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California Alternate Assessment (CAA) Practice Test

Build confidence with five focused 10-question practice sets covering reading, mathematics, science, communication, evidence, and applied academic skills.

CAA practice sets

This California Alternate Assessment (CAA) Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets offer supplemental practice across English language arts, mathematics, science, communication, evidence, and applied academic skills.

Skills covered

  • Reading inference, character evidence, main idea, vocabulary, facts, sequence, summaries, sentence types, adverbs, and claims
  • Addition, subtraction, fractions, area, comparing numbers, time, patterns, counting, shapes, and equal groups
  • Living things, plants, states of matter, gravity, fair tests, light, heat, growth, measurement tools, and habitats
  • Directions, picture evidence, agreement, clarification, observations, labels, requests, facts and opinions, charts, and listening
  • Schedules, money, hygiene, time comparisons, measurement, safety signs, data, recycling, and task planning

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Use the directions and evidence in each task, then review the explanation before moving to the next set.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current California Department of Education guidance, official CAA materials, accessibility supports, or testing policies.

For the broader California assessment hub, visit California State Assessments.

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California CAA Practice Questions

A 10-question California CAA practice set on caa english language arts and reading, with answers and explanations.

Read or listen to each task as appropriate, choose one answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

A story says, "Mia packed an umbrella before leaving home." What can the reader infer?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Rain may be expected..

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: Packing an umbrella suggests that Mia expects rain or wet weather.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

Packing an umbrella suggests that Mia expects rain or wet weather.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which detail best supports the idea that a character is kind?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The character shares a snack with a new student..

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: Sharing with someone who needs help is evidence of kindness.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

Sharing with someone who needs help is evidence of kindness.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the main idea of a paragraph about brushing teeth twice a day?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Brushing teeth helps keep them healthy..

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: The repeated details about brushing and dental health support this main idea.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

The repeated details about brushing and dental health support this main idea.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word has the same meaning as "begin"?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Start.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: Start means to begin.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

Start means to begin.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A text says that a plant needs light and water to grow. Which sentence is a fact from the text?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Plants need light and water to grow..

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: The sentence directly states information given in the text.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

The sentence directly states information given in the text.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence uses a time-order word?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is First, wash your hands..

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: First signals the order in which an action should happen.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

First signals the order in which an action should happen.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A student reads a paragraph about a dog finding its way home. What is the best summary?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A dog uses familiar clues to return home..

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: A summary includes the central event and leaves out minor details.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

A summary includes the central event and leaves out minor details.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence is written as a question?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Where is the library?.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: A question asks for information and ends with a question mark.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

A question asks for information and ends with a question mark.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What does the word "carefully" tell the reader in the sentence "Leo carried the glass carefully"?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is How Leo carried the glass..

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: Carefully describes how the action was performed.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

Carefully describes how the action was performed.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which piece of evidence best supports a claim that exercise can help the body?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A source explains that regular movement strengthens muscles..

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: The explanation about stronger muscles directly supports the claim.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

The explanation about stronger muscles directly supports the claim.

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Frequently asked questions about California CAA Practice Test

Which skills are covered?

The page covers supplemental reading, mathematics, science, communication, evidence, and applied academic skills practice.

How many questions are included?

There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.

Are these official CAA questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest California Department of Education information for official materials, accessibility supports, standards, and policies.