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Title 5 - EducationDivision 1 - California Department of EducationChapter 2 - PupilsSubchapter 3.75 - California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)
Article 2 - Achievement Tests and Any Primary Language Assessment
Section 851.5 - Eligible Pupil

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 5 § 851.5

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Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 49, December 6, 2024
Section 851.5 - Eligible Pupil

For purposes of these regulations, an "eligible pupil" is as follows:

(a) For CAASPP achievement tests in ELA, a pupil in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 who is not taking the CAA or is not a recently arrived EL pursuant to section 850(t). However, a recently arrived EL may be an eligible pupil upon request by the parent/guardian.
(b) For CAASPP achievement tests in mathematics, a pupil in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 who is not taking the CAA.
(c) For the CAAs for ELA and mathematics, a pupil in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 who has an IEP that designates the use of alternate assessments.
(d) For the CAST, a pupil in grades 5, 8 and any one grade of 10, 11, or 12 in which a pupil is receiving science instruction, who:
(1) has not previously completed a CAASPP high school achievement test for science; and
(2) does not have an IEP that designates the use of an alternate assessment in science.
(e) For the CAA for science, a pupil in grades, 5, 8 and any one grade of 10, 11, or 12 in which a pupil is receiving science instruction, who
(1) has not previously completed a CAASPP high school achievement test for science; and
(2) has an IEP that designates the use of alternate assessments.
(f) For the Primary Language Assessment (PLA), a pupil in grades 3 through 8 and high school:
(1) who is receiving instruction in the language of the assessment; and/or
(2) who is seeking a measure of their primary language achievement (reading, writing, and listening, and speaking, when available).
(g) Pupil score reports will be provided for all eligible pupils who take operational assessments.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 5, § 851.5

1. New section filed 11-23-2015 as an emergency; operative 11-23-2015 (Register 2015, No. 48). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-23-2016 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-23-2015 order, including amendment of subsection (c) and new subsections (c)(1)-(3) and (h), transmitted to OAL 4-6-2016 and filed 5-18-2016; amendments effective 5-18-2016 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2016, No. 21).
3. Amendment filed 1-25-2018; operative 1-25-2018 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2018, No. 4).
4. Amendment of subsection (f)(2), repealer of subsections (g)-(g)(3) and subsection relettering filed 10-31-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 44).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 33031, 60605 and 60640, Education Code. Reference: Sections 60640 and 60641, Education Code.

1. New section filed 11-23-2015 as an emergency; operative 11/23/2015 (Register 2015, No. 48). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-23-2016 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-23-2015 order, including amendment of subsection (c) and new subsections (c)(1)-(3) and (h), transmitted to OAL 4-6-2016 and filed 5-18-2016; amendments effective 5-18-2016 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2016, No. 21).
3. Amendment filed 1-25-2018; operative 1/25/2018 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2018, No. 4).
4. Amendment of subsection (f)(2), repealer of subsections (g)-(g)(3) and subsection relettering filed 10-31-2022; operative 1/1/2023 (Register 2022, No. 44).