Alternate ELPAC Administration and Scoring Trainings

To prepare for the Initial Alternate ELPAC and the Summative Alternate ELPAC administrations, the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) has created online training modules available through the Moodle Training Site (Moodle) . These modules are required for any local educational agency (LEA) with students eligible for the Alternate ELPAC. An eligible student is designated as a student whose English language acquisition status is "to be determined" or "English learner" and who has an individualized education program (IEP) specifying the use of an alternate assessment.

Initial Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification

The Initial Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification course in Moodle is available on May 8, 2024.

Statewide training is mandatory for LEAs with eligible students. The California Department of Education (CDE) recommends that the LEA certification course be completed by August 2, 2024, to ensure that test examiners can be trained prior to the first day of classes. LEAs who will train their own test examiners may complete their certification in one of two ways:

1. complete the most recent Summative Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification course that launched in early November 2023, and complete the Initial Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification course;
   
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2. complete the most recent Summative Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification course and verify, on the AST website , that one active LEA staff member has previously completed the Initial Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification course.

LEAs who will not train their own test examiners can enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a neighboring LEA that has agreed to train test examiners to administer the Initial Alternate ELPAC or administer test to eligible students if needed. LEAs should send an email to SCOE at elpac@scoe.net to confirm the MOU with the neighboring LEA. The MOU should also confirm that the neighboring LEA has completed Initial Alternate ELPAC training.

For more information about the AST requirements, refer to the Alternate ELPAC AST Requirements document.

Enrollment keys for all courses are available to LEA ELPAC coordinators starting May 8, 2024, on the AST website .

Initial Alternate ELPAC—Test Examiner Certification

There is a single Alternate ELPAC AST—Test Examiner Certification course that covers both the Initial Alternate ELPAC and Summative Alternate ELPAC. The Alternate ELPAC—Test Examiner Certification course allows test examiners to administer both assessments until the new certification course's annual launch in early November. When the course is released on November 1, all test examiners must recertify prior to any administration of either the Initial Alternate ELPAC or the Summative Alternate ELPAC. Test examiner certification is valid until the next annual launch.

Summative Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification

Each LEA with eligible students must have at least one staff member complete the LEA certification course annually. The Summative Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification course is available from November 1 to October 25 each year. Certification is valid from completion until October 31 each year.

Enrollment keys for the Summative Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification course are available to LEA ELPAC coordinators on the AST website . The access code to the AST website is emailed to LEA coordinators on November 1 each year.

The next Summative Alternate ELPAC AST will be available in Moodle on November 1, 2024.

Summative Alternate ELPAC—Test Examiner Certification

The Alternate ELPAC—Test Examiner Certification course is also available in Moodle annually, at the beginning of November prior to the opening of the Summative Alternate ELPAC testing window. Its contents are a subset of the Summative Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification course. Test examiners must recertify annually, between November 1 and the administration of either the Initial Alternate ELPAC or the Summative Alternate ELPAC. For more information about the AST requirements, refer to the Alternate ELPAC AST Requirements document.

Enrollment keys for the Alternate ELPAC—Test Examiner Certification course are available to LEA ELPAC coordinators on the AST website . The access code to the AST website is emailed to LEA ELPAC coordinators on November 1 each year.

Requesting Picture Cards

Picture cards are alternate response options and are not used by all students. The Initial Alternate ELPAC and Summative Alternate ELPAC use different picture cards. LEA ELPAC coordinators should work with special education staff to determine how many grade-level or grade-span sets are needed at each site. Note that picture cards may be used by more than one student.

Picture cards for the 2024–25 Initial Alternate ELPAC are the same as those used for the 2022–23 and 2023–24 Initial Alternate ELPAC administrations. Picture cards can be for downloaded as a PDF for LEAs to print from the Secure Materials screen, which is accessed through the [Resources] tab in in the Test Operations Management System or printed picture cards may be ordered on the AST website starting May 8, 2024. Ordered picture cards are printed and shipped at no cost to LEAs. Please allow up to 10 business days for shipping.

Assessment	Picture Cards Ordering Window
Initial Alternate ELPAC	May 8, 2024, through April 15, 2025
2023–24 Summative Alternate ELPAC	November 1, 2023, through May 1, 2024
2024–25 Summative Alternate ELPAC	November 1, 2024, through May 1, 2025