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ELPAC Update for RCAN March 22, 2018

ELPAC Updates The window for the operational Initial ELPAC will start July 1, 2018; no more CELDT . Trainings for the Initial ELPAC will begin in Spring 2018. Every LEA must participate in the training. Make-up trainings: ● August 1-2, 2018 in Sacramento ● August 6-7, 2018 in Montebello ● August 9-10, 2018 in Tulare (only for new LEA ELPAC Coordinators)

ELPAC Updates cont’d By April 1 of each year, an LEA ELPAC Coordinator must be designated for both the Initial and Summative ELPAC. The proposed Initial ELPAC blueprints merged grades 9-12 and will go to the State Board of Education for approval in March 2018. LEAs will locally score the Initial ELPAC for the official score using the Local Scoring Tool (LST).

ELPAC Updates cont’d LEAs must upload their Student English Language Acquisition (SELA) record at the same time as their enrollment record to data enter the raw scores into the LST to produce results. Each year, a rotating 25% of LEAs will be required to send their scored tests to the contractor for statistical item analyses and to identify LEAs that may need assistance with scoring or using the LST. LEAs must now notify parents prior to administering the Initial ELPAC.

ELPAC: Correction of Classification of Errors- Three Scenarios 1. If a student is classified as English only, but the LEA has an indication that the pupil’s primary or native language is not English and the student is unable to perform ordinary classroom work in English 2. If an LEA administers an Initial or Summative ELPAC to a student who is not eligible for the assessment 3. After the administration of the Initial ELPAC to a student, but before the student takes the summative ELPAC

ELPAC: Student Score Reports Timeline SUMMATIVE : If test materials received by contractor in March 2018, SSRs will be returned 10-12 weeks later due to a quality control Process “Understanding Your Student Score Report” handouts will be available by May 2018 Summative ELPAC SSR video will be posted by mid-July 2018 INITIAL :Generated at the local level

ELPAC: Unlisted Resources Request Mark the accomodations bubble on the Answer Book for unlisted resources that are approved by the CDE. Pausing is not the same as a break. If pausing the audio, that domain must be administered one-on-one and not in a group. For unlisted resources that are denied, yet used by the student, the Alternate Assessments bubble must be marked on the Answer Book.

ELPAC: Unlisted Resources Request cont’d Request Process: ○ The LEA ELPAC Coordinator must submit a request in writing to ELPAC@cde.ca.gov. ○ The request will be reviewed. ○ Approval will be emailed to the requesting LEA. ○ To date, all requests for pausing have been approved by the CDE. ○ Approval is for all students on an IEP in the requesting LEA (a request does not need to be submitted on an individual student basis).

ELPAC: Testing Irregularities If an irregularity or security breach occurs at the school, the Test Examiner must report the incident to the LEA ELPAC Coordinator. The LEA ELPAC Coordinator must call the ELPAC Customer Support Center at 844-782-2714. The LEA ELPAC Coordinator must fill out the ELPAC Testing Irregularities and Security Breach Report form (p. 23 of the ELPAC Test Administration manual located on ELPAC.org). Educational Testing Service (ETS) and/or the CDE will contact the LEA ELPAC Coordinator with instructions on how to handle the situation.

ELPAC: Ordering Test Materials Summative Materials Ordering Window : January 23, 2018 - May 15, 2018 Materials to arrie 10-14 days after placing an order.

ELPAC: Pre-ID Labels Pre-Identification Label Orders ● On labels ordered prior to February 8, the student’s DOB which should contain 13 characters (DOB [space] plus 8 digits of the actual date of birth)- is printed as 11 characters. ● The Pre-ID label process has since been corrected and, while the DOB on the printed label might be truncated, the barcode is correct, the online data associated with the barcode are correct, and the label can be used. This issue only affects LEAs that placed orders prior to February 8, 2018.

ELPAC: Test Materials Return Summative Post Administration Test Materials Return LEAs can return secure, scannable test materials to ETS once per month and do not have to wait until all testing is complete.

Four ELPAC Takeaways Emphasize test security Initial ELPAC make-up trainings for new LEA ELPAC Coordinators in summer 2018 Correction of classification error process Unlisted resources To join the e-mail list, send a blank e-mail to subscribe-elpac@mlist.cde.ca.gov.