OELPS testing window 2021-2022

Please see the following message from the Ohio Department of Education:

The Ohio English Language Proficiency Screener (OELPS) testing window opened this morning, Monday, Aug. 23, to assist schools in identifying English learners during the 2021-2022 school year.  

Before testing, districts must add all students taking the OELPS to the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE). The TIDE system opened on Aug. 5 for the 2021-2022 school year. Refer to the TIDE User Guide for more information. 

The following OELPS resources are available on the Ohio’s English Language Proficiency Assessments portal: 

·     OELPS Test Administration Manual (TAM)  

·     Data Entry Interface (DEI) User Guide  

·     OELPS Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS) User Guide  

·     2021-2022 Screener Centralized Reporting System (CRS) Quick Guide  

·     2021-2022 ELPA21 Screener Step Two Speaking Scoring Document 

Paper orders. If a district or school has students who require a paper accommodation for the screener (including Braille and Large Print), please contact the Office of Assessment at statetests@education.ohio.gov. Once paper or accommodated OELPS orders are approved, please indicate in TIDE any student taking a paper, Braille or Large Print screener with an OELPS mode of “P” for paper. 

Please direct questions to statetests@education.ohio.gov.  

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If you are registered for the 2021-2022 webinar series, you can watch the recording of the ODE’s August 17th webinar here.