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1 5.4 Essay: ELPAC - English Language Proficiency Assessment for California Jasmine Roxanne Martinez School of Education, Fresno Pacific University LA 381: Introduction to Teaching Shirley Esau MA Ed. February 11, 2024

2 In California, our education system welcomes all students, and we are lucky to have a free public education. Some students are not native in English, and learning in our English schools is not simple. For English Language Learners to understand the education, they must be taught English. The ELPAC is an assessment for English learning students to measure how proficient they are in English. ELPAC is the language proficiency assessment for the education system in California. According to the ELPAC website (2024), there are multiple types of the ELPACs, there are Initial ELPAC, Summative ELPAC, Initial Alternate ELPAC, and Summative Alternate ELPAC. The Initial ELPAC is given to students who are not native to English. This assessment identifies whether they will be considered an English Language Learner and what areas they need help in. Students will then fall in one of 3 different test scores, English Learner, Initial fluent English Proficient, and to be determined. The Summative ELPAC determines the classification of the English Learner, this can also determine if they are no longer an English learner, in which they would be reclassified. The Initial Alternative ELPAC is the assessment for students who have cognitive disabilities and English is not their native language. The Summative Alternative is the assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities and with a native language other than English, to determine if they are an English learner or reclassified fluent. The Initial ELPAC and the Summative ELPAC are both for students who English is not their first language, while the Initial ELPAC and the Summative Alternative ELPAC are both for those students who have cognitive disabilities. Students complete these assessments online on a computer. The purpose of these assessments is not only to support those students who are English Language Learners, it also abides by the California Law. The CA Department of Education (2020) states, “This requirement comes from Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI)

3 and the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974.” California is required to classify and appropriately support students who are English Language Learners, in a timely matter. For this assignment I chose to focus on the 4 th grade assessments. Each assessment consists of 4 parts, listening, reading, speaking, and writing. According to the California Department of Education (2020), when the students listen to a recording of someone speaking English, they must understand what is being said, answer questions, and have an opinion. On the speech portion, students talk in English, describes details, communicate, have an opinion, and make a presentation. In the Reading portion, the students must read with a teacher, by themselves, follow along, identify words for pictures, read short passages, and read sentences. On the writing portion, students must write what is shown in a photo with a teacher, independently, write descriptions, stories, opinions, and information. Each grade section differs in rigorous questions and prompts. As an educator, I must know all this information, what ELAP assessment is and what the purpose is. A question I have is, if students do well on all the sections except for one, would that make them fluent? As a teacher, I would love to do everything I can to support my English Language Learners. I am sure with time, there will be better strategies to support, so I will keep myself up to date on the best way to support these students. I would do my best to learn the basics of my student’s language, to communicate with them when they have a hard time understanding English. I would take my time when I am speaking with them, and I would constantly check on their comprehension and well-being. I would want to motivate them to learn English and let them know that I believe in them. I would identify their weakness in their English to help them practice and become fluent.

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4 References CA Department of Education. (2020, March). ELPAC Task Type Definitions - ELPAC (CA dept of education) . California Department of Education. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ep/documents/elpactasktypes.pdf CA Department of Education. (2024). Navigation for about . English Language Proficiency Assessments for California. https://www.elpac.org/about/

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