How Do You Interpret A CAHSEE Score?
The California High School Exit Exam, also known as CAHSEE, is a test administered to California high school sophomores to assess their competency in reading, writing, and arithmetic. Passing the exam is a requirement for graduation. Juniors and seniors may take portions of the test they failed to pass in the previous years. The test consists of two main parts: an English language arts (ELA) assessment and a mathematics assessment, and each covers about a half-dozen content areas. The score report includes a variety of metrics when scoring the test. The CAHSEE score report will consist of two major sections–the top section provides an overall summary of test results, and the lower portion includes specific test scores from the various content areas. The score report will only include information on the tests that you took. Look at the Total/Scale Score. The Total/Scale score is how you did on the test overall across all content areas. The score is adjusted to reflect the difficulty le