Q: How will the staff know if students have taken or not taken their CASAS post-test?

A: Kim can run a report in LACES to identify students who are missing CASAS scores during a specific time frame. In addition, Teresa will add a column to your continuing registration sheets for you to indicate that students have post-tested in your class.

Q: If students miss class on the day we do post-testing, will there be opportunities for them to do a make-up test?

A: We won't have make-up test sessions after the quarter finishes, primarily due to the number of E-I sessions we're running. So we would like to encourage faculty to communicate with each other to see if students can join another class for post-testing.

Q: If a student is not enrolled for Winter Quarter because of a missing CASAS post-test, can they enroll for Spring Quarter?

A: We can put them on a return-in-Spring list and consider their most recent CASAS score as a pre-test score when they return.

Q: If an ORIA student takes Reading but doesn't take Listening, are they at risk of not being enrolled?

A: No. As long as they take the CASAS Reading test, we will enroll them.

Q: If the State Board doesn't require the Listening test, why must we do the Listening test as well for the ORIA students?

A: The Listening test is required by DSHS, and we can only meet ORIA targets with scores in all four skill areas.

Q: I have students in my Level 5/6 class who have 'exited ESL' on the CASAS Reading. What do we do in this case?

A: There's no need to give them a CASAS Reading test if they have an exit-ESL score. However, you can switch them over to the CASAS Listening test. The State Board requires one test, but it doesn't specify which one. We have chosen to use Reading, but Listening will work as well, and this will allow us to show measurable skills gains even for students who have exited Reading. This is the practice at Seattle Central.

Q: If a student is taking the Listening test for the first time, is there anything that I should know?

A: This will be considered a pre-test, and as such, there is a "locator" test (620L) that comes first. The locator test determines the correct test for the student. So the student should not stop after the Locator test is finished. The actual test will probably be 623L, 625L, 627L, or 629L.

Q: If students miss class on the day we do post-testing, will there be opportunities for them to do a make-up test?

A: We won't have make-up test sessions after the quarter finishes, primarily due to the number of E-I sessions we're running. So we would like to encourage faculty to communicate with each other to see if students can join another class for post-testing.