Important Upcoming Tasks
May 2 | Spring 2024 ELP Test Results available electronically, including the Student Data File
May 10 | Last day to download PD certificates from the AzLMS and Understand Scoring
May 10 | Placement Test window closes
May 15 | Paper copies of the Spring 2024 AZELLA Reassessment Individual Student Reports arrive at districts and charters
Last day of school | Download and print your EL73 Reports
June 3 | Placement Test Cycle 12 and cumulative FY2024 Student Data Files available in PAN
June 10 | Paper copies of the Placement Cycle 12 Reports arrive at districts and charters
June 28 | 2024-2025 District Test Coordinator Security Agreement due
July 1 | Annual and Placement Test Training modules and the Understand Scoring Qualifications open in the AzLMS
Spring 2024 AZELLA Reassessment Results
Approximately 113,570 students completed the Spring 2024 English Language Proficiency Assessments (AZELLA, Alt ELPA, and Braille tests).
The electronic results of the Spring 2024 AZELLA Reassessment Test will be available in PAN on May 2, 2024. The paper copies of the Individual Student Reports will arrive at districts and charters on May 15, 2024. Don't forget to check the Corrections (File Metrics) application in ADEConnect for student records that need correcting before they can pass Integrity.
When using the Spring 2024 AZELLA Reassessment Student Data File, the File Layout must be used with the Student Information System (SIS) first. The SIS administrator will need to work with the SIS vendor to get this layout file in place prior to uploading the Student Data File.
Looking Forward to School Year 2024-2025
It is the AZELLA DTC's responsibility to periodically check the
AZELLA DTC webpage for information and updated documents that will be used for the 2024-2025 school year.
AZELLA Trainings and Qualifications 2024-2025
The Arizona Learning Management System (AzLMS) for the 2024-2025 school year will open on July 1, 2024, for the AZELLA Annual and AZELLA Placement training modules and the Understand Scoring qualifications. For those who have an AzLMS account from the 2023-2024 school year and will be in the same district during the 2024-2025 school year, you will use your same AzLMS account. New AZELLA DTCs will receive an invitation from Adobe for their AzLMS account. AZELLA staff who have an AzLMS account and change districts for the new school year will need to self-register again for a new AzLMS account.
The 2024-2025 Understand Scoring training and qualifications for the Kindergarten Placement Test Administrators and the Grade 1 and Grades 2-3 Placement Writing Scorers will be accessed through the AzLMS. The current Understand Scoring site will be shut down by Pearson on May 10, 2024. Please encourage all users who received any of these qualifications during the 2023-2024 school year to download their Professional Development certificates before May 10, 2024. These certificates will not be available after May 10, 2024.
The Understand Scoring content, training, practice, and qualification sets are not changing. The secure content of Understand Scoring remains in place. Starting with school year 2024-2025, once users sign into the AzLMS, they will see Understand Scoring in the Catalog. The key code is required to access the 3 different qualifications. The key code for the 2024-2025 school year is case sensitive and the same for all 3 qualifications. Key Code = 2425azella.
PearsonAccess Next DTC Accounts 2024-2025
ADE will work with Pearson to enable AZELLA DTC PearsonAccess Next (PAN) accounts for the 2024-2025 AZELLA Placement Test administration once ADE verifies that the DTC has completed the training requirements. The earliest a DTC PAN account will be enabled for the Placement administration is July 8, 2024.
Accessing Students' EL70 - ELP Student Test History Reports
Districts will be able to access a student's EL70 Report within 2 calendar weeks prior to their school enrollment date provided the school enrollment has been processed through AzEDS and passed Integrity. The date in which access to the student's EL70 Report is granted is dependent on when the district's Student Information System has synchronized the student's school enrollment to AzEDS.
2024-2025 Placement Test Administration
The Placement Test administration opens on the district's first student instructional day of the school year and runs throughout the school year ending in mid-May. Districts and charters may use an ADE approved 2-calendar week jump-start to begin the administration of the Placement Test before their first instructional day only when the DTC, STCs, and TAs have completed the requirements for the AZELLA Placement Test administration.
The following groups of students must be administered the AZELLA Placement Test within the first two calendar weeks (or within the two weeks prior to the start) of the 2024-2025 school year:
- Students who received an "Undetermined" ELP record
- Students who should have been administered the Spring 2024 Reassessment Test but were not tested
- Students who have the red font quick alert message on their EL70 Report
- Students associated with EL Group 8 on the EL73 Report
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Students will not be showing on the EL73 Report for the 2024-2025 school year until the district has synchronized their school enrollment to AzEDS.
Private School Students Testing with the AZELLA
All private schools wanting to participate with AZELLA testing must pay for their own tests and conduct their own testing. They will also require their own AZELLA DTC and testing staff. Private schools will no longer be associated with the public school districts for AZELLA testing in PearsonAccess Next. More information on private school testing will be available in the summer.
Student Testing Questions and Concerns
If you have questions or concerns about a student's AZELLA test, please send your inquiry to
AZELLA@azed.gov. You must include the student(s) SSID number(s).
