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STAR stands for California
Standardized Testing And Reporting
 
 
 
 
 
All students are required to take the tests for the grade in which they are enrolled.  
 
These research files contain results from the 2006 administration of the California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. Each file contains the same information presented in the Test Results section of this site and is provided to allow for more complex analyses and customized reporting of the data.
  
In order to protect student confidentiality, no results are reported for any group of 10 or fewer students. Individual student results are not reported on this site. Individual results are available only to parents/guardians and may be obtained only from the schools and districts where students were tested.
 
The 2006 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program included four components:
  • California Standards Tests (CST)
  • California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA)
  • California Achievement Tests, Sixth Edition Survey (CAT/6 Survey) -  grades 3 and 7 only
  • Aprenda: La prueba de logros en español, Tercera edición (Aprenda 3)
   
California Standards Tests (CSTs)
The California Standards Tests in English-language arts, mathematics, science, and history-social science are administered only to students in California public schools. Except for a writing component that is administered as part of the grade four and seven English-language arts tests, all questions are multiple choice. These tests were developed specifically to assess students' knowledge of the California content standards. The State Board of Education adopted these standards that specify what all California children are expected to know and be able to do in each grade or course. The 2006 CSTs were required for students who were enrolled in the following grades/courses at the time of testing or who had completed a course during the 2005–06 school year, including 2005 summer school.
 
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