitness Test	PFT	7, 9	February - May
Advanced Placement	AP	10-12	May
College Entrance Exams	ACT PreACT SAT PSAT/NMSQT	Refer to websites	Refer to websites for administration dates and locations.
California Healthy Kids Survey	CHKS	7-12	Biennial (odd years)