COPPER PATINA

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E L P A (Required for DTCs, STCs, and ELPA TAs)
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ELPA
Objectives

• Understand the definition and purpose of the
  English Language Proficiency Assessment
• Administer ELPA appropriately

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ELPA
Purpose and Use

• The ELPA (English Language Proficiency
  Assessment) measures the proficiency of English
  Language Learners (ELL) in reading, writing,
  speaking and listening English based on Oregons
  English Language Proficiency Content Standards.
• Used as part of Title I accountability to
  document which students are Limited English
  Proficient and as part of Title III
  Accountability incorporated into the Annual
  Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO).
• Required for all students eligible to receive
  English Language Development (ELD) services.

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ELPA
Schedule and Scoring

• 2013-14 ELPA test window Jan. 8 April 15
• Each test opportunity is subject to a 45-day
  expiration period and expired ELPAs are not
  re-opened.
• There is no 20-minute pause rule for the ELPA
• ELPA scores will be loaded into ODEs system
  within approximately 6 weeks of the end of the
  month in which a test is completed. For example
  If a student completes the ELPA anytime in March,
  the student scores will be available after May
  9th.

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ELPA
Before Testing

• Review Appendix H of the Test Administration
  Manual and your training notes
• Identify students to be tested
• Make sure you have the correct SSID for each
  student
• Make sure each students LEP flag is set to Y
  in TIDE
• Provide students with opportunities to become
  familiar with the test format and technology
• Note new item types on practice test this year
• Check headsets to ensure they are properly
  installed and functioning correctly
• (Use the Practice Test to check headsets)

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ELPA
Test Administration

• ELPA is a Test Subject that can be selected for
  inclusion in a test session from the OAKS Online
  TA Interface.
• ELPA is administered as one adaptive test, with
  the speaking domain segmented at the end.
• While the ELPA is not timed, we estimate that it
  will take 75 minutes to complete.

• Note Tests that are not completed within 45 days
  of starting will expire.

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ELPA
Overview of Test Delivery System

• TA Interface
• Administer the ELPA, track progress, and manage
  students testing in their session
• Adjust test settings for individual students
  before they are approved to start the test
• Approve and submit print requests from students
• Student Interface
• Secure online test that must be
• accessed via a secure browser
• Tablets are not supported on ELPA (AIR)

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ELPA
TA Interface at A Glance

• Used to create/edit sessions and approve students
  
• All information is visible on one screen
• Tests in session
• Students needing approval to start testing
• Students with tests in progress
• Print requests

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ELPA
TA Interface, contd

• Create / Edit Sessions
• List of available tests automatically displays
  upon logging in and remains
• on screen while monitoring students
• Select the tests for inclusion in the session
  and click Start Session

• System generates a Session ID that students will
  use to log in
• Test sessions automatically expire upon TA logout
• Sessions cannot be resumed
• Students may resume a paused test in any new test
  session that includes the applicable test subject
  and grade
• Example TA creates a test session for students
  on Tuesday. To resume testing on Wednesday, the
  TA will create another test session for students
  to resume testing

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ELPA
TA Interface, contd

• Student Test Settings and Approvals
• Approvals Preview (right) allows TAs to see
  students that need to be approved while
  monitoring test progress
• The complete list of students awaiting approval
  will display on a pop-up screen

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ELPA
TA Interface, contd

• Student Test Settings and Approvals, contd
• Adjust test settings for an individual student

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ELPA
Student Test Settings

• Print on Request
• Printed reading passages are an allowable
  resource for all students
• All print requests must be approved by the TA in
  the TA Interface
• Print Size
• Available in 4 levels of magnification
• Students can manually adjust for individual items
• Selected magnification for a given item will
  persist for print requests

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ELPA
Student Test Settings, contd

• Color Choice
• The Student Interface can be set to present the
  test background with different options
• Text and background color combinations are
  pre-defined for a colored overlay over test
  content

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ELPA
Important Once a student is approved to start
the ELPA, the district may no longer set this
restricted resource for the student. Approving a
student to start the test without this restricted
resource in violation of the students IEP or 504
Plan is a reportable impropriety.
Student Test Settings

• Domain Exemption
• Domain exemption is a restricted resource for
  individual students whose IEP or 504 Plan exempts
  a student from responding to a particular ELPA
  domain
• Must be based on individual student need
  documented in the students IEP or 504 Plan
• Must be identified for the student and entered
  into TIDE by a DTSA/DSA prior to approving the
  student to start the ELPA.
• District must also enter ELPA Only IEP test
  admin code in Student Centered Staging

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ELPA
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Test Administration, contd

• Student Login
• Log in using First Name, SSID, Session ID
• Confirm identity Is This You? screen
• First Name (same as in SSID upload), Enrolled
  Grade, DOB, School, SSID
• Select Test
• If logging into an ELPA session, will only see
  ELPA test opportunity
• If logging into multiple subject session, will
  see multiple subject tests
• TA Approval required to start test
• Confirm test -- Is this your test? screen

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ELPA
Student Interface at A Glance
Click to view list of item pages. Pages with
marked items will be indicated. Select item/item
page to navigate.
Click to view student help
Pause test button.
Toggle between test pages.
Zoom in/out buttons (to adjust text size).
Click to mark item for review.
Click to select a comment about the item.
Click to have listening item played.
Click for item type tutorial.
Click to have instructions read aloud
Click to have answer option played.
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ELPA
Test Administration, contd

• Monitor to ensure that students only have access
  to the allowable resources listed in Appendix H
• If breaking up the test into multiple sessions,
  the student will see the next item if the
  previous item was submitted during the previous
  session. Otherwise, the test will resume on the
  item the student was last on.
• For the Speaking segment, students may receive a
  pop-up warning if their recorded response is too
  soft. Students can play back their response to
  verify before moving on and can re-record if
  necessary.
• For students whose IEP or 504 Plan exempts them
  from a domain, enter domain exemption in TIDE as
  a restricted resource prior to approving the
  student to test.

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ELPA
Dos and Donts

• Dos
• Schools must use Oregons ELPA for ALL students
  eligible for services under the ESEA criteria for
  an English Language Learner, regardless of
  whether the student actually receives services.
• Districts must set the LEP Flag to Y in the SSID
  system for students to be eligible to take an
  ELPA test. This must be done by appropriate
  district personnel prior to logging the student
  in for the ELPA.
• Districts must set the Domain Exemption
  restricted resource in TIDE for students whose
  IEP or 504 Plan exempts them from an ELPA domain
  based on individual student need. This must be
  done by appropriate district personnel prior to
  logging the student in for the ELPA.

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ELPA
Dos and Donts, contd

• Dos (contd)
• If a student arrived at a U.S. school
• On or before May 1, 2013, the student must take
  the ELPA and all state assessments Reading,
  Math, Writing, and Science (as appropriate for
  his/her grade).
• After May 1, 2013, the student must take the ELPA
  and state assessments in Math and Science (as
  appropriate for his/her grade).
• Between April 1 and April 30, 2014, the student
  must take the assessments in Math and Science (as
  appropriate for his/her grade) but is not
  required to take the ELPA.
• On or after May 1, 2014, the student is not
  required to test.

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ELPA
Dos and Donts, contd

• Donts
• Districts may not exempt an ELL student from
  taking ELPA based on their Language Proficiency
  Level.
• Districts may not administer the ELPA to any
  students on monitor status (Exited within the
  last two years) unless they were exited late
  (after September 19, 2013- see below)
• Students who were eligible to exit in 2012-13 but
  werent exited prior to July 1 can be officially
  exited in Fall. The deadline to exit is
  September 19, 2013 using the district exit
  policy.
• Test administrators may not translate or
• read aloud any of the items on ELPA.

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ELPA
Dos and Donts, contd

• Donts (Contd)
• TAs must not share their login information and
  passwords, even with other authorized users.
• Do not approve students to test until you are
  sure the students are taking the correct test at
  the right time.
• Students may not use resources such as electronic
  translators, a dictionary, a thesaurus,
  literature texts, or literary glossaries.
  Remember that wall charts that contain literary
  definitions or vocabulary must be removed or
  covered during the testing session.
• Do not let tests linger, they will expire after
• 45 calendar days and expired tests are
• not re-opened.

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ELPA
Promising Practices

• Familiarize yourself and your students ahead of
  testing about available accommodations and
  supports, especially for newcomer ELLs.
• Provide students with practice on how the headset
  and microphone work in ELPA prior to
  administering the test. The ELPA practice test
  is available for this purpose at
  www.oaks.k12.or.us.
• Use the OAKS Secure Browser to access the ELPA
  practice test. (Note ELPA tests and practice
  tests must be taken on laptop or desktop
  computers. ELPA is not supported on iPads,
  Android tablets, and Chromebooks.)
• Some students may benefit in having their testing
  broken up over a couple of days.

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ELPA
Promising Practices, contd

• Early Advanced ELL students should take the ELPA
  earlier in the assessment window in order to
  receive scores back sooner in the school year.
• Any student who may have moved up a proficiency
  level should take the assessment early in the
  assessment window in order to receive scores back
  sooner in the school year.
• Test administrators may choose to assess all
  Beginning level and Newcomer ELL students later
  in the testing window as students need more
  language acquisition time to demonstrate their
  ability on ELPA
• Consider testing K-1 students in small groups to
  provide an improved environment for these young
  students.

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ELPA
Promising Practices, contd

• You may have students pause the ELPA at the
  beginning of the speaking domain and have the
  student resume later, being sure to keep in mind
  the 45-day test expiration period (expired ELPAs
  are not re-opened).
• You might choose to provide students with a name
  tag with picture to avoid confusion during the
  log-in process.
• Practice a microphone check with students prior
  to logging into the operational assessment. Use
  the practice test to be sure the headsets are
  working properly.

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ELPA
Regional Help Desk Contacts

• Remember, your best source for immediate and
  accurate information and assistance is your
  Regional Helpdesk. Contact them directly, prior
  to calling or emailing ODE assessment personnel.
• List of contacts can be found at
• http//www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/
  oaks/esdpartners1314.pdf

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ELPA
In a Nutshell

• 2013-14 ELPA test window closes April 15
• ELPA is administered as one, adaptive test
  consisting of two segments, with the Speaking
  segment administered second.
• All students in grades K-12 eligible for LEP
  services must take the test.
• There is no 20-minute pause rule for the ELPA
• Only those students with a valid ELPA score and a
  valid submission in the LEP collection will be
  counted as LEP for accountability reports
• Refer to pages H-3 and H-5 for resource help

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DTC Training
Online Resources

• Test Administration Manual, Appendix H
  httpwww.ode.state.or.us/go/tam
• Promising Practices http//www.ode.state.or.us/se
  arch/page/?2444
• OAKS Portal and Practice Testshttp//www.oaks.k1
  2.or.us
• Accommodations Manual
• http//www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?487
• Test Administrator User Guide, Appendix C
• http//www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?391

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ELPA
Acorns for Storage

• What is the process for deciding which students
  should take the ELPA?
• How should a TA determine which accommodations
  should be provided for a student taking the ELPA?
• What steps should a TA follow to ensure valid
  test administration for all eligible students?
• How should results from the ELPA be used?