Testing

California English Language Development Test (CELDT)
The California English Language Development Test is administered yearly to all students who speak English as a second language.  The Garden Grove Unified School District Goal #2 is that "English Language Learners will steadily progress towards developing English language proficiency and will score Early Advanced within four years of entering the district."  The CELDT is used to monitor students' progress on achieving this goal.  Students take a reading, writing, listening and speaking portion each fall.  Proficiency level results are mailed home by the end of February.

Students' CELDT proficiency levels are categorized into the following bands:
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California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)
All students must pass both the English language arts and math sections of the High School Exit Exam to graduate.  The CAHSEE is given each spring to all tenth grade students.  Students who pass both portions of the exam do not need to take it again.  Students who do not pass one or both sections of the exam will re-take the portion of the exam that they did not pass in the fall and/or spring of their eleventh and twelfth grade year.  Parents and students may download released CAHSEE test questions from the California Department of Education website to help prepare their student for these exams.

CAHSEE Math Released Test Questions

CAHSEE English Released Test Questions

California Standards Test (CST)
California Standards Tests are administered to all students in grades 9-11 according to the classes in which they are enrolled.  The Garden Grove Unified School District Goal #1 is that "Students in our district will steadily progress towards meeting grade level standards in core academic subjects and will score Proficient within five years of entering the Garden Grove Unified School District.  Parents and students may download released CST test questions from the California Department of Education website to prepare for these exams. http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/css05rtq.asp

Students' CST proficiency scores are categorized into the following bands:

Students may take the following CST exams:

Advanced Placement Exams (AP)
Advanced Placement Exams are given in the spring to students enrolled in AP classes.  You can access information about all AP exams at the College Board website.  You can also download exam questions if you register. http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_questions/index.html

Advanced Placement exams are given in the following subjects at Rancho Alamitos High School:

Benchmark Exams
GGUSD Benchmark Exams are administered to students quarterly in their academic classes according to the classes in which they are enrolled.  Students may take the following Benchmark Exams: