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Lawndale schools outline ELD assessment plan; district aims to finish ELPAC testing before spring break
Summary
District staff described how English language development (ELD) progress is monitored using Benchmark Express, interim ELPAC blocks, and i-Ready; Lawndale plans to begin ELPAC the first week of February with a goal to finish by spring break and will follow up on dually identified students and IEP accommodations.
Lawndale Unified School District staff said the district will begin state ELPAC testing in the first week of February under an internal calendar that aims to complete testing by spring break, while the state testing window runs Feb. 1–May 31.
Melianna Cruz, ELAR at Billy Mitchell Elementary, told parents that English Learner progress monitoring at their schools works by selecting a focused domain (listening, speaking, reading or writing) for each grade, giving students pre- and post-tests, and using different assessments by level: Benchmark Express at the elementary grades and an ELPAC interim assessment block at middle school. Cruz said, “Our students … will be taking the ELPAC, which is the language assessment that measures their academic English. We’re…
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