English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT)

The ELPT is a secure, large-scale, English language proficiency assessment administered to students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 who are officially identified as English learners (ELs). This assessment is administered annually to monitor English learners’ progress in acquiring academic English.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requires that the Local Education Agency (LEA) must assess all ELs using the annual English language proficiency assessment, including those students whose parents have declined to enroll them in, or had them removed from, Language Instruction Education Programs (LIEPs).  The federal regulations that govern the administration of this annual assessment are as follows:

• Section 1111(b)(2)(G) of Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), requires that all English learners be assessed annually with an English language proficiency test.
• Section 1412(a)(16)(A) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that all students with disabilities be included in all general Statewide and Districtwide assessment programs, including assessments described under Section 1111 [20 U.S.C. 6311], with appropriate accommodations and alternate assessments, where necessary, as indicated in their respective individualized education programs.