📍 Where to Find This Report
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The CAASPP Longitudinal Report provides a multi-year view of student performance on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). The report displays achievement level distributions for both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, allowing districts and schools to monitor performance trends across multiple assessment years.
👤 What this Report Shows
The CAASPP Longitudinal Report summarizes student performance across multiple years using:
- Mathematics achievement level distributions
- English Language Arts (ELA) achievement level distributions
- Student counts by achievement level
- Percentages by achievement level
- Multi-year trend comparisons
The report displays results by assessment year, making it easy to compare changes in student achievement over time.
💡 Suggested Uses
The CAASPP Longitudinal Report helps educators and administrators:
- Monitor district and school performance trends across multiple years.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of instructional programs and interventions.
- Compare achievement distributions among student groups.
- Support Continuous Improvement planning.
- Prepare presentations for school boards, leadership teams, and stakeholders.
- Analyze long-term trends in English Language Arts and Mathematics achievement.
- Identify areas where additional academic support may be needed.
🧭 Data Sources
The CAASPP Longitudinal Report displays information imported into OnDataSuite from California CAASPP assessment files.
The report includes:
- CAASPP English Language Arts (ELA) results
- CAASPP Mathematics results
- Achievement level classifications
- Student demographic information used for filtering
- Assessment administration years
All counts and percentages reflect non-duplicated tested students for each assessment year based on the selected report filters.
🎛 Filter Options
The report includes several filters that allow users to focus on specific student populations.
Common filters include:
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Special Population
- Grade Level
- School/Campus
- Administration Year(s)
- Focus List
After selecting the desired filters, click Submit to generate the report.
📑 Visuals and Data Views
The report is organized into separate Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) sections.
Mathematics Achievement Levels
A stacked bar chart displays the percentage of students in each achievement level for every selected assessment year.
Achievement levels include:
- Advanced
- Proficient
- Developing
- Minimal
- No Score
This visualization makes it easy to compare changes in student performance over time.
Mathematics Summary Tables
Below the chart, the report displays two summary tables.
Student Counts
Displays the number of non-duplicated tested students in each achievement level for every assessment year.
Student Percentages
Displays the percentage of students in each achievement level, allowing comparisons across years regardless of enrollment changes.
English Language Arts (ELA) Achievement Levels
A second stacked bar chart displays achievement level distributions for English Language Arts using the same achievement categories:
- Advanced
- Proficient
- Developing
- Minimal
- No Score
English Language Arts (ELA) Summary Tables
The report includes both counts and percentages for each achievement level and assessment year.
These tables support detailed year-over-year comparisons and complement the visual trend charts.
📊 How to Interpret This Report
The CAASPP Longitudinal Report is designed to identify changes in student achievement across multiple assessment years.
The stacked bar charts provide a visual comparison of achievement level distributions, while the summary tables provide the exact counts and percentages for each year.
Achievement levels are defined as follows:
- Advanced – Student exceeded grade-level expectations.
- Proficient – Student met grade-level expectations.
- Developing – Student partially met grade-level expectations.
- Minimal – Student did not meet grade-level expectations.
- No Score – No valid assessment score was available.
When reviewing trends over time, consider both student counts and percentages:
- Increasing percentages of students in Advanced and Proficient may indicate improved academic outcomes.
- Decreasing percentages of students in Minimal may suggest successful instructional interventions.
- Comparing multiple years can help identify sustained improvement, emerging challenges, or changes that warrant additional investigation.
Because all calculations are based on the selected filters, changing the student population may significantly affect reported results.
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