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Mississippi panel weighs transition plan after state shifts to ELPA21; US Department of Education denied blanket waiver
Summary
Task force discussed a plan to map the old English‑language assessment (Lost Links) to ELPA21 using a concordance table; staff said the U.S. Department of Education would not grant a general waiver, so MDE will run bridge analyses and include methodology in an amendment request.
The task force devoted substantial time to transitioning the English language proficiency indicator after Mississippi switches its EL assessment to ELPA21.
Chris Topolasco framed the problem: because ELPA21 and the prior test are not comparable, the accountability indicator needs a transition method. "When I corresponded with the U.S. Department of Ed, I said, can you give me some examples of how other states have gone through this? They did," Topolasco said. He told the group MDE proposed constructing a concordance (bridge) table between Lost Links and ELPA21 using historical relationships and…
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