Overview
cPass measures the knowledge and skills needed for specific career pathways.
Test Features
Computer-based cPass assessments:
- Include a variety of question formats to challenge students
- Feature questions designed to allow for accessibility by students with vision or motor impairments
- Are administered in a secure environment that protects student data
- Allow students access to helpful tools and materials during testing Results are based on 100 scored questions.
Achievement Level Cut Scores
Assessment scores are assigned to one of four achievement levels. Achievement levels are based on overall student scores. This allows the cPass pathway examinations to demonstrate both student progress if taken multiple times by the same student, as well as trends in student performance in the pathway over time when taken across potentially different sets of items.
Comprehensive Agriculture
Scale-Score Range | Achievement Level |
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Below 353 | Developing |
353 – 399 | Approaches |
400 – 449 | Meets |
450 and above | Exceeds |
Animal Systems
Scale-Score Range | Achievement Level |
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Below 350 | Developing |
350 – 399 | Approaches |
400 – 449 | Meets |
450 and above | Exceeds |
Plant Systems
Scale-Score Range | Achievement Level |
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Below 360 | Developing |
360 – 399 | Approaches |
400 – 448 | Meets |
450 and above | Exceeds |