1. Language Proficiency Assessment Committees (LPAC)
Charmaine Dean, Celestine Anderson & Sherry Burkett

2. To make consistent decisions about assessments that effect the educational needs of English Language Learners.
There are many English Language Learners that do not have the foundation or prior knowledge that they need to be successful academically when they enter schools in the United states.
Purpose of LPAC

3. Role of LPAC To fulfill state requirements LPAC must:
Follow procedures in the TEA manual
Monitor student progress & determine appropriate instructional interventions
Make decisions on individual student basis
Function as a committee
Document decisions, instructional intervention & the reasons why specific students that have been determined as exempt
Role of LPAC

4. LPAC is responsible for determining which Spanish speaking ELLs in grades 3-5 will take their TAKS in English or Spanish.
Spanish TAKS are generally given to students that are in Bilingual programs & receive most of their instruction in Spanish.
Students that are in ESL programs normally take it in English; however the Spanish TAKS is sometimes necessary
Language of Testing

5. Criteria for Exemptions
Examine student’s school experience outside the United States.
Monitor the progress of student up until the Spring test is administered.
Criteria for Exemptions

6. General Exemption Criteria
LEP Status
Program Participation
TASKS Immigrant Status
Years In U.S. Schools
Grades 2-12 TELPAS Reading Rating
General Exemption Criteria

7. There are 2 types of accommodations for testing ELL’s:
Indirect Support
Direct Support
Indirect support testing do not have to be recorded in the students records.
LPAC has to make the decision whether or not the student can receive direct support for test. This information has to be recorded in the students record.
LAT Accommodations

8. Indirect Support Accommodations
Mathematics/ Science
Reading/ ELA
Clarification of Test Directions ✔
Breaks at Request of Student
Testing Over Two Days ✔*
Indirect Support Accommodations

9. Direct Support Accommodations
Mathematics & Science Accommodations
TAKS, Including
TAKS (Accommodated)
TAKS -M
Linguistic Simplification* ✔
Oral Translation
Reading Assistance
Bilingual Dictionary
Bilingual Glossary
English & Spanish Test Side by Side (Grade 3-5)
Direct Support Accommodations

10. Direct Support Accommodations
Reading/ELA Accommodations for TAKS, Including (Accommodated), and TAKS-M
Grades 3-8
Reading
ELA/ Reading
ELA Revising& Editing
ELA Written
Composition
Bilingual Dictionary ✔
English Dictionary ✔*
Reading Aloud-Word/ Phrase †
Reading Aloud-Entire Test Item
Oral Translation-Word/Phrase
Clarification- Word/Phrase
Direct Support Accommodations

11. http://ritter. tea. state. tx. us/student
ment/ELL/lpac/LPAC1-Manual2010.pdf
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