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.

2013 Test Materials

Test Administration

CAPA Examiner's Manual (nonsecure information) (Posted 02/04/13)
Sample CAPA Answer Document (Posted 02/04/13)—This sample answer document is provided for reference only. Do NOT use this sample for testing; use only the answer documents that you receive with the STAR materials.

Stimulus cards—This link opens to a password-protected site external to startest.org. District STAR coordinators should contact their STAR TAC representative for a password.

Manipulative Lists

2013 CAPA Manipulative Lists (all lists)

Individual Manipulative Lists
CAPA Version 1 CAPA Version 2	CAPA Version 3 CAPA Version 4

Version Assignments

2013 CAPA Version Assignments (All districts) (Excel spreadsheet)

2013 CAPA Version Assignments (Excluding Los Angeles Unified) (Acrobat PDF)
2013 CAPA Version Assignments (Los Angeles Unified only) (Acrobat PDF)

Sample CAPA Tasks

Sample CAPA tasks are from the training DVD. View video segments online at STAR Training Videos.

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

Level I	Download sample ELA tasks 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.