1. Assessment Updates California Special Education Local Plan
Area Administrators Meeting
December 7, 2017
Traci Albee, Administrator English Language Proficiency and Spanish Assessments for California
Mao Vang, Administrator
Assessment Development and Administration Division

2. Presentation Overview
Update on the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC)
Update on the California Science Test (CAST) and California Alternate Assessment (CAA) for Science
Share accessibility resources available for students with disabilities

3. Three Year Assessment Timeline

4. What is the ELPAC?
The ELPAC is California’s new assessment that is used to determine the English language proficiency (ELP) of students whose primary language is other than English.
The ELPAC is replacing the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) and is aligned with the 2012 California English Language Development Standards.
The ELPAC assessesfour domains: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.

6. Summative Assessment (SA)

7. Improvements to the 2018 SA
Audio recordings for Speaking––Summarize an Academic Presentation Grades 3–12
Grades 3–12 students will be able to write in their Test Books
Stopping points and break times added
In grades 6–12, graphics for the Speaking task types (Present and Discuss Information, Summarize, and Academic Presentation) are added to the Test Book
For a complete list, you can access the flyer on the ELPAC.org website.

8. SA Important Differences
SA Window: February 1–May 31 annually
Any student who is identified as an English learner and is enrolled during the SA window must test.
Data Correction: There is no Data Review Module for the ELPAC.
Local educational agencies (LEAs) need to ensure their student demographic data in the CALPADS Operational Data Store (ODS) is up-to-date.
LEAs are encouraged to use Pre-ID labels to ensure further accuracy.
ELPAC Pre-ID label costs have been reduced to help with accurate demographics.
Materials ordering: LEAs have the ability to order supplemental materials more than once per month.

9. ELPAC Cognitive Lab Study
A study to evaluate the accessibility of ELPAC items to blind or deaf student populations
Study will be conducted at the California School for the Blind and California School for the Deaf
Items to be administered in grades K–8
Approximately 10–14 items
Tentatively scheduled for January/February 2018

10. Initial Assessment (IA)

11. IA Key Information
The window for the operational ELPAC IA will start July 1, 2018; no more CELDT.
Trainings for the IA will begin in spring Every LEA must participate in the training.
By April 1 of each year, an LEA ELPAC Coordinator must be designated for both the IA and SA.

12. IA Key Information (cont.)
LEAs will locally score the IA for the official score using the Local Scoring Tool (LST).
LEAs must upload their Student English Language Acquisition (SELA) record at the same time as their enrollment record to enter the score into the LST.
Each year, a rotating 25% of LEAs will be required to send their scored tests to the contractor for statistical item analyses and to identify LEAs that may need assistance with scoring or using the LST.

13. New Resources

14. Practice Tests
Posted on October 30, 2017 at
Provide sample test task types and questions
Include directions for giving the practice test to students
Provide a sense of how the 2012 ELD Standards are assessed on the ELPAC

15. Practice Tests (cont.) Students: Parents: Teachers: Administrators:
Become familiar with the task types and questions
Learn how to provide their answers
Parents:
Understand the types of English-language skills needed
Understand what students need to do on the actual test
Teachers:
Review with students and their families
Create similar tasks for instructional purposes
Administrators:
Communicate with students, families, and teachers about the skills assessed in the test

16. New Resources Do we administer the CELDT or the ELPAC in 2017–18?
ELPAC Assessments Fact Sheet
A Parent Guide to Understanding the ELPAC
Translated into seven languages
Domain Information Sheets
Matrix 4: Universal Tools, Designated Supports, and Accommodations for the ELPAC
These resources are located on the CDE Web site at

17. New Resources (cont.) Quick flow chart of what to administer in 2017
Anyone who took the Initial CELDT this year and is enrolled between Feb 1 and May 31st must take the ELPAC too (yes two tests)
The initial has to be administratored within the first 30 days of enrollment.
The official assessment for 2017 is the ELPAC – if you have a student taking the alternative and that is already on the IEP (preschool students continuing) they would take the alternative. If they are new to the school and not yet identified in the IEP, they would take the ELPAC and alternative after.

18. Parent Guide to Understanding the ELPAC

19. Domain Information Sheets
Helpful for IEP teams -

20. Every Student Succeeds Act
New federal regulations indicate that if an English learner has a disability that there are no appropriate accommodations for, as determined by the Individualized Education Program or Section 504 team, then, the student needs to be exempt from that domain. The remaining domains would be used to calculate the student’s English language proficiency score.
State must provide an alternate assessment for those students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.
Working on the language to relay this to the field.
I.e. mutism – they cannot access the domain.
Preparation for the 2nd administrator of the ELPAC ( ). Continue to administer the current selection. Make sure they are aligned to the 2012 aligned.

21. California Science Test (CAST) and California Alternate Assessments (CAAs)

22. Implementation Timeline
NGSS adopted 2013

23. CAST Overview
CAST is part of California’s state testing program called the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP).
The CAST measures what students know and can do using the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS), which focus on understanding the concepts across such scientific areas as life science, earth and space science, and physical science.
These standards use disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and cross-cutting concepts to help students understand how science works in the natural world.

24. Who Takes CAST Field Test and CAA for Science Year-two Pilot?
All eligible students in grades five, eight, and once in high school.
In all grade twelve students are required to take the science test.
An LEA may elect to administer the science test to students in grades 10 or 11 who are enrolled in their last science course.
Each student is allowed only one opportunity to test in high school.
The default test assignment will be the CAST, and LEAs will need to change the test assignment for students who are eligible for the alternate assessment.

25. CAST Field Test Update
The CAST field test consists of discrete items and performance tasks (PTs) and will take approximately two hours to administer.
Local education agencies (LEAs) will administer the computer-based CAST field test beginning on April 2, 2018 through the LEA’s selected testing window or last day of instruction.

26. Updated Training Tests
Training test updated September 2017
Grade-specific training tests coming March 2018
Includes new item types that will be presented on the field test.

27. Updated Reference Sheets

28. Test Administrator and Student Surveys
Test Administrator Survey:
Consists of 7–10 questions, taking approximately 5–10 minutes to complete.
Must be completed before July 16, 2018.
Student Survey:
One question—“Do you think you will be enrolling in any more science classes in high school?”

29. CAA for Science Overview
The California Alternate Assessment (CAA) for Science is part CAASPP.
Designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, the CAA for Science is an annual measure of what students know and can do using alternate achievement standards. Known as the Core Content Connectors, these standards are aligned with the CA NGSS.

30. CAA for Science Year-two Update (1)
Three embedded performance tasks (PT) that will be administered following related classroom instruction.
Each PT consists of 10 questions that may take approximately one hour to administer one-on-one by a trained test examiner.
Test examiners must take the Test Examiner Tutorial:
CAA Test Examiner Tutorial (Video)
Other helpful videos:
CAA for Science Informational Video (7:09)
Administering the CAA for Science (Video; 12:50)

31. CAA for Science Year-two Update (2)
Test examiners will record student responses on the Answer Recording Document.
Test examiners must enter student scores for each performance task into the online Data Entry Interface (DEI) system, which will be available in January 2018.
The embedded PTs can be accessed from the secured Test Operations Management Systems on the CAASPP Web page located at

32. Embedded in Instruction
Science
Embedded in Instruction
Academic Calendar 1
PT 1 concept taught PT 1 administered PT 2 concept taught PT 2 administered PT 3 concept taught PT 3 administered
October
November 2 3 1 2 4
February
March 5 6 3 4
April
May 6 5

33. New—Student Response Check

34. Answer Recording Document
Student response check
Document individualization
Provide score for item

35. Available Resources

36. Parent Guide to Understanding the CAST

37. Parent/Guardian's Guide to the CAA

38. Accessibility Resources

39. ELPAC Student Accessibility
Matrix Four displays the universal tools, designated supports, and accommodations (non-embedded) allowed as part of the ELPAC for 2017–18.

41. CAASPP Student Accessibility Guidelines
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines document
Developed to guide the selection and administration of universal tools, designated supports, and accommodations
Describe accessibility resources that address visual, auditory, and physical access barriers—allowing virtually all students to show what they know and can do without compromising the assessment construct.

42. CAASPP Student Accessibility Matrix One
Matrix One displays embedded and non- embedded universal tools, designated supports, and accommodations for the CAASPP System for 2017–18.

43. CAST Student Accessibility Graphic

44. Contact Information
English Language Proficiency and Spanish Language Assessments Office
Phone:
CELDT
ELPAC
CELDT Web page:
ELPAC Web page:
Join the CDE’s ELPAC list by sending a blank to: 44

45. Contact Information
CDE CAASPP Office
California Department of Education’s CAASPP Web page
CalTAC Assistance
Join the CAASPP listserv for weekly updates by sending a blank to
Thank you!

46. ELPAC Questions from Participants
When will the English learners with Disabilities guidance be available for districts to use?
Is there a plan to develop additional guidance for Matrix 4?
Will an accommodation be considered related to the speed of playback of materials in TOMS for the ELPAC?
The AB2785 SWD Guide for English learners will be available ______________________________
Our office has requested funding to develop and alternate English language proficiency assessment.

47. Thank You! 1 minute for slide 27 Running Time = 58 minutes
Slide intent: This slide is intended to close the session.
Presenter says:
Thank you for your active participation in our session on the New CAASPP Assessments.
We hope you have had an opportunity to enhance your understanding about these assessments and how you can prepare to administer them successfully.