Welcome: This site provides you information about California educator credentialing assessments. Here you can find assessment information, register for your assessment, prepare, and get results for the CalAPA, CalTPA, CBEST, CPACE, CSET, CTEL, RICA, NES, and WEST.
CalAPA: Learn about the California Administrator Performance Assessment.
CalTPA: Learn about the California Teaching Performance Assessment.
CBEST: Learn about the California Basic Educational Skills Test^TM.
CPACE: Learn about the California Preliminary Administrative Credential Examination.
CSET: Learn about the California Subject Examinations for Teachers^®.
CTEL: Learn about the California Teacher of English Learners^®.
RICA: Learn about the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment^®.
NES^® and WEST: Learn about additional testing requirements for the National Evaluation Series^TM's Assessments of Professional Knowledge or the Washington Educator Skills Tests—Endorsements^TM Designated World Languages: Latin test.

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Important Announcements

04/08/20

See the latest COVID-19 guidance for CalAPA and CalTPA.
04/08/20

Additional submission & reporting date added to 2019–20 CalAPA and CalTPA program year.
04/02/20

Score report dates for CSET tests with constructed-response questions may be delayed in response to COVID-19. Please see Test Results Delays under the Get Results tab for more information.
03/16/20

Registration for future paper-based testing and appointment scheduling for computer-based testing for the 2020-2021 program year opens in mid-July. Test availability for the 2020-2021 program year is expected to be similar to that currently offered, with specific test dates to be posted here in early May.
08/23/19

The 2019–2020 CalAPA and CalTPA Virtual Think Tank schedules are now available
07/25/19

CalTPA Update for Candidates Pursuing Multiple or Single Subject Preliminary Credential Concurrent with a Bilingual Authorization
07/16/19

Registration and scheduling are now available for the 2019–2020 program year for computer-based and paper-based tests.

Become an Assessor: Review the required qualifications and apply to score the CalAPA and CalTPA.
Vouchers are available for purchase by state education agencies and educator preparation programs to provide candidates with full or partial credit toward registration fees.

Geographic Region	Location	CalTPA Date	CalAPA Date
Northern California	Evaluation Systems Offices, Natomas	November 13th	November 14th
Orange County	Concordia, Irvine	December 11th	December 12th
Bay Area	Santa Clara COE	January 29th	January 28th
San Diego area	National University, Clairemont-Mesa campus	March 11th	March 10th
Inland Empire area	San Bernardino County, West End	April 7th	April 8th