ELPAC in Action Report Series English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) in Action series features local educational agencies sharing their successes, challenges, and lessons learned while implementing one or more components of the ELPAC System. Each report includes a district profile, implementation goals, lessons learned, and next steps in an effort to continuously improve teaching and learning.
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This report documents Tulare County Office of Education’s development of resources that integrate English Language Arts/English Language Development Standards with the California Next Generation Science Standards by familiarizing educators with the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California task types. This supports the purpose of developing local baseline science assessments that support language development in all students, including English learners.
In response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on education, Salem-Keizer Public Schools will not administer the Smarter Balanced state assessment this spring, putting the district out of compliance with state standards.
Last week, the Salem-Keizer school board voted not to administer the test, also referred to as SBAC, this school year.
District officials said this allows for more time on instruction for the remainder of the school year, which ends June 17. The decision was made after exploring multiple options, officials added, and was determined to be the best approach for students.
Students will continue to be assessed through other standardized testing methods, officials said, as well as school-based metrics.
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Despite deep concerns over elevating student stress just as children are returning to school, standardized testing will take place this spring for
about
million California students.
With limited options, the state Board of Education voted against pursuing a blanket waiver from the federal government to suspend mandated standardized testing after the Biden administration released guidance this week that encouraged states to move forward with testing but come up with ways to ease the process.
The decision Wednesday came after educators and parents pleaded with board members to cancel testing while others stressed the importance of capturing the extent of learning loss during pandemic-forced campus closures.