Introduction to the California Educator Reporting System (CERS)

CERS Overview

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CERS: One-Stop Shop for State Assessment Results

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Assessment Results in CERS

• Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for ELA and Mathematics
• CAAs for ELA, mathematics, and Science
• California Science Test
• California Spanish Assessment
• Summative ELPAC
• Summative Alternate ELPAC 
• Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments for ELA and Mathematics

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Access to CERS Data by Role

Data is available in CERS based on the user’s role in TOMS. 

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Accessing CERS

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CERS Home Page: Resources

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CERS Home Page: Administrator Tools

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CERS Home Page: Assessment Results

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The CERS Sandbox

• Same functions as CERS
• Non-secure environment
• Great for individual exploration or group training
• Includes practice test items and fictitious data for CAASPP and ELPAC assessments

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Summative Assessment Results in CERS

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Summative Assessment Data in CERS

For all summative assessments, CERS shows:

• The grade level assessed
• Average scale score for the group
• Number of students in the results
• Student score distribution by overall achievement level
• Individual Student Results
• Additional Detailed Information

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Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Data in CERS

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Smarter Balanced Assessment System

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Purpose and Use

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Types of Interim Assessments

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Interim Assessment Results in CERS

For Interim Assessments, CERS shows:

• Item viewer
• Item information (e.g., standard, claim, depth of knowledge)
• Key/Distractor analysis
• Rubric and exemplar information
• Student responses to items
• Links to instructional resources (for IABs and focused IABs)

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Embedded Instructional Resources

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Managing Staff Access to CERS

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All It Takes �Is a �TOMS Account

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CERS Resources

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CERS Resources

• Cers Users Guide
• California Educator Reporting System Resources (caaspp.org)

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Need Help?

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Contact Tori Goulet @ vgoulet@fcusd.org

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