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SDLA Compliance Resource

Complete Summative ELPAC During the Annual Statewide Window

A student-by-domain completion process for every enrolled English learner assigned the general ELP assessment.

  • ELPAC
  • English Learners
Date(s)February 1–May 31, 2027
Applies toEvery enrolled K–12 English learner not assigned the Summative Alternate ELPAC by an active IEP, until reclassification

In Plain Language: Administer all required Summative ELPAC domains during the statewide window, monitor transfers and eligibility changes, resolve incidents, and reconcile completion before May 31.

Why this matters

Results measure progress toward English proficiency and contribute to instruction and reclassification. A single roster mismatch can leave an eligible pupil untested or cause an ineligible administration.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: LEA ELPAC coordinator. Handoff partners: CALPADS/EL staff, sites, trained examiners, special education, attendance, technology, and family communications.

From the eligible roster to reconciled Summative ELPAC completion: the SDLA ITO workflow

Every required domain is completed for every enrolled English learner before the window closes. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the eligible roster, site readiness records, and domain completion reports become the roster snapshots, the exception documentation, and the final sign-off.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the eligible roster, site readiness records, and domain completion reports, through scheduling, domain monitoring, exception handling, and final reconciliation, to the roster snapshots, the exception documentation, and the final sign-off.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers scheduling, domain monitoring, exception handling, and final reconciliation; Output covers the roster snapshots, the exception documentation, and the final sign-off. Complete by May 31, 2027.

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Operational workflow

  1. Build the eligible roster and verify general/alternate assignment and accessibility.
  2. Schedule trained examiners, rooms/devices, K–2 materials, notices, and make-up capacity.
  3. Monitor completion by student and domain; route each exception to a named owner.
  4. Use STAIRS/current manuals for incidents and approved dispositions.
  5. Before May 31, reconcile CALPADS, TOMS, enrollment, ELAS, exemptions, incidents, and final completion.

Implementation pathway

Eligible roster
Ready sites
Test domains
Exceptions and make-ups
Final reconciliation

Evidence to retain

  • Roster snapshots
  • Training/security records
  • Domain completion reports
  • Incident/exemption documentation
  • Final exception sign-off

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify current federal and California requirements, CDE and ELPAC manuals, local policy, pupil records, and live CALPADS/TOMS status before acting.