CAHSEE

All public school students will be required to pass the exam to earn

a high school diploma.

Standardized Tests

• How do you feel about standardized tests?

What do you need to be a good test taker?

1. Knowledge

2. Confidence

3. Strategy

Dissociative Elements of Test Taking

• Test create data– Good tests make a

range of data– Knowledge must

remain the same• The CAHSEE is

primarily based on 8th grade Standards

– Increase difficulty by the structure of the question and answer choices

Dissociative Elements of Test Taking

• Difficulty of questions: 1/3 easy questions, 1/3 medium, & 1/3 hard

• But not in this order test makers know students work in a linear progression

What’s the Purpose of the CAHSEE?

• to improve student achievement in high school

• to help ensure that students who graduate from high school can demonstrate grade-level competency in reading, writing, and mathematics.

Important Dates

• Tuesday, March 16, 2010– English Language Arts Test

(8am-12pm but untimed)

• Wednesday, March 17, 2010– Math Test (8am-12pm but

untimed)

English Language Arts Section

• Reading Section– Vocabulary– 50% literary texts– 50% informational texts

• Writing Section– Writing strategies– Applications (essay)– Conventions

Math Section

• Content Standards up to Algebra– Statistics– Data analysis & probability– Number sense– Measurement & geometry– Algebra and functions– Mathematical reasoning

• NO Calculators

Results

• Results are returned about 8 weeks after the test.

• Opportunities– Every 10th grader must take the CAHSEE– 2 more opportunities Junior Year– 3 more opportunities Senior Year

• If you do not pass one section, you must take just that one section again.

• AVID has had a 100% passing rate for the past 2 years.

Resources

• California Department of Education:– http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/