Summative ELPAC

Data displayed on the samples in this guide are for demonstration purposes only and do not reflect valid data. Sample SSRs may include minor variances from actual SSRs.

Refer to the Reporting Criteria subtopic for information about the criteria required for a student to receive an SSR.

Summative ELPAC Reporting Levels

For the overall score and the composite scores—oral language score for the Listening and Speaking domains, and written language score for the Reading and Writing domains—there are four possible performance levels:

• Level 4—Well Developed
• Level 3—Moderately Developed
• Level 2—Somewhat Developed
• Level 1—Beginning to Develop

For the domain scores, there are three possible reporting performance level descriptors:

• Well Developed
• Somewhat/Moderately Developed
• Beginning to Develop

Additional Messaging

Score History

Scale scores and performance levels are shown for previous years’ assessments in the “Score History” section; note that scores from 2019–20 would not be included because these scores were not reported. There might be a message present under the following circumstances for a previous-year Summative ELPAC administration, as presented in figure 1:

• When the student was eligible and did not test, the score history for that administration shows as “Eligible but not tested.”
• When the student was not eligible to test in a prior year, the score history for that prior year will be blank.

• When the student was eligible and partially tested but did not log on to one domain in each composite, the score history for that administration shows as “Incomplete test | No score available.”

  

  Figure 1. Sample score history

Special Indicators

In cases where a domain exemption was requested for a student with a disability that precludes student testing in one or more domains, the student was assessed in the remaining domains in which it was possible to assess the student and scored based on the remaining domain. A tilde (~) is present in the table next to the domain name, and the following message will appear on the second page of the SSR:

~ Student was exempted from this domain. The composite score was calculated based on the completed domain.

If the student did not log on to a particular domain assessment, the student received zero points for that domain. A caret (^) is present in the table next to the domain name, and the following message will appear on the second page of the SSR:

^ Student was not tested in this domain. This zero score was included in the calculation of the composite score.

Finally, a student might have tested using an unlisted resource that was assigned by the LEA in TOMS. When the assigned unlisted resource changed the construct being tested, the following message, noted with an asterisk (*), appears on the second page of the SSR:

* An unlisted resource that changed the construct was used for one or more domains; therefore, the student received the lowest score in that domain.

Figure 2 provides an example of how these indicators would appear within a composite’s reporting on page two of the SSR. In the example, there is an asterisk next to the domain name “Listening” and a tilde next to the domain name “Speaking.”

Figure 2. Domain indicators within a composite

Example SSR

Page 1 of 2, Top: Student Information

Figure 3. Student information on page one of the Summative ELPAC SSR

Page 1 of 2, Middle: Score Overview

Figure 4. Score overview on page one of the Summative ELPAC SSR

Page 1 of 2, Bottom: Performance Level Descriptions

Figure 5. Performance level descriptions on page one of the Summative ELPAC SSR

Page 2 of 2, Top: Composite Scores

Figure 6. Composite scores section on page two of the Summative ELPAC SSR

Page 2 of 2, Bottom: Score History

Figure 7. Score history section on page two of the Summative ELPAC SSR

Sample of the SSR for the Summative ELPAC

Page 1

Figure 8. Sample Summative ELPAC SSR, page one

Page 2

Figure 9. Sample Summative ELPAC SSR, page two