ELPA21 ELPA21 Score Reporting and Interpretation

Question 1

What does a student's Overall Composite score on the ELPA21 summative assessment represent?

Accepted Answer

A weighted combination of domain scores across listening, speaking, reading, and writing

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Only the reading and writing domain scores averaged together

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The highest individual domain score the student achieved

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The total number of correct answers across all test items

Question 2

On the ELPA21 summative assessment, how many proficiency levels are used to classify student performance?

Accepted Answer

5

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3

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4

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6

Question 3

Which ELPA21 proficiency level indicates that a student has met the English language proficiency standard and is ready to exit ELL services?

Accepted Answer

Level 5

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Level 3

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Level 4

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Level 2

Question 4

What type of score scale does ELPA21 use to report domain-level results?

Accepted Answer

A vertical scale that allows comparison across grade bands

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A raw score scale unique to each test form

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A percentile rank scale normed nationally

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A grade-level equivalency scale

Question 5

Which report type shows a student's ELPA21 performance compared to the proficiency cut scores for each domain?

Accepted Answer

Individual Student Report (ISR)

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District Aggregate Report

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School Summary Report

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State Longitudinal Report

Question 6

When interpreting ELPA21 scores, what does a 'Conditional Standard Error of Measurement' (CSEM) indicate?

Accepted Answer

The precision of a score estimate at a specific score point along the scale

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The average error across all students who took the test

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The difference between a student's score and the state average

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The percentage of items a student answered incorrectly