California Modified Assessment (CMA)

General Information

The California Modified Assessment (CMA) is a new grade-level assessment for students who have an individualized education program (IEP), are receiving grade-level instruction, and, even with interventions, will not achieve grade-level proficiency within the year covered by the student's IEP. The purpose of the CMA tests is to allow students with disabilities greater access to demonstrate their achievement of the California content standards in English–language arts, mathematics, and science. In 2009, eligible students in grades four and seven will complete a writing assessment as a part of the CMA English–language arts test.

See the CDE's CMA Web page for more information about the CMA.

• Have an IEP that specifies that they take the CMA for one or more subject; and
• Scored below basic or far below basic in a previous year on the CSTs for any subject and may have taken the CSTs with modifications (these students may take one or all of the grade-level CMA tests); and
• Are not eligible to take the California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA).

Students shall not take the CMA if they:

• Do not have an IEP; or
• Are eligible to take the CAPA.

See the CMA Field Test FAQs or the Field Test Coordinator Manual for participation criteria for the CMA fall field test.

2008 Field Test Materials

• 2008 Field Test Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (Posted 6/03/08)
• 2008 Field Test Coordinator Manual (Posted 8/15/08)

• District Inventory Control Spreadsheet (Posted 8/15/08)
• Test Site Inventory Control Spreadsheet (Posted 8/15/08)

Further Information

• CMA Teleconference Slides (Posted 12/19/07)

• CMA Teleconference Recording (downloadable 13.2Mb MP3 file) (Posted 1/10/08)

2009 Test Materials

To be posted in winter 2009