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What Riverside Parents and Students should know

The English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) is the successor to the California English Language Development Test (CELDT). Beginning in 2017–18, the ELPAC is the required state test for English language proficiency (ELP) that must be given to students whose primary language is a language other than English. The California Department of Education (CDE) fully transitioned from the CELDT to the ELPAC as the state's assessment of ELP in 2018–19.


During the 2020-21 school year, the Summative ELPAC will be administered both in-person and remotely.
Click here for remote resources.
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The ELPAC consists of two separate English language proficiency assessments:
           1.) Initial ELPAC: used for the initial identification of students as English learners
             2.) Summative ELPAC: used to annually measure a student's progress in learning 


    ELPAC Overview Video / Video en español de reseña de las ELPAC

Video thumbnail for ELPAC_overview_ENGLISH               Video thumbnail for ELPAC_overview_Spanish


Introduction to Initial ELPAC for Parents Video /
Introduccion para padres sobre la ELPAC inicial Video


             Introduction to the Initial ELPAC for Parents Video                     Introducción para padres sobre la ELPAC inicial Video

               Initial ELPAC Domain Information Sheets                                       Summative ELPAC Domain Information Sheets 
                       Hoja de Información del Area                                                                    Hojas de dominio ELPAC sumativas
Initial Listening Domain / Dominio de Auditiva Inicial Summative Listening Domain / Dominio de Auditiva Sumativo Initial Speaking Domain /Dominio de Expresión Oral Inicial Summative Speaking Domain / Dominio de Expresión Oral Sumativo Initial Reading Domain / Dominio de Lectura Inicial Summative Reading Domain / Dominio de Lectura Sumativo Initial Writing Domain / Dominio de Escritura Inicial Summative Writing Domain / Dominio de Escritura Sumativo

For more information go to ELPAC.org