ELL Staff

Initial ELPAC

Students whose Home Language Survey indicates a language other than English.

Year-round

August 5, 2026 - May 26, 2027

Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whose active IEP designates the use of an alternate assessment and whose primary language is not English as indicated on the HLS enrolling in a California public school for the first time

Initial Alternate ELPAC

Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whose active IEP designates the use of an alternate assessment and whose primary language is not English as indicated on the HLS enrolling in a California public school for the first time

Year-round

August 5, 2026 - May 26, 2027

Identifies students as English Learners (EL) of Initial Fluent English Proficient (IFEP) when they first enroll in a California public school.

Sumative ELPAC

Students who are classified as EL students will take the Summative ELPAC every year until they are reclassified as proficient in English. There is no parent opt-out or medical exemption for this assessment.

Annually

February 1, 2027 - May 14, 2027

Measures progress in learning English and determines the student’s English proficiency level.

Alternate ELPAC

Identified English learner students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whose active IEP designates the use of an alternate assessment until they are re-designated as fluent English proficient

Annually

February 1, 2027 - May 14, 2027

Measures progress in learning English and determines the student’s English proficiency level.

Interim ELPAC

All students in California LEAs eligible to take the ELPAC may participate

Optional tests available at any time throughout the year.

Optional assessments used to inform instruction and monitor progress throughout the year.