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CSAP / TCAP - Frameworks and Fact Sheets
Beginning 2011-12
New 2011 Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) Frameworks define what will be assessed on the state's standardized, timed assessment. They are the "DNA of the test." Each item on the TCAP is developed to measure a single test objective. Test objectives are measured in a cyclical basis through an annual refreshment of items and text-passages.
Continuity of the test results between years within the same grade and between grades (vertical scale) is maintained using both an "anchoring" of items within tests and shared items between grades.
Links to TCAP Assessment Frameworks by Grade Level
TCAP Mathematics (PDF)
TCAP Science (PDF) beginning Spring 2014 Science will no longer be tested on TCAP but will be tested on the Colorado Summative Assessment for Science and Social Studies
TCAP Science (Word) beginning Spring 2014 Science will no longer be tested on TCAP but will be tested on the Colorado Summative Assessment for Science and Social Studies
TCAP Assessment Fact Sheets
TCAP Fact Sheets (PDF)
TCAP Frequently Asked Questions
This document contains answers to frequently asked questions about the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program
CSAP Assessment Fact Sheets and Frameworks (prior to 2011-12)
Colorado State Assessment Program (CSAP) Assessment Frameworks define what will be assessed on the state's paper and pencil, standardized, timed assessment. They are the "DNA of the test." Each item on the CSAP is developed to measure a single test objective. Test objectives are measured in a cyclical basis through an annual refreshment of items and text-passages.
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