Important Updates

ELPAC Updates

LEA Certification Deadlines

The Summative ELPAC LEA certification or verification should be completed by 12/8/23, based on whether the LEA ELPAC coordinator or designee is new or has been previously certified. The LEA certification for the Summative Alternate ELPAC should be completed by 12/15/23. This is required only for LEAs with eligible students with the most significant cognitive disabilities and will also be based on whether the LEA ELPAC coordinator or designee is new or has been previously certified. This year, superintendents will be notified two weeks after the deadlines above if LEA certification has not been completed to ensure that there is adequate time to train test examiners to administer the summative assessments.

Training for Test Examiners

The Summative ELPAC and Summative Alternate ELPAC Administration and Scoring Trainings (ASTs) for test examiners are available online in Moodle. Moodle keys for LEA ELPAC coordinators have been made available on the AST website. LEA specific access codes for the AST website and instructions were emailed to LEA ELPAC Coordinators. All training resources are available digitally in Moodle for secure download or local printing. LEA Testing Coordinators should contact the LEA’s assigned LEA Success Agent with any questions or visit the California Outreach web page for other support options.

Test Materials Ordering Window

Writing domain testing materials for kindergarten through grade two can be ordered through TOMS. For instructions on how to place a writing test materials order, view the Place Primary Order: Overview webpage. The Primary Test Material Order window closes on 12/18/23 and the window for the Supplemental Test Material Order is open from 1/12/24 to 5/10/24.

CA School Dashboard

English Learner Progress Indicator (ELPI)

The ELPI is now fully complete with the SBE approval of:

- Change cut points,

- Five-by-five colored table that will be used to determine a Performance Level (or color) for LEAs, schools, and the EL student group, and

- A methodology to include the Summative Alternate ELPAC into the state indicator.

The ELPI will display performance colors for the first time using ELPAC and Summative Alternate ELPAC results. To access the Change cut points and five-by-five colored table for this indicator (as well as for all state indicators), refer to the 2023 CDE Five-by-Five Colored Table web page.

Dashboard Communication Toolkit Updates

Throughout the next few weeks, CDE will be updating the Dashboard Communications Toolkit webpage with:

- Flyers for Parents (and Those New to the Dashboard)

- Flyers for Educators

- On-Demand Dashboard 101 and Indicator Recordings and Notetaking Guides

- Talking Points

- Additional Resources

Flyers relevant to English Learner students include:

- English Learner Students on the California School Dashboard

- English Learner Students in the Academic Indicators

- English Learner Progress Indicator

- Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) Results in the English Learner Progress Indicator

- English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) Participation Rate

- Translated Versions of Information on the English Learner Students on the California School Dashboard

The Additional Resources section is a one-stop shop for:

- Individualized web pages focusing on state and local indicators including Academic Performance, Chronic Absenteeism, College/Career, English Learner Progress, Graduation Rate, Suspension Rate, Local Indicators

- 2023 Connecting CALPADS to the Dashboard Handbook – to verify your CALPADS data before it is used for the Dashboard

- 2023 Five-by-Five Colored Tables – a five-by-five placement grid (five Status and five Change levels) which is used to identify the performance color for the Dashboard

- Dashboard Technical Guide – the latest calculation formulas and business rules used to calculate the Dashboard state indicators

- System of Support – information and resources on California's system to support districts and schools to help meet the needs of their students

- School Dashboard Additional Reports – multiple supplementary reports offer additional data and insight to the Dashboard results

- Downloadable State and Local Indicator Data Files – LEA, school, and student group data statewide results for all state indicators as well as local indicator data submitted to the Dashboard by LEAs