Achievement Levels for IDEA English Language Proficiency Test (IPT)

Achievement Levels for IDEA English Language Proficiency Test (IPT)
Grade Three
The IDEA English Language Proficiency Test (IPT) standards at grade three address the domains of
Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing as appropriate to the needs of the third grade student.
Novice Low Level
Students performing at the Novice Low Level use various forms of non-verbal communication to express
ideas and demonstrate basic comprehension. They may point, touch, match, draw, act out, demonstrate an
action, or play games to show their understanding. Learning objectives focus on greetings, classroom
objects, repeating modeled language, developing book and print awareness, demonstrating a sense of story
and sequence, copying and appropriately spacing letters, printing first and last name, drawing pictures and
using letters to illustrate experiences, copying to compose simple sentences, and following one-step
directions.
Novice High Level
Students performing at the Novice High Level use simple words and phrases while continuing to use forms
of non-verbal communication to express ideas and demonstrate comprehension. They may use pictures,
actions, and limited verbal responses to show their understanding. Learning objectives focus on using oneword
responses to answer familiar questions, demonstrating comprehension of oral presentations, using
simple words and phrases to ask questions, retelling familiar stories using gestures, identifying common
word families, reading simple texts, printing legibly, using correct word order and spacing, spelling
emergent sight words, and following one-step and two-step directions.
Intermediate Low Level
Students performing at the Intermediate Low Level use limited vocabulary to participate in discussions on
familiar topics spoken at normal speed. Periods of momentary silence may occur. In addition, they may use
forms of non-verbal communication to demonstrate comprehension. Learning objectives focus on
identifying elements of a story, retelling text with limited vocabulary and adjectives, using decoding
strategies to understand text, making predictions, using capitalization, editing writing for spelling, and
following one-step and two-step directions.
Intermediate High Level
Students performing at the Intermediate High Level use expanded vocabulary to participate effectively in
social and academic conversations and presentations. Occasional difficulty may occur. They may continue
to use forms of non-verbal communication to demonstrate comprehension but rely more upon verbal skills.
Learning objectives focus on responding to questions spoken at normal speed, using expanded vocabulary
for discourse, retelling text with less difficulty, using phonetic knowledge and structural analysis to decode
words, asking interrogatives to interpret text, distinguishing between fact and opinion, reading self-selected
texts independently, and following one-step and two-step directions.
Advanced Level
Students performing at the Advanced Level use expanded vocabulary effectively in social and academic
settings and rely much less on forms of non-verbal communication. Few errors may occur. Learning
objectives focus on speaking correct grammar and intonation on a variety of topics. Occasional difficulty
may occur. Students retell and paraphrase in detail, identify elements of fiction and non-fiction, use
capitalization and punctuation automatically, spell grade-level words with little assistance, edit writing, and
following two-step and three-step directions.
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