Achievement Levels for IDEA English Language Proficiency Test (IPT)

Achievement Levels for IDEA English Language Proficiency Test (IPT)
Grade Five
The IDEA English Language Proficiency Test (IPT) standards at grade five address the domains of
Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing as appropriate to the needs of the fifth 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, presenting their own ideas through non-verbal communication, 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, recalling facts and details from text, reading simple text, printing legibly, using correct word
order and spacing, spelling emergent sight words, composing simple sentences, 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, beginning to speak in
comprehensible English, using decoding strategies to understand text, making predictions, recalling basic
facts from text, increasing reading stamina, using capitalization, composing one paragraph with a topic
sentence, editing writing for spelling and subject/verb agreement, 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, using reference materials to understand unknown words in 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 with few errors and rely much less on forms of non-verbal communication. Learning objectives
focus on speaking correct grammar and intonation on a variety of topics; students may experience
occasional difficulty. Learning objectives also focus on retelling and paraphrasing in detail, identifying
elements of fiction and non-fiction, using capitalization and punctuation automatically, spelling grade-level
words with little assistance, editing writing, and following two-step and three-step directions.
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