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Caaspp Explorer

Caaspp Explorer

by rahimnathwani·Mar 15, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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●●SolidNiche GemBig Brain

Tracks student cohorts over time instead of cross-sectional grade snapshots.

Strengths
  • •Longitudinal cohort view reveals instruction impact better than grade-level mixes.
  • •Comprehensive subgroup filtering for disabilities, socioeconomic status, and language.
  • •Bypasses official site limitations to show multiple charts simultaneously.
Weaknesses
  • •Extremely niche utility limited to California public school data.
  • •Bare-bones UI lacks explanatory context for non-technical parents.
Category
Education
Target Audience

California parents, educators, school administrators

Similar To

CAASPP Official Site · EdData.org

Post Description

The official CAASPP web site allows you to select a district or school and get a chart, but it doesn't allow you to: - get multiple charts at a time, or - look at cohorts of students over time

This second thing is important because if you, say, look at 'grade 5' performance over time, each year you're looking at a different mix of students, and the mix likely has as much impact as changes in instruction or whatever.

So I downloaded the 'research files' and made the tool I wished existed.

Example looking at grade level performance over time, one chart per grade: https://tools.encona.com/caaspp-explorer#e=district_75390&s=...

An example of looking at each cohort separately, one chart per cohort: https://tools.encona.com/caaspp-explorer#e=district_75390&s=...

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