California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 11 - Special Programs › Subchapter 7.6 - English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (Elpac) › Article 2 - Administration for Pupils Other than Pupils with a Disability › Section 11518.15 - Summative Assessment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An LEA shall administer the ELPAC
					 summative assessment to all eligible pupils during the annual summative
					 assessment window.
(b) The
					 summative assessment, pursuant to Education Code section
					 60810,
					 shall be administered, scored, transmitted, and returned by LEAs in accordance
					 with the corresponding TAMs or other instructions provided by the contractor or
					 the CDE for administering, scoring, transmitting, and returning the tests,
					 unless specifically provided otherwise in this subchapter, including
					 instructions for administering the test with universal tools, designated
					 supports, accommodations, unlisted resources or instructional supports, where
					 appropriate. The procedures shall include, but are not limited to, those
					 designed to ensure the uniform and standardized administration, the scoring of
					 the tests to pupils, the security and integrity of the test content and test
					 items, and the timely provision of all required pupil and school level
					 information.
(c) The LEA shall
					 notify each pupil's parent or guardian of the pupil's test contractor-scored
					 summative assessment results within 30 calendar days following receipt of the
					 test results from the test contractor. If the test results are received from
					 the test contractor after the last day of instruction for the school year, the
					 LEA shall notify each pupil's parent or guardian of the pupil's results within
					 15 working days of the start of the next school year.
1. New
						section filed 6-5-2017; operative 10-1-2017 (Register 2017, No.
						23).
2. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 8-3-2018 as an emergency;
						operative 8-3-2018 (Register 2018, No. 31). A Certificate of Compliance must be
						transmitted to OAL by 1-30-2019 or emergency language will be repealed by
						operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance
						as to 8-3-2018 order transmitted to OAL 11-16-2018 and filed 12-31-2018
						(Register 2019, No. 1).
4. New subsection (b) and subsection
						relettering filed 8-1-2019 as an emergency; operative 8-1-2019 (Register 2019,
						No. 31). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-28-2020 or
						emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
5. Amendment refiled 1-17-2020 as an emergency, including
						amendment of subsection (b); operative 1-29-2020 (Register 2020, No. 3). A
						Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-28-2020 or emergency
						language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
6. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-17-2020 order transmitted
						to OAL 12-12-2019 and filed 1-27-2020; Certificate of Compliance operative
						1-30-2020 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(2)
						(Register 2020, No. 5).
7. Amendment of subsection (b) filed
						10-31-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No.
						44).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  33031,
						  Education Code. Reference: Sections
						  306,
						  313,
						  60810 and
						  60900,
						  Education Code; and 20
						  U.S.C. Sections 6311,
						  6312,
						  6823,
						  6825 and
						  6826.