Receipt of the Alternate ELPAC Results by LEAs

Alternate ELPAC results are confidential, and LEAs should only share individual results with the educators who support the student's educational progress and parents/guardians.

Individual student results are available in the local educational agency (LEA) downloadable file in Test Operations Management System (TOMS) at the site and district levels. Results may be downloaded on the basis of current enrollment or the LEA-tested location.

Best practices on how to report results to parents/guardians is provided in the Reporting and Using Individual Results section.

Initial Alternate ELPAC Results

The Initial Alternate ELPAC results are used to identify students who need EL programs and services to develop their receptive (listening and reading) and expressive (speaking and writing) skills in English.

This information, in conjunction with other local assessments, assists LEAs and schools when providing program and service options to parents/guardians of EL students. The Initial Alternate ELPAC results also identify students who are IFEP and may only need minimal linguistic support.

Initial Alternate ELPAC Timeframe for Results

Students’ official Initial Alternate ELPAC English Language Acquisition Status (IFEP or EL) will be generated in TOMS and will begin to be fed to CALPADS annually in early July. LEAs will have the ability to print, or make available electronically, SSRs approximately 24 hours after the test has been submitted and scored in the test delivery system. The SSRs will then be available in TOMS for download at the site and district levels.

Summative Alternate ELPAC Results

The Summative Alternate ELPAC results will be used to determine how well EL students with the most significant cognitive disabilities are progressing annually toward ELP, and to assist LEAs and schools in the ongoing process of program monitoring and evaluation until reclassification.

The Summative Alternate ELPAC results are used to meet the first of four criterion to determine whether EL students with the most significant cognitive disabilities are ready to be reclassified as fluent English proficient. Refer to Reporting and Using Individual Results section for more information.

Educator Access to Results

Educators have access to state interim and summative results reported in CERS to assist with data-driven decision-making. In addition, the reporting of summary results will be available on the CAASPP-ELPAC Test Results for California's Assessments web page.

Summative Alternate ELPAC Timeframe for Results

LEAs will begin to receive the individual SSRs for the Summative Alternate ELPAC in late summer, after all testing, post-equating, and the quality control process have been completed.

The California School Dashboard

The English Learner Progress Indicator (ELPI) of the California School Dashboard uses the Summative ELPAC and Summative Alternate ELPAC results for LEA accountability and reporting EL student progress toward ELP. This information is used to assist LEAs and schools in the ongoing process of evaluating program effectiveness.

Summative ELPAC and Summative Alternate ELPAC results are used in ELPI of the California School Dashboard. This indicator is used to assist LEAs and schools in the ongoing process of program monitoring and evaluation. The ELPI represents the percentage of EL students who are progressing toward ELP. The 2023–24 Summative ELPAC and Summative Alternate ELPAC results will be incorporated in the 2024 ELPI report.

Information on the use of Summative ELPAC results in the ELPI is available in fall of each year on the California School Dashboard website.

For more information regarding the use of the ELPI, refer to the English Learner Progress Indicator web page.