Improprieties

Refer to the Applicable Conditions subsection for each Appeal’s description in the Appeals Definitions chapter for Appeal criteria associated with the types of improprieties.

Incorrect DFA Used (For the Initial ELPAC and Summative ELPAC Only)

An incorrect DFA was used to administer the test.

Technical

General Issues

There were technical issues or school emergencies such as an internet outage, fire alarm, school announcement, schoolwide power outage, earthquake, or other act beyond the control of the test administrator or test examiner.

For Remote Test Session (Initial ELPAC)

There were technical issues that resulted in the disruption of the mandatory video connection.

Audio Not Heard (For the Initial ELPAC and Summative ELPAC only)

Audio was not heard or was partially heard by the student and cannot be replayed.

Student Disruption

General

Student(s) made distracting gestures or sounds or talked during the test session, creating a disruption in the test session for other students (applicable for all assessment types).

Student(s) left the room without authorization (applicable for the CAASPP only).

Data Entry Interface Error

Student Responses

There was an error while entering student responses from a paper–pencil test for the CAASPP, for the Reading or Listening domain for the Initial ELPAC (applicable for all grade levels and grade spans), or for the Summative ELPAC (applicable for grades three through twelve).

Scores for Item Responses

There was an error while entering scores for the Writing or Speaking domain for the Summative ELPAC or the Initial ELPAC. (For computer-based assessments, this is applicable for the Speaking domain for all grade levels and grade spans. For the Writing domain for the Initial ELPAC, this is applicable for kindergarten through grade two. For paper–pencil tests, this is applicable for grades three through twelve for the Summative ELPAC and for all grade levels and grade spans for the Initial ELPAC.)

Hand Scoring

Hand Scoring Issue (For the Initial ELPAC Only)

There was an error while entering scores for student responses for the Writing domain in the THSS.

Restoration of Test Access

Expired Test

The test expired or a student accidentally submitted a domain or a test prior to completion.

Test That Was Reset in Error

A student’s assessment was reset at the domain level or at the test level inadvertently or inappropriately because an LEA wrongly requested a Reset Appeal.

Miscellaneous

ELPAC testing incidents that are not covered by the existing testing event scenarios in STAIRS need to be reported. To do so, the LEA ELPAC coordinator should contact a Success Agent.