The primary purpose of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) is to significantly improve pupil achievement in public high schools and to ensure that pupils who graduate from public high schools can demonstrate grade level competency in reading, writing, and mathematics.

-- From CDE - CAHSEE Program Overview

CAHSEE Language Arts Blueprints

The CAHSEE Language Arts Blueprint lists the 9th and 10th grade standards along with the two eighth grade standards that are tested on the CAHSEE and the number of items for each area of the test.

CDE CAHSEE Administrative Documents

CDE CAHSEE Language Arts Resources:

English Language Arts Teacher Guide

English Language Arts Study Guide

2005 ELA Released Test Questions

CDE - California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)

SDCOE CAHSEE Language Arts Resources:

Getting Ready for the CAHSEE Language Arts: A Strategic Approach to Preparing Students for the California High School Exit Exam

A series of lessons designed to teach students the kind of problem-solving and analytical thinking needed to be successful in taking the CAHSEE. Individual lessons and the lesson sequence have been designed to teach a set of problem-solving skills in a systematic, sequential manner. Each lesson builds on and reinforces the strategy from the previous lesson. Subsequent lessons provide opportunities for application and synthesis of the strategies in simulated test situations. Skills students learn in these lessons are also applicable to other test and instructional situations. Contents include detailed teacher lesson plans with transparency and activity masters. A consumable Student Resource Book is also available.

Refer to SDCOE LA Secondary Professional Development Calendar for trainings.

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