STAR -- CAPA

California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA)

General Information

Background
The CAPA is given to students with significant cognitive disabilities whose disabilities prevent them from taking either the California Standards Tests with accommodations or modifications or the California Modified Assessment with accommodations. District STAR coordinators are responsible for ordering CAPA materials. See the California Department of Education's STAR CAPA blueprints or CAPA Web page for more information.

2011 Test Materials

Test Administration

2011 materials forthcoming

Manipulative Lists

2011 materials forthcoming

Version Assignments

2011 materials forthcoming

Sample CAPA Tasks

Sample CAPA tasks are from the training DVD.

Manipulatives are included with each task. Not all tasks require stimulus cards.

Level I	Download sample ELA task and stimulus cards. Download sample Mathematics task. Download sample Science task.
Level II	Download sample ELA tasks. Download sample Mathematics tasks.
Level III	Download sample ELA tasks and stimulus cards. Download sample Mathematics tasks and stimulus cards. Download sample Science tasks and stimulus cards.
Level IV	Download sample ELA tasks and stimulus cards. Download sample Mathematics tasks and stimulus cards. Download sample Science tasks.
Level V	Download sample ELA tasks and stimulus cards. Download sample Mathematics tasks. Download sample Science tasks and stimulus cards.