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English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC)

The SMUHSD works closely with our county office and the California Department of Education to ensure compliance with all state and federal guidelines and laws regarding Multilingual Learners. 

All designated Multilingual Learner students will be assessed using the California English Language Proficiency Assessments of California (ELPAC). The ELPAC will be administered during the spring semester at each of our school sites.

The ELPAC is the successor to the California English Language Development Test (CELDT). The CELDT was the previously required state test for English language proficiency (ELP) that was given to students whose primary language is a language other than English.

State and federal law require that local educational agencies administer a state test of ELP to eligible students in kindergarten (or year one of a two-year kindergarten program, sometimes referred to as "transitional kindergarten") through grade twelve.

The ELPAC is aligned with the 2012 California English Language Development Standards, and will be comprised of two separate ELP assessments:

  • An initial identification of students as Multilingual Learners
    • Administered throughout the year
  • An annual summative assessment to measure a student’s progress in learning English and to identify the student's ELP level
    • Testing window is February 1 - May 31


For students grades 9-12 the ELPAC is delivered via a computer-based test delivery platform. The four domains (Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing) are administered on a computer.

For more information on the ELPAC, please visit https://www.caaspp-elpac.org/

Monitoring

We monitor the academic progress of all Multilingual Learner (ML) and former Multilingual Learner students who have been recently reclassified as Fluent English Proficient (RFEP). 

Our Multilingual Learner Specialists, teaching staff, counselors and district staff have access to data on academic performance, English proficiency progress and implemented interventions.  Feedback on in-class performance is also requested from teachers. 

We have ML Specialists at each site who work with our District testing assistant and the Manager of Multilingual Learner Programs to develop data reports for site and district administrative teams which help drive professional development work with teachers on the sites and at the district level.