Transcript NS 2013 CELDT ELPAC PPT - Testing (CA Dept of Education)

English Language Proficiency
Assessments Office
Update on the State’s English
Language Proficiency
Assessments
Regional Assessment Network
Meeting
March 18, 2015
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Overview
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• California English Language
Development Test (CELDT) Update
• English Language Proficiency
Assessments for California (ELPAC)
Timeline
• Opportunities for Local Educational Area
(LEA) Participation and Input on ELPAC
Development
• ELPAC Regulations
• Example of ELPAC Initial Assessment &
Appeal Period Timeline
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• Contact Information
CELDT Update
CELDT and CALPADS merge:
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Data Review Module (DRM):
– Statewide Student Identifier (SSID) Flags
• The Student Score Files (SSF) have been
revised to indicate which data have been
pulled from CALPADS:
– Merged Post-DRM SSF
– Merged November–June Cumulative SSF
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CELDT Update (cont.)
2014–15 Edition DRM
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Opened February 20 and will close March
19, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.
• LEAs must correct the data for all students
tested during the Annual Assessment
Window (July 1 through October 31, 2014).
• Inaccuracies may prevent CELDT records
from matching with CALPADS data
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CELDT Update (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Superintendent’s Designation of
CELDT District Coordinator Form (SDF)
• Now available on the Web!
• Current CELDT District Coordinator
(CDC) may log on to the secure CELDT
District Portal at
http://www.celdt.org/district/.
• The 2015–16 Edition SDF is due April
1, 2015.
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CELDT Update (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
2015–16 Edition CELDT Initial Ordering
Window: March 20–April 10, 2015
• To receive test materials May through
June 2015, the CDC must submit an
initial order by logging on to the secure
CELDT District Portal at
http://www.celdt.org/district/.
• If the Initial Ordering Window is missed,
the next opportunity will be July 1, 2015.
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CELDT Update (cont.)
Scoring Training of Trainers (STOT) Workshops
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Date
Day
Location
April 7
Tues.
Sacramento
April 14
Tues.
San Diego
April 15
Wed.
Downey
April 16
Thurs.
Riverside
April 21
Tues.
Clovis
April 23
Thurs.
Sacramento
April 29
Wed.
San Jose
August 18
Tues.
Costa Mesa
August 25
Tues.
Sacramento
For more information, view the STOT Statewide Workshops
Registration Information Web page at
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http://celdt.org/training/stot/registration.
CELDT Update (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
CELDT Administration Regional
Workshops
• Posted on the CELDT 2015–16 Regional
Workshops List Web page at
http://www.celdt.org/training/stot/regional
2015–16 CELDT Information Guide
• The guide is posted on the California
Department of Education CELDT Web
page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el/
under the “Coordinators, Admins, &
Teachers” tab.
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ELPAC Timeline
• December 2014—Request for proposals
released
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• February 2015—Proposals were due
• March 2015—Bid opening of cost proposal;
five-day posting of intent to award contract
• April 2015—Contract to be initiated
• April 2015—Technical Advisory Group
meeting on the grades kindergarten–12 test
blueprint guidelines
• July 2015—ELPAC Regulations to the State
Board of Education (SBE)
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ELPAC Timeline (cont.)
• July through September 2015—Public
comment period on the Regulations
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• August 2015—Complete test blueprints
development
• September 2015—
– Test blueprints for the ELPAC initial
and summative to the SBE
– Public hearing on the Regulations
• November 2015—SBE to adopt the
Regulations or direct the CDE to conduct
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a 15-day public comment period
Opportunities for LEA
Participation and Input on
ELPAC Development
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Test blueprints
• Item writing training
• Content and bias/sensitivity reviews
• Pilot and field testing
• Performance level descriptors
development
• Standard settings on the initial and
summative assessments
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ELPAC Regulations
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Must be in place for the 2016–17 field
tests
• Language use survey (i.e., the home
language survey) to identify potential
English learners (ELs)
• Locally scored initial assessment
• Appeal process of initial identification as
an EL
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ELPAC Regulations (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Section to address identification and
assessment of students with disabilities
• Shift of the annual assessment window to
the spring
• Four-month period after January 1
• Proposing February 1–May 31
• Accountability
• Reclassification
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Example of ELPAC Initial Assessment &
Appeal Period Timeline
In Calendar Days
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Administer
Language
Use Survey
45-Day Appeal Period
Pupil Receives EL Services
10 days
Sept 1
Sept 10
Date of
First
Enrollment
30 days
Administer &
Score the Initial
Assessment
Nov 1
Oct 1
15 days
10 days
Window for
LEA to
Notify
Parent of
Right to
Appeal
Window for
Parent to
Request
Appeal
Dec 1
30 days
from receipt of
parent appeal request
Superintendent
Grants/Denies Appeal
Based on Evidence
Collected Since Parent
Notification & Notifies
Parent in Writing of
Decision
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Contact Information
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
English Language Proficiency
Assessments Office
Phone: 916-319-0784
ELPAC e-mail: [email protected]
CELDT e-mail: [email protected]
CELDT and ELPAC Web page:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el/
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