As you may know, the state of California is moving toward new assessments to go along with the Common Core standards.  These assessments will be done online.

To give students, parents and teachers a chance to see what the new tests are like, California has made sample assessments for ELA (English Language Arts) and math available online.  We encourage you to go through these this summer to get an idea of what's expected and how the tests will work.

To try them, click the link below.  (Please note that Internet Explorer isn't supported at the moment so you'll need to use Firefox, Safari or Chrome.)

http://sbac.portal.airast.org/Practice_Test/default.html

To read more about how to take the practice test, you can view the Practice Test User Guide at the link below:

http://sbac.portal.airast.org/Practice_Test/resources/PracticeTestUserGuide.pdf

To read the Press Release about the new practice assessments, click below:

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/news/smarter-balanced-releases-online-practice-tests/

Online Math Support for Grades 6-12 Click Here.