Assessment Content

California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA)

California Administrator Performance Expectations (CAPE) 

California Teaching Performance Assessment (CalTPA)

California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) 
California Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs) 

Education Specialist CalTPA

California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) 
Preliminary Education Specialist Teaching Credential Preconditions, Program Standards, and Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs) 

California Basic Educational Skills Test™ (CBEST®)

CBEST Test Specifications

California Preliminary Administrative Credential Examination (CPACE)

CPACE Content Specifications 
Test Structure 

California Subject Examinations for Teachers® (CSET®)

Agriculture

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

American Sign Language

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Arabic

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Armenian

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Art

General Information
Subject Matter Requirements

Business

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Cantonese

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Dance

General Information
Subject Matter Requirements

English

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

English Language Development

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Farsi

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Filipino

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

French

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

German

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Health Science

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Hebrew

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Hindi

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Hmong

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Home Economics

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Industrial and Technology Education

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Italian

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Japanese

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Khmer

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Korean

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Mandarin

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Mathematics

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Multiple Subjects

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Music

General Information
Subject Matter Requirements

Physical Education

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Portuguese

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Preliminary Educational Technology

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Punjabi

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Russian

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Science

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements

• General Science 
• Life Sciences 
• Chemistry 
• Earth and Space Sciences 
• Physics 

Social Science

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Spanish

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Theatre

General Information
Subject Matter Requirements

Turkish

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Vietnamese

General Information 
Subject Matter Requirements 

Writing Skills

Test Structure 

California Teacher of English Learners® (CTEL®)

CTEL Examination Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) 

Reading Instruction Competence Assessment® (RICA®)

RICA Content Specifications 
Test Structure