Early Assessment Program
The Early Assessment Program (EAP) is a collaborative effort among the State Board
of Education, the California Department of Education and California State University.
It was created to provide high school juniors with an early indicator of their readiness
for college-level English and mathematics. EAP is fully integrated into the California
Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP), which students take during
the spring of 11th grade. The goal is to help students identify academic areas for
improvement before they graduate and to give them time and resources to strengthen
their skills in their senior year.
How Students Participate
All public high school juniors in California are automatically included in EAP through
the CAASPP. To ensure that results are shared with the CSU and California Community
Colleges – and to view results online – students must mark the option to release their
scores. Once you receive your scores, learn about how to understand your scores and results.
Benefits of the EAP
- Aligning standards so that success in high school means readiness for the CSU;
- Providing high school students with an early signal about their college readiness
and adequate time to prepare before entering CSU;
- Ensuring that senior year is a time for directed, purposeful preparation for college;
- Aligning expectations by working together with students, teachers and administrators
to create and sustain a college-going atmosphere.
Supporting Student Success
EAP results provide an early signal of college readiness in English and math. Educators
can use this information to adjust instruction, support students in strengthening
core skills and prepare them for postsecondary success.
EAP Support for High School Teachers
- – The ERWC is aligned with the California English-Language Arts Content Standards
and addresses critical reading and writing problems identified by the CSU English
Placement Test Committee.
- – To promote wide-scale adoption of the ERWC, the CSU and county offices of education
are collaborating to provide professional development for English teachers at a variety
of locations across the state.
- – A committee of math professors, math educators from the CSU and math experts from
county offices and high schools have developed a short professional development program
for math teachers who teach Algebra I and higher.
- – The Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project's primary goal is to help California
teachers prepare students for success in further study of math.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like additional services. We understand
that each school is unique and requires personalized services catered to its needs.