News and Updates Webinars

Upcoming webinars

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, May 13, 2026, 11 a.m. PT. / 2 p.m. ET.

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Past webinars

• Message from the CASAS President 05:19
• Agenda 06:48
• Assessment Update 07:15
• Promising Practice: Hillsborough’s Post-testing Campaign 11:50
• Remedies to Beat the TE/eTests Blues 44:53
• Upcoming Events 52:07

• Agenda 06:46
• Assessment Update 07:21
• Promising Practices: CASAS Connects 10:52
• Friendship Poll 26:37
• Updates: TE Data Transfer 29:33
• Training Update 45:45
• Upcoming Events 50:57

• Welcome 0:05:27
• Message from the CASAS President 0:06:05
• CASAS Public Service Announcement - Adult Education 0:06:59
• Contact your representatives, it's easy 0:08:28
• Agenda 0:09:34
• Save Time and Money with CASAS 0:10:39
• Assessment Update 0:12:55
• Promising Practices: Assessment Policies and Tips for a Successful New Program Year 0:18:10
• Updates: TOPSpro Enterprise (TE) Beginning of the Year Tips 0:28:17
• Teacher Portal 0:38:49
• Remote Testing 0:43:16
• Training 0:48:32
• Look Back at Summer Institute 2025 0:57:47

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, April 16, 2025, 11 a.m. PT.

• Message from the CASAS President 0:07:34
• Agenda 0:08:44
• Assessment Update 0:09:02
• Navigating NRS Table 4 0:14:35
• Promising Practice: Fostering WIOA I and WIOA II Partnerships 0:22:52
• CASAS eTests / TE Updates: Remote Testing 0:46:16
• Training Update 0:53:43
• Wrap it Up! Summer Institute 2025 0:59:09
• Important Reminders 1:03:16

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, February 5, 2025

• Message from the CASAS President - 06:06
• Agenda - 07:18
• Test Development and Research Updates - 07:59
• Spanish Assessment Overview - 13:29
• Promising Practice: Tennessee - 19:27
• Remote Testing Updates - 33:05
• Training Updates - 39:41
• Important Reminders - 44:34
• Summer Institute 2025 - 44:53
• Office Hours with CASAS Staff - 46:58
• Teacher Portal National Live Training - 48:15

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, December 11, 2024, 11 a.m. PT.

• Message from the President 05:58
• Agenda 07:17
• Test Development and Research Updates 07:40
• Promising Practice: National External Diploma Program (NEDP) 16:05
• CASAS eTests and TOPSpro Enterprise Updates 38:04
• CASAS eTests Proctor Resources 38:31
• Training Updates 44:09
• Important Reminders 48:32

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, October 16, 2024, 11 a.m. PT.

• Message from CASAS President, Jane Eguez 05:55
• Agenda 06:57
• Assessment Update 09:48
• Promising Practice Recap: Garden Grove's Success 15:00
• Promising Practice: Student Data Chats 19:10
• Teacher Portal Myth Busting 30:20
• Myths about CASAS eTests 33:50
• Training Update, Busting Myths and Banishing Zombies 37:32
• Wrap it up! Important Events Reminders 45:38

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, August 21, 2024.

• Agenda 0:07:38
• Message from the President 0:08:07
• Test Development and Research Updates 0:11:50
• Promising Practice: Garden Grove’s New Orientation Success! 0:21:54
• CASAS eTests Updates 0:39:39
• Remote Testing 0:44:42
• Training Update 0:48:29
• Important Reminders 0:53:10
• NEDP 2024 National Conference 0:58:14

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, April 17, 2024.

• Let CASAS Be Your Compass 0:06:19
• Agenda 0:07:00 
•  OCTAE ESL Assessment Extension 0:07:26
• New Assessment Launch 0:10:55
• Transition Options 0:13:20
• Promising Practice Presentation - Hacienda La Puente 0:17:07
• Data Integrity Report (DIR) 0:37:50
• New Testing Series & Replication 0:44:13
• CASAS Teacher Portal 0:51:11
• CASAS eWORKs Update 0:55:19
• Training Updates 0:58:58
• CASAS eTests Proctor Certification 1:00:38
• Summer Institute 1:02:32
• Important Reminders 1:05:02

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, February 7, 2024

• Agenda 0:08:54
• Test Development 0:09:32
• Assessment Update 0:14:05
• Promising Practice Presentation: CTE and CASAS 0:22:26
• Sneak peek: CASAS eWORKs 0:32:06
• CASAS Teacher Portal 0:36:29
• WTUs vs TEUs 0:41:10
• Training Updates 0:44:28
• Summer Institute 0:48:17
• Other News 0:55:21

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, December 6, 2023.

• Agenda 06:53
• Test Development and Research Updates 07:20
• CASAS eTests Update and TOPSpro Enterprise Updates 10:47
• Promising Practice Presentation: ELP Standards Unlocked 15:29
• CASAS Reports: Your Compass for a Professional Development Plan 37:00
• Field Testing Opportunities 40:23
• Training Update 44:49
• Summer Institute 2024 50:46
• Next News and Updates Webinar 52:37

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, October 11, 2023.

• Agenda 08:30 
• Promising Practice Presentation: Remote Testing Hub 11:40 
• Assessment Update 35:45 
• CASAS eTests Security Update 43:38 
• Training Updates 45:53 
• Upcoming Events 50:33 

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, August 23, 2023.

• Agenda 0:14:24
• Promising Practice Presentation: HyFlex Instruction at Merced Adult School 0:17:00
• Assessment Update 0:34:46
• Transitioning to the New Series 0:47:48
• CASAS eTests Security Update – “Take a Test” 0:54:57
• Upcoming Events 0:59:52

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, April 19, 2023, at 11 a.m. PT

• Agenda 06:41
• Poll 1 07:15
• Test Development Update 09:52
• What's not going to change? 14:22
• STEPS Report Preview 19:25
• Tips for Launching the New Test Series 23:38
• Implementation Ideas for The CASAS Essay Test 29:48
• Student Testimonials 36:39
• Take a Test 38:54
• Poll 2 44:30
• Summer Institute 2023 46:36
• Upcoming Events 57:32

Watch the CASAS Promising Practice Presentation: HyFlex Instruction at Merced Adult School presentation.

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, February 8, 2023, at 11 a.m. PT

• Agenda 0:06:53
• Test Development Updates 0:10:16
• Field Testing & Research Studies 0:21:52
• Four Steps to Improve Writing Skills 0:25:14
• What’s New in TOPSpro Enterprise? 0:36:21
• Sneak preview: Teacher Portal 0:37:06
• Who’s New at CASAS? 0:44:30
• Summer Institute 2023 0:48:51
• Other CASAS News 1:00:16

CASAS Essay Test

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CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, December 7, 2022, at 11 a.m. PT

• Agenda - 0:07:10
• Test Development Update - 0:08:16
• Research Update - 0:18:12
• Writing Assessment Pilot update - 0:21:58
• Promising practice - 0:23:04
• Topic of the month: Student Data Security - 0:37:02
• Poll, about Student Data Security - 0:38:29
• CASAS eTests / TOPSpro Enterprise - 0:46:09
• CASAS News – Training - 0:48:19
• CASAS Holiday Office Closures - 0:57:10

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, October 19, 2022, at 11 a.m. PT

• Agenda - 0:06:31
• Test Development Update - 0:07:25
• Research Update - 0:17:44
• Writing Assessment Pilot update - 0:22:25
• Exploring Digital Equity - 0:23:57
• Poll - Digital Literacy - 0:26:07
• Oakland - 150 years - 0:28:07
• CASAS eTests Testing sessions - 0:45:09
• Training - 0:54:36
• CASAS News - 1:03:20

CASAS National News and Updates Webinar, August 17, 2022, at 11 a.m. PT

• Webinar Topics - 0:12:17
• Test Development Update - 0:13:00
• Research Studies - 0:14:02
• Field Testing Info - 0:19:06
• Poll - Onboarding new staff - 0:24:33
• CASAS Intake Process - 0:30:06
• CASAS eTests and TOPSpro Enterprise (eT/TE) Tips and Tricks
  • Adding users, access groups, giving access after Proctor training, replicating testing sessions and classes 0:43:44
• Take a Test - 0:57:03
• CASAS News - 1:05:09