Supporting Our Students with the ELPAC Test: Schools and Families Partnering Together

Session Overview

This meeting builds on Your Child’s Multilingual Journey, where families are introduced to ELPAC and learn how to read and understand their child’s ELPAC score report. It is designed to be facilitated 1–2 months before the ELPAC testing window, with a stronger focus on how students are supported at school and how families can partner at home to support language growth and confidence.

Purpose

To build shared understanding of ELPAC, reduce stress and confusion, and strengthen school–family partnership around student confidence, language growth, and progress over time.

For a deeper dive into understanding and reading the ELPAC score report, see the session: Your Child’s Multilingual Journey.

This Meeting Covers:

• A review of what the ELPAC is, what it measures, and why it matters

• Key testing information, including your school’s testing window

• What families should know and remember about language development and timelines

• How schools support students in the weeks leading up to ELPAC

• Practical ways families can support confidence and language growth at home

Includes:

• Facilitation Team Guide

• Bilingual Slide Deck (Canva – English/Spanish)

• Sign-In Sheet

• Outreach Flyer Template
  
  

• Topic-Specific Activities & Family Handouts

  • ELPAC: What Families Need to Know

  • Calm, Confident, Ready: Tips for ELPAC Week  

  • Your Child’s Multilingual Learner Journey

  • Ways to Participate and Lead in ELAC

  • ELAC Exit Ticket

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• ELPAC: What Families Need to Know

• Calm, Confident, Ready: Tips for ELPAC Week

• Your Child's Multilingual Learner Journey

• Ways to Participate and Lead in ELAC

• ELAC Exit Ticket