ELPAC Administration Procedures 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What must a test examiner do if a student becomes ill during the ELPAC administration?
- Continue testing and note the illness in the test record
- Immediately stop testing, follow school protocols, and document the incident (Correct answer)
- Allow the student to rest briefly and then resume testing
- Contact the student's parents before making any decisions
Correct answer: Immediately stop testing, follow school protocols, and document the incident
If a student becomes ill, the examiner must stop testing, follow school health protocols, and document what occurred.
Question 2: How should ELPAC test booklets be stored after testing is complete?
- Locked in a secure location accessible only to authorized personnel (Correct answer)
- In the classroom teacher's desk drawer
- In the school's main office filing cabinet
- Returned immediately to the district office on the same day
Correct answer: Locked in a secure location accessible only to authorized personnel
Completed test materials must be kept in a locked, secure location accessible only to authorized personnel until they are collected.
Question 3: Which of the following is an allowable accommodation for an English learner taking the ELPAC who has an IEP?
- Translating test questions into the student's home language
- Providing extended time as specified in the student's IEP (Correct answer)
- Reading listening passages aloud to the student
- Allowing a peer to assist with responses
Correct answer: Providing extended time as specified in the student's IEP
Extended time is a valid accommodation when specified in a student's IEP or 504 Plan for ELPAC administration.
Question 4: When administering the ELPAC to kindergarten students, what is a key procedural difference from testing older students?
- Kindergartners take the test in groups of 20 or more
- Kindergartners are tested individually by a trained examiner (Correct answer)
- Kindergartners complete only the writing domain
- Kindergartners do not take the listening section
Correct answer: Kindergartners are tested individually by a trained examiner
Kindergarten ELPAC is administered individually by a trained examiner due to the young students' developmental needs.
Question 5: What is the purpose of the ELPAC Test Security Agreement that examiners must sign?
- To confirm the examiner's teaching credentials are current
- To acknowledge responsibility for maintaining test confidentiality and security (Correct answer)
- To certify that all students in the class are eligible to be tested
- To agree to score student responses within 48 hours
Correct answer: To acknowledge responsibility for maintaining test confidentiality and security
The Test Security Agreement confirms that the examiner understands and accepts their legal responsibility to protect test content.
Question 6: During ELPAC speaking tasks, how should an examiner handle a student's response that is partially in the home language?
- Count the response as correct if the meaning is clear
- Mark the response as non-scorable and re-prompt once (Correct answer)
- Translate the home language portion and include it in scoring
- Immediately end that portion of the test
Correct answer: Mark the response as non-scorable and re-prompt once
If a student responds partially in their home language, the examiner should mark it as non-scorable and may re-prompt once using the approved re-prompt language.
Question 7: Which of the following scenarios requires the test examiner to complete a Test Irregularity Report?
- A student finishes the test earlier than expected
- A student asks for a clarification on directions
- A student is observed receiving answers from another student (Correct answer)
- A student requests a bathroom break during testing
Correct answer: A student is observed receiving answers from another student
Any suspected testing irregularity, such as a student receiving answers from a peer, must be documented in a Test Irregularity Report.
ELPAC Administration Procedures 2
What must a test examiner do if a student becomes ill during the ELPAC administration?