CST BLUEPRINTS
The following blueprints are for the California Standards Tests (CSTs) that students take in grades two through eleven. The "# of Items" column shows the numbers of questions testing each standard as well as the total number of questions for each strand. The "%" column shows the percentage of questions assessing each strand. In some grades there are standards that, while important, are not assessable in a multiple-choice format. These standards have been identified with the notation NA*. Though these standards are not assessed, they are important to the comprehension of the strand.

CST RELEASED ITEMS
The released test questions are taken from the California Standards Tests. All questions on the CSTs are evaluated by committees of content experts, including teachers and administrators, to ensure their appropriateness for measuring the California academic content standards. In addition to content, all items are reviewed and approved to ensure their adherence to the principles of fairness and to ensure no bias exists with respect to characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, and language. These documents contain released test questions from the California Standards Test forms in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. First on the pages that follow are lists of the standards assessed followed by the test questions.