CMAS and CoAlt Critical Dates - Tentative

The spring 2022 CMAS (all content areas) and CoAlt (science) dates on this page are subject to change. Dates are current as of November 2021.

Date	Activity	Additional Information
December 15	Notify CDE of extended (CBT Math/ELA) or early (HS Science) testing window and test format selections	CDE provides official DACs with the link to the form used to provide this information. If submitted by this date, CDE then indicates the selected test format in the state load of student data into PearsonAccess^next.
January 10 - 28	Confirm student registrations in PearsonAccess^next for initial orders	Must indicate/confirm: Test format (CBT or PBT) All accommodations and accessibility features with physical materials (e.g., auditory/signed presentation script, large print, braille, paper Spanish including CSLA) Student Registration/Personal Needs Profile (SR/PNP) - Training Module
January 10 - Prior to Creating Online Sessions	Assign CBT special forms (e.g., accommodated forms, TTS) then create test sessions in PAnext	SR/PNP - Training Module Assessment Coordinator Online Session Management - Training Module
March 1 - Prior to Testing	Finalize CBT preparation activities in PAnext	DAC Check student registrations Verify test session accuracy Confirm special form assignments DTC Select proctor caching servers Finalize system readiness Check student workstations Configure TestNav
March 7	Proctor caching - math, ELA, and high school science
March 8	Wave 1 materials scheduled to arrive in districts
March 9	Additional orders window opens for test materials received in Wave 1	Additional Orders - Training Module
March 18	Prepare online math and ELA sessions in PearsonAccess^next	Preparing Sessions - PDF
March 21	Earliest start date for online math and ELA	This is an extended window, providing up to five total weeks of testing (accounts for districts with one week of spring break during the window). Students with accommodated paper forms test at the same time as their peers taking online forms.
March 25	Prepare online high school science sessions in PearsonAccess^next	Preparing Sessions - PDF
March 28	Earliest start date for high school science	This is an early window, providing three total weeks of testing. Early Option 1: March 28 - April 15 Early Option 2: April 4 - 22 Official Window: April 11 - 29
March 28	Proctor caching - elementary and middle school science
March 29	Wave 2 materials scheduled to arrive in districts
March 30	Additional orders window opens for test materials received in Wave 2	Additional Orders - Training Module
April 8	Prepare online elementary and middle school science sessions in PearsonAccess^next	Preparing Sessions - PDF
April 11 - 29	Official State Testing Window
May 4	Scorable materials pickup deadline	Scorable materials are used CMAS test books and CoAlt answer documents that will go through scoring. Post-testing Materials Management - Training Module
May 6	Nonscorable materials pickup deadline	Nonscorable materials are secure materials that will not go through scoring. Post-testing Materials Management - Training Module
May 6	Testing Irregularity or Security Breach Report and spreadsheet due to CDE	Submit through CDE Assessment Syncplicity, if applicable
May 6	Submit Post Test Compliance and Scratch Paper Verification	Include misadministrations documented on the Testing Irregularity or Security Breach documents on the Post Test Compliance. Indicate the status of each school's used scratch paper on the Scratch Paper Verification.
Through May 6	Initial PearsonAccess^next Clean-up	School and District level Post-testing D ata Clean-up - Training Module
May 9 - 11	Final PearsonAccess^next Clean-up	District level
May 19 - June 1 (tentative)	Student Biographical Data (SBD) Review	Completed in Data Pipeline by Data Pipeline Respondents

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CMAS and CoAlt Critical Dates - Tentative

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