ELPA21 ELPA21 Score Reporting and Interpretation 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does a student's Overall Composite score on the ELPA21 summative assessment represent?
- A weighted combination of domain scores across listening, speaking, reading, and writing (Correct answer)
- Only the reading and writing domain scores averaged together
- The highest individual domain score the student achieved
- The total number of correct answers across all test items
Correct answer: A weighted combination of domain scores across listening, speaking, reading, and writing
The ELPA21 Overall Composite score is a weighted combination of the four domain scores (listening, speaking, reading, and writing).
Question 2: On the ELPA21 summative assessment, how many proficiency levels are used to classify student performance?
- 5 (Correct answer)
- 3
- 4
- 6
Correct answer: 5
ELPA21 uses five proficiency levels (1 through 5) to classify English language proficiency from beginning to proficient.
Question 3: Which ELPA21 proficiency level indicates that a student has met the English language proficiency standard and is ready to exit ELL services?
- Level 5 (Correct answer)
- Level 3
- Level 4
- Level 2
Correct answer: Level 5
Level 5 is the highest proficiency level on ELPA21 and indicates a student has met the ELP standard, typically qualifying them to exit ELL programs.
Question 4: What type of score scale does ELPA21 use to report domain-level results?
- A vertical scale that allows comparison across grade bands (Correct answer)
- A raw score scale unique to each test form
- A percentile rank scale normed nationally
- A grade-level equivalency scale
Correct answer: A vertical scale that allows comparison across grade bands
ELPA21 uses a vertical scale that supports comparison of student performance across grade bands and over time.
Question 5: Which report type shows a student's ELPA21 performance compared to the proficiency cut scores for each domain?
- Individual Student Report (ISR) (Correct answer)
- District Aggregate Report
- School Summary Report
- State Longitudinal Report
Correct answer: Individual Student Report (ISR)
The Individual Student Report (ISR) displays each student's domain and composite scores relative to proficiency cut scores.
Question 6: When interpreting ELPA21 scores, what does a 'Conditional Standard Error of Measurement' (CSEM) indicate?
- The precision of a score estimate at a specific score point along the scale (Correct answer)
- The average error across all students who took the test
- The difference between a student's score and the state average
- The percentage of items a student answered incorrectly
Correct answer: The precision of a score estimate at a specific score point along the scale
The CSEM quantifies how precise a score estimate is at a particular point on the scale, helping educators understand score reliability.
ELPA21 ELPA21 Score Reporting and Interpretation 1
What does a student's Overall Composite score on the ELPA21 summative assessment represent?