Resources
Registration portals, study guides, standards, and the curriculum materials the CalTPA cycles draw on.
Exam registration and study guides
CTC Exams Portal
The registration hub for every CTC exam, with each test listed: CSET, CalTPA, CTEL, and the rest. Test dates, fees, score reporting, and the full set of official study guides all start here.
CSET: Multiple Subjects Study Guide
The official content specification for all three Multiple Subjects subtests (101, 214, 225): the exact domains each subtest covers, straight from the source. Study from this list, not from third-party summaries.
CSET: Mathematics Study Guide
Content specification for the Single Subject math CSET: Subtest I (211) Number and Quantity plus Algebra, Subtest II (212) Geometry plus Probability and Statistics, Subtest III (213) Calculus.
Standards
Common Core State Standards
The ELA and math standards California adopted (with CA additions). CalTPA lesson plans cite these standard codes directly, so the plan's alignment section starts and ends here.
Coherence Map
An interactive graph of how the math standards connect within and across grades. The fastest way to trace a standard's prerequisites and where it leads, which is exactly what the prior-learning and future-learning rationale in a CalTPA plan asks for.
Curriculum and planning
Eureka Math
The Great Minds curriculum many California districts run. Its module-topic-lesson structure is the frame of reference for math lesson planning in districts that use it, including the CalTPA math cycle.
Eureka Free Resources
Great Minds' no-cost downloads: pacing and curriculum maps, parent and teacher supports, and sample module materials. Useful when full curriculum access is not available.
Achieve the Core
Free standards-aligned lessons, planning tools, mini-assessments, and instructional-shift guides built around the Common Core. Strong source for evidence-based practices to cite in lesson rationales.