ELPAC Known Issues Log
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09/02/20 | 09/08/20 | Initial ELPAC Directions for Administration change:Grades 9–12 Listening, Speaking, Reading and WritingIn the Beginning the Listening Test section on page 17, the answer key information is incorrect.
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07/31/20 | 08/05/20 | Initial ELPAC Directions for Administration change:Grade 1 Listening, Speaking, Reading and WritingIn the Writing domain on page 40, question #1, the text of the “Point to” line is incorrect and does not match the image for this question.
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06/29/20 | 07/01/20 |
Access to 2020–2021 ELPAC Administration Year in TOMSELPAC users were misinformed of their access to both the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 ELPAC administrations in TOMS.
Student Demographic Information for 2020–2021Student demographic information for the 2020–2021 administration year was not available when systems rolled over on June 29, 2020.
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06/29/20 | 08/20/20 |
Initial ELPAC Student Score Reports (SSRs)The functionality to download prior year Initial ELPAC SSRs will be available in TOMS starting on August 20, 2020. If your LEA needs access to SSRs prior to August 20, please contact the California Technical Assistance Center (CalTAC). |
02/18/20 | 03/10/20 | Connectivity Issue on ChromebooksWe are aware of a connectivity error message being intermittently displayed on Chrome operating systems when students attempt to log in to the secure browser. Some devices may display a sad face icon instead of taking the student to the “Is this you?” screen or test selection screen.
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02/18/20 | 02/21/20 | Summative ELPAC Directions for Administration changes:Grade 2 Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Form 3In the Speaking domain on page 43, question #15, the text of the “SAY” lines is incorrect and does not match the images for this question.
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02/07/20 | 02/14/20 |
Summative ELPAC kindergarten and grade two Listening domain, form 2Students being administered the kindergarten and grade two Listening domain, form 2, on iPads may have audio for an item that is incorrect or missing. ETS is currently investigating and remediating this issue. Upon further investigation, it was confirmed that students in grades three through five were not affected.
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02/07/20 |
Summative ELPAC grades nine and ten with the braille accommodation test settings assignmentGrades nine through ten students with the braille accommodation test setting assignment may have audio for an item that is incorrect or missing in the Listening domain. ETS is currently investigating and remediating this issue.
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02/07/20 | 02/10/20 |
Summative ELPAC Directions for Administration changes:Grade 2 Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Forms 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6The third and fourth bullet on page 44, under “Special Directions for Reading” section, incorrectly instructs how to discontinue a test for a student who is not responding.
There is an information icon and text on page 21 and 45, under the first SAY script, that instructs the test examiner to play audio of the directions for the student.
Grade 2 Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Form 3The third and fourth bullet on page 56, under “Special Directions for Reading” section, incorrectly instructs how to discontinue a test for a student who is not responding.
There is an information icon and text on page 21 and 57, under the first SAY script, that instructs the test examiner to play audio of the directions for the student.
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02/04/20 | 02/07/20 |
Summative ELPAC grades three through five Speaking domain for forms 1–6Students being administered the Speaking test on iPads may have audio for an item that was incorrect or missing. ETS is currently investigating and remediating this issue.
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01/24/20 | 02/03/20 |
Summative ELPAC Directions for Administration changes:Kindergarten Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Forms 1, 2 and 6The last bullet on page 25, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The last bullet on page 37, under “Directions on Ending a Test,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
Kindergarten Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Form 3The last bullet on page 25, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The last bullet on page 47, under “Directions on Ending a Test,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
Kindergarten Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Form 4The last bullet on page 25, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The last bullet on page 37, under “Directions on Ending a Test,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
Kindergarten Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Form 5The last bullet on page 25, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The last bullet on page 37, under “Directions on Ending a Test,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
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01/24/20 | 02/03/20 |
Summative ELPAC Directions for Administration changes:Grade 1 Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Forms 1, 2 and 6The last bullet on page 25, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The last bullet on page 39, under “Directions on Ending a Test,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
Grade 1 Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Form 3In the Table of Contents, the test question “Writing—Describe a Picture” was incorrectly written as, “Writing—Write and Describe a Picture.”
The last bullet on page 25, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The last bullet on page 51, under “Directions on Ending a Test,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
Grade 1 Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Form 4The last bullet on page 25, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The last bullet on page 39, under “Directions on Ending a Test,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
Grade 1 Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Form 5The last bullet on page 25, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The last bullet on page 39, under “Directions on Ending a Test,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
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01/24/20 | 02/03/20 |
Summative ELPAC Directions for Administration changes:Grade 2 Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Forms 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6The last bullet on page 25, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The last bullet on page 41, under “Directions on Ending a Test,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
Grade 2 Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Form 3In the Table of Contents, “Beginning the Listening Test” page number was incorrectly listed as page 20.
The last bullet on page 25, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The last bullet on page 53, under “Directions on Ending a Test,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
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01/24/20 | 02/03/20 |
Summative ELPAC Directions for Administration changes:Grades 3–5 Speaking Forms 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6In the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 6, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 7, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Summarize an Academic Presentation rubrics, on pages 26 and 30, for scores points 2, 3, and 4 have the incorrect rubric in the top bullet.
Grades 3–5 Speaking Form 3In the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 6, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 7, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Summarize an Academic Presentation rubric, on page 38, for scores points 2, 3, and 4 has the incorrect rubric in the top bullet.
The Speaking domain “Sound and Video Playback Check” logon steps on page 19 included some instructions that should have been placed in the “Recording Device Check” steps on page 18.
Grades 3–5 Braille SpeakingIn the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 7, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 8, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Summarize an Academic Presentation rubrics, on pages 26 and 30, for scores points 2, 3, and 4 have the incorrect rubric in the top bullet.
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01/24/20 | 02/03/20 |
Summative ELPAC Directions for Administration changes:Grades 6–8 Speaking Forms 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6In the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 6, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 7, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
Grades 6–8 Speaking Form 3In the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 6, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 7, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
The Summarize an Academic Presentation rubric, on page 36, for scores points 2, 3, and 4 has the incorrect rubric in the top bullet.
Grades 6–8 Braille SpeakingIn the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 7, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 8, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
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01/24/20 | 02/03/20 |
Summative ELPAC Directions for Administration changes:Grades 9–10 Speaking Forms 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6In the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 6, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 7, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
Grades 9–10 Speaking Form 3In the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 6, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 7, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
Grades 9–10 Braille SpeakingIn the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 7, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 8, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
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01/24/20 | 02/03/20 |
Summative ELPAC Directions for Administration changes:Grades 11–12 Speaking Forms 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6In the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 6, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 7, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
Grades 11–12 Speaking Form 3In the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 6, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 7, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
Grades 11–12 Braille SpeakingIn the second sentence in the “Audio Disruption less than 20 minutes” section on page 7, there is a typo. The sentence incorrectly reads, “Please read the recorded the audio script…”.
The last bullet on page 8, under “Ending the Test and Review Screen,” incorrectly refers to “logon tickets” in a DFA designed for a one on one test administration between a student and test examiner.
On page 25, in the second sentence after the first SAY line, the word “bar” was mistakenly included instead of “line.”
On page 26, the first bullet after the pointing icon has a typo in the sentence. “Grated” is written instead of “grafted.”
On page 27, the first bullet after the first SAY icon has a typo in the sentence. “Grated” is written instead of “grafted.”
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01/24/20 | 02/03/20 |
Summative ELPAC Directions for Administration changes:Grades 3–12 Listening, Reading, and Writing Forms 1–6In the Table of Contents, “Administering the Test”, “Before Testing”, and “During Testing” page numbers were incorrectly listed as page 3 and “Pause Rules, Advancing the Test, and Expiration Rules” page number was incorrectly listed as page 4.
Grades 3–12 Braille Listening, Reading, and Writing Forms 1–6In the Table of Contents, there is a typo in “Responsibilities of Test Personnel.”
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02/07/19 | 02/07/19 |
In the Test Examiner’s Manual for grades six through eight, the claim in Speaking Item #12 should be bold, indicating that the Test Examiner should read the claim aloud for this item. This issue occurs on page 52 of the Grades 6‒8 Summative ELPAC Test Examiner’s Manual.
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01/24/19 | 01/24/19 |
In the Grades 3–5 ELPAC Summative Examiner’s Manual: In the middle of page 46, where it states: "RUBRIC FOR SPEAKING-SUPPORT AN OPINION, NUMBER 11": NUMBER 11 in the rubric title is incorrect: please replace it with 10. In the middle of page 48, where it states: "RUBRIC FOR SPEAKING-SUPPORT AN OPINION, NUMBER 10": NUMBER 10 in the rubric title is incorrect; please replace it with 11.
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