K-12 CAASPP Math & ELA improvement for California school districts
Learn how we help California districts drive significant CAASPP score improvements by focusing on Strategic Thinking in Math & ELA.
We move students beyond proficiency by strengthening the strategic thinking skills demanded in ELA and Math CAASPP exams.
We are proud to work on CAASPP Improvement with forward-thinking educators at:
Compton
Your Challenge: CAASPP gives no actionable data back. Analyzing data takes time, and it's difficult to pinpoint the core issue. Your team is unsure why students are missing CAASPP questions.
Our Solution: Our standards-aligned content delivers real-time insights, instantly identifying whether students are struggling with basic content, tech types, or specific Strategic Thinking skills. With this clarity, teachers can proactively adjust instruction throughout the year, ensuring students get targeted support where they need it most.
Your Challenge: Misalignment between standards & CAASPP. Your curriculum adoption and benchmark assessments lack the rigor needed for CAASPP success. Teachers struggle to align instruction with the strategic thinking skills assessed on the test.
Our Solution: We bridge the gap between the standards and the rigor of the CAASPP by equipping teachers with questions that, in addition to Claim 1 & 2, also focus on Claim 3 & 4, demanding higher-level thinking skills (e.g. performance tasks).
Your Challenge: Lack of schoolwide language. Your school or district lacks a common framework across grade levels, leading to gaps in vertical articulation and student progression.
Our Solution: We train all teachers—starting in Kindergarten—on a universal language of strategic thinking, ensuring students continuously build and strengthen their skills year after year.
Strategic Thinking Assessments: Our formative assessments and performance tasks cover every CCSS standard for grades 1-12. These assessments are designed to evaluate students' understanding and strategic thinking capabilities in math and ELA.
Actionable Insights: Our assessment platform immediately reports data on why students are struggling. This allows teachers to make timely interventions and adjustments to their instructional strategies.
Math: Sessions are delivered in person or online, with an introduction to Strategic Thinking in Math. Our Math professional development sessions are designed to inform educators on:
- A thorough understanding of the 16 Strategic Thinking Types and their importance in learning math.
- How to analyze questions to determine appropriate Strategic Thinking Types.
- Using the Classtime assessment platform and its specific features.
- Modeling activities that promote various Strategic Thinking Types.
ELA: Our ELA professional development trains teachers to help students recognize and use strategies to help them with CAASPP ELA item types and performance tasks. This allows students to feel more confident and focus on ELA content and less on the format of the question.
Our kick-off training at Ontario-Montclair School District. We introduced educators to techniques for identifying why students miss questions and integrating Strategic Thinking into their instruction.
Classtime's technology and methodology is supported by rigorous research from independent organizations, demonstrating strong evidence on student outcomes (ESSA Level IV and III).
WestEd
