Registration Open Now for CERS Spring Trainings!

Email Update, December 4, 2024

Dear California Educators:

To support the use of the California Educator Reporting System (CERS), the California Department of Education is hosting spring trainings as a follow-up to the 2024–25 Introduction to CERS trainings. Additional information and links to registration are available below.

2024–25 CERS—Beyond the Basics for Teachers

Audience:, This online training is designed for teachers and other educational staff who have or will have access to CERS assessment results, for example, teachers who have students rostered in the system and other LEA staff who are interested in using CERS.

Topics:, Intermediate and advanced CERS features, including customizing groups in CERS, using advanced filters, exploring specific features available for interim assessment data, and reviewing information available in Individual Student Reports.

Dates and times:, (the same training will be offered twice)

• March 11, 2025, 3:30–5 p.m.
• March 18, 2025, 3:30–5 p.m.

Register now for the 2024–25 CERS—Beyond the Basics for Teachers

2024–25 CERS—Beyond the Basics for Coordinators and Administrators

Audience:, This online training is designed for staff who have an LEA or site coordinator role in the Test Operations Management System and are responsible for managing access to CERS for other LEA staff members.

Topics:, Intermediate and advanced CERS features, including exploring the specific features available in CERS Administrator Tools (creating custom reports and data exports), completing advanced rostering, and reviewing additional information helpful to managing access to CERS and supporting LEA staff in the use of CERS.

Dates and times:, (the same training will be offered twice)

• March 13, 2025, 1–3 p.m.
• March 19, 2025, 1–3 p.m.

Register now for 2024–25 CERS—Beyond the Basics for Coordinators and Administrators

2024–25 Accessing Summative Assessment Results in CERS

Audience:, This online training is designed for all CERS users who want just-in-time information about accessing assessment results in advance of results becoming available for the 2024–25 school year in CERS.

Topics:, How to access specific 2024–25 summative assessment results in CERS, viewing Individual Student Reports, and understanding features available for specific assessments.

Two modules will be offered:

• Module One will focus on the 2024–25 Summative English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC), the Summative Alternate ELPAC, and the California Spanish Assessment (CSA).
• Module Two will focus on the 2024–25 Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics, California Science Test (CAST), and the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for ELA, mathematics and science.

Dates and times:, (each module will be offered once)

• Module One:, May 15, 2025, 3:30–5 p.m.
• Module Two:, May 22, 2025, 3:30–5 p.m.

Register now for 2024–25 Accessing Summative Assessment Results in CERS

Special Note for CERS Spring Trainings

It is highly recommended that participants have a basic understanding of CERS before attending these trainings. The sessions will build upon the 2024–25 Introduction to CERS trainings which provided educators with an overview of CERS. The 2024–25 Introduction to CERS training recordings are posted as a series of short microlearning videos educators can watch all the way through or view specific topics at any time. The CERS microlearning videos can be found on the Upcoming and On-Demand Trainings web page.

If you have any questions about this email, please contact Nikki Antonovich, Coordinator, Sacramento County Office of Education by email at caaspp@scoe.net.