Important Message for Districts and Schools that are Administering ELPA21 Assessments with Chromebooks

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) has identified an issue with Iowa ELPA21 speaking recordings on certain HP, Samsung, ASUS and Dell Chromebooks running Chrome OS versions 54 and 55. AIR and the Iowa Department of Education suggest that if you are planning to test Iowa ELPA21 students using an HP, Samsung, ASUS or Dell Chromebook you first take the Iowa ELPA21 practice test on the Chromebook.

If the speaking items function correctly on the practice test and your recordings play back clearly you can move ahead with administering the speaking test on these Chromebooks. If the speaking practice test does not function properly, you will need to upgrade some Chromebooks to OS version 56 when it is available.

Google is expected to fix this issue with the release of Chromebook OS version 56 in the next few days. For additional support, contact:

Iowa ELPA21 Help Desk
American Institutes for Research
(855) 873-5710
iowaelpa21helpdesk@air.org