increase equitable access to the assessment. Accommodations may not fundamentally alter the comparability of test scores. (b) means an eligible pupil's attempt to take any part of the “Administration” ELPAC initial or summative assessment. is an alternate means, identified in an eligible pupil's (c) “Alternate assessment” IEP or Section 504 Plan, to measure English language proficiency. (d) summative assessment begins on February 1 and ends on “Annual window” May 31 of each school year. are resources that an eligible pupil regularly uses in (e) “Designated supports” the classroom for instruction and/or assessment(s) and that are available for use by any pupil for whom a need has been indicated, prior to assessment administration, by an educator or a team of educators (with parent/guardian and pupil input, as appropriate) or specified in the pupil's IEP or Section 504 Plan. means listening, reading, speaking, reading, or writing, as (f) “Domain” described in Education Code section 60810. initial assessment means a performance-level cut score on (g) “ELPAC criterion” the initial assessment that is at or above the State Board of Education (SBE)-approved definition of English language proficient. (hae) Ttest means an employee or contractor of an LEA or “ELPAC examiner” NPS who signs the ELPAC Test Security Affidavit, who is proficient in English and has complete command of pronunciation, intonation, and fluency, and who certifies that he or she has completed training in administration of the ELPAC. (ih) means an employee or contractor of a local educational “ELPAC trainer” agency (LEA) or nonpublic school (NPS) responsible for the annual training of ELPAC test examiners. means the difference between the total number of (ji) “Excessive materials” paper tests scored and 90 percent of the paper tests ordered annually by the LEA. (kj) means the grade in which a pupil is enrolled at the time of testing, or “Grade” if enrolled in an ungraded program, the grade to which the LEA assigns the pupil for assessment purposes.
increase equitable access to the assessment. Accommodations may not fundamentally alter the comparability of test scores. (b) “Administration” means an eligible pupil's attempt to take any part of the ELPAC initial or summative assessment. (c) “Alternate assessment” is an alternate means, identified in an eligible pupil's IEP or Section 504 Plan, to measure English language proficiency. (d) “Annual summative assessment window” begins on February 1 and ends on May 31 of each school year. (e) “Designated supports” are resources that an eligible pupil regularly uses in the classroom for instruction and/or assessment(s) and that are available for use by any pupil for whom a need has been indicated, prior to assessment administration, by an educator or a team of educators (with parent/guardian and pupil input, as appropriate) or specified in the pupil's IEP or Section 504 Plan. (f) “Domain” means listening, reading, speaking, reading, or writing, as described in Education Code section 60810. (g) “ELPAC initial assessment criterion” means a performance-level cut score on the initial assessment that is at or above the State Board of Education (SBE)-approved definition of English language proficient. (hae) “ELPAC Ttest examiner” means an employee or contractor of an LEA or NPS who signs the ELPAC Test Security Affidavit, who is proficient in English and has complete command of pronunciation, intonation, and fluency, and who certifies that he or she has completed training in administration of the ELPAC. (ih) “ELPAC trainer” means an employee or contractor of a local educational agency (LEA) or nonpublic school (NPS) responsible for the annual training of ELPAC test examiners. (ji) “Excessive materials” means the difference between the total number of paper tests scored and 90 percent of the paper tests ordered annually by the LEA. (kj) “Grade” means the grade in which a pupil is enrolled at the time of testing, or if enrolled in an ungraded program, the grade to which the LEA assigns the pupil for assessment purposes.