Title: Title III Updates
1Title III Updates AMAOs
- Jacqueline A. Iribarren, Title III
- Susan Ketchum, Office of Educational
Accountability - September 24, 2008
2FLEP Bulletin Summer 2008
- Exit ACCESS for ELLsTM composite score of 6.0
or by meeting reclassification criteria for (see
ESEA Bulletin 7.02 Reclassification of ELL
Students as Fully English Proficient, August
2007) - 2-year monitoring requirement
- Districts must have a process in place for
monitoring/reviewing these decisions - ESEA Bulletin 8.01 www.dpi.wi.gov/esea/pdf/bul_08
01.pdf
3ACCESS for ELLsTM Counts
- 2006 33,402 took WIs ELP Exam
- 57 Spanish speakers
- 29 Hmong speakers
- 14 other languages
- 2007 44,812 took WIs ELP Exam
- 57 Spanish speakers
- 26 Hmong speakers
- 17 other languages
- 2008 47,471 took WIs ELP Exam
- 61 Spanish speakers
- 24 Hmong speakers
- 15 other languages
4Languages Reported on ACCESS for ELLsTM 2008
5ACCESS for ELLsTM 2008 Composite Scores
6Reading Achievement - WINSS
24,480 FAY Grades 3-8,10 ELL students 54.7
Proficient Advanced in 2007-08
7Mathematics Achievement - WINSS
24,480 FAY Grades 3-8,10 ELL students 52.5
Proficient Advanced in 2007-08
8Were we started . . .
- Chapter PI-13 Limited-English Proficient Pupils,
Wisconsin Administrative Code (1985, 2002,
revised Register, June 2004, No. 582) - ESEA Act of 2001, No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
- Title III Regulations
- DPI WIDA partner states create ELP Standards
grade clusters K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 language
domains listening, speaking, reading and writing - Wisconsins English Language Proficiency
Examination, ACCESS for ELLsTM developed
92003 Interim AMAO Targets
- Stakeholders including DPI WIDA ESL/Bilingual
education professionals - Cut scores set on the four ELP instruments
(using performance standards as guides) - Local data on past performance from districts
informed the setting of Annual Measurable
Achievement Objectives (AMAOs) - 90 of ELP Level 1 students progress one language
level in one year. - 90 of ELP Levels 2-4 progress by at least ½
language level in one year. - 90 of ELP Level 5 students become fully
proficient in one year.
102005-06 School-Year
- ACCESS for ELLsTM adopted as the English Language
Proficiency (ELP) assessment in Wisconsin - WSLS and Individual Student Enrollment System
(ISES) Implemented - Stakeholder meetings discussed AMAO target
revisions
112006-07 School Year
- ELL Advisory Task Force and AMAO Focus Group
meetings reviewed student ELP growth using two
years scores from ACCESS for ELLsTM - Revisions of AMAO targets and cohort descriptions
submitted to USED/OELA - AMAO determinations were required for SY2003-04,
2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 - Required LEAs to inform parents if they or their
consortium had not met AMAO targets
12Revised AMAO Targets and Cohort Description
- AMAO 1 Progress in English language
acquisition - 50 of the students in ELP Levels 1-4 must make
the expected progress - Six Cohorts ELP Levels 1-2 3-4 Grades K-2,
3-8 9-12
13AMAO 1 Expected Progress
Initial English Language Proficiency (ELP) Level
14AMAO 2
- Exiting or attainment of English language
proficiency - 20 of ELL students with ELP Level 5 new
Level 6 (students exiting)
15Title III Sanctions for missed AMAOs
- First Year parent notification began with SY
2005-06 2006-07 - Second Year
- parent notification
- technical assistance
- develop an improvement plan
16AMAO 1 Progressing in English Language
Acquisition
- 2007-08 Target 50 of the Cohort (ELP Levels
1-4) must meet ELP Progress RequirementA 0.8
ELP LevelB 0.7 ELP Level C 0.6 ELP Level D
0.5 ELP Level E 0.4 ELP Level F 0.3 ELP Level
17AMAO 2 Exiting or Reaching English Language
Proficiency
- 2007-08 Target 20 of ELL Students Eligible to
Exit - N students who achieved ELP Level 6
- (divided by)N students eligible or expected to
achieve ELP Level 6
18AMAO 3 ELL-Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
- AYP determinations are made under Title I
reporting processes. - They can be accessed by each District
Assessment Coordinator at http//www.dpi.wi.gov/oe
a/acct/aypdata.html in the Annual Review of
District Performance.
19Summary Determinations
- Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO)
- Progressing in English language acquisition
- Exiting or reaching English language proficiency
- ELL-Adequate Yearly Progress
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- Overall Status
20District Detail
- A district belonging to a consortium for ELL
services will see their districts results for
informational purposes only. - District Detail
- Member districts generally do not have
sufficient numbers of ELL students to calculate
separate AMAO determinations. The report
reflects aggregate results for the consortium as
a whole. - Consortia summary data are used in
accountability determinations. District-only
AMAO counts are provided in the District Detail
table for informational purposes, and can be used
for planning/evaluation within the member
district.
21Fall 2008
- Update WSLS and ISES Year-End ELP codes by
September 30th DPI pilot data pull - Preliminary Notice to districts consortia that
did not meet targets based on changes from 2007
to 2008 ACCESS for ELLsTM, and 3rd Friday Count
Date to Year-End ISES ELP codes 2007-08 - 30-day appeal period data error review
- ISES Year End Data reviewed October 27th
- Final AMAO determinations early November
- Electronic AMAO reports planned
22Contact Information
- Susan Ketchum, Accountability ConsultantOffice
of Educational Accountability - 608.267.0425
- susan.ketchum_at_dpi.wi.gov
- Jacqueline Iribarren, Title III Consultant
- Content and Learning Team
- 608.266.7292
- jacqueline.iribarren_at_dpi.wi.gov
- Visit our websitehttp//www.dpi.wi.gov/oea/
23Further Information
- Resources, timelines, and contacts may be found
on the DPI website - Accountability for ELLs http//dpi.wi.gov/oea
/ellamao.html http//dpi.wi.gov/oea//calendar.htm
l - District WSLS/ISES Contacts http//dpi.wi.gov/lbst
at/xls/wslsisesadm.xls - Programs Serving ELLs http//dpi.wi.gov/ell/s
ervingells.html - Provisions of ESEA Title III http//dpi.wi.gov/es
ea/tiiisummary.html - Standards Assessments for ELLs http//dpi.wi.gov
/oea/ells.html