Overview

Standard 12.10 of American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and National Council on Measurement in Education’s Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (2014) states, “In educational settings, a decision or characterization that will have major impact on a student should take into consideration not just scores from a single test but other relevant information.” Within that context, the test results should be interpreted as a student’s performance on a single assessment. They are meant to represent approximations of students’ mastery of content areas.

Any comparison of groups should not be used for diagnostic, placement, promotion, or retention purposes. Decisions about promotion, retention, placement, or eligibility for special programs may use or include ELPAC results only in conjunction with multiple other measures including, but not limited to, locally administered tests, teacher recommendations, and grades.