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SDLA Compliance Resource

Reconcile Summative ELPAC Participation by Student and Domain

A focused roster control for matching active English learner status, enrollment, general or alternate assignment, domain exemptions, completion, incidents, and approved dispositions.

  • ELPAC
  • English Learners
  • Reconciliation
Date(s)Before and throughout the annual Summative ELPAC window; finalize before closeout
Applies toAll enrolled K–12 students identified as English learners, including students assigned Alternate ELPAC by an IEP team

In Plain Language: Compare the current EL roster with TOMS and domain status. Resolve every missing, partial, duplicate, alternate, exempt-domain, transfer, absence, and incident case through the correct owner.

Why this matters

A single “tested/not tested” flag hides domain-level gaps and incorrect eligibility handoffs. Reconciliation supports valid results, services, and reclassification decisions.

Joint ownership

Owner: LEA ELPAC coordinator. Partners: CALPADS/EL staff, registrars, special education, sites, test examiners, and attendance.

From the EL roster to domain-level ELPAC sign-off: the SDLA ITO workflow

Every student and domain is matched to TOMS, with each exception assigned to a named partner. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the current CALPADS and ELAS roster, enrollment, assignments, and completion reports become the roster snapshot, the exception follow-up, and the final domain sign-off.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the current CALPADS and ELAS roster, enrollment, assignments, and completion reports, through building the roster, confirming assignments, comparing status, and resolving exceptions, to the roster snapshot, the exception follow-up, and the final domain sign-off.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers building the roster, confirming assignments, comparing status, and resolving exceptions; Output covers the roster snapshot, the exception follow-up, and the final domain sign-off. Reconcile before and throughout the window; finalize before closeout.

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Operational workflow

  1. Build the eligible roster from current CALPADS/ELAS and enrollment records.
  2. Confirm general/alternate assignment, domains, exemptions, accessibility, and site registration.
  3. Compare daily completion and incident status; assign every exception to a named handoff partner.
  4. Resolve transfers/absences and approved make-ups, then retain a final domain-level sign-off.

Student-by-domain matrix

Eligibility
General or alternate
L / S / R / W
Incident/exemption
Make-up/disposition
Final result

Evidence to retain

  • Eligibility roster snapshot
  • Assignment and domain-exemption evidence
  • Completion/incident reports
  • Transfer and absence follow-up
  • Final exception sign-off

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify current federal and California law, CDE and test-contractor manuals, local board policy, adopted instruments, individual student circumstances, and live system status before acting.