English Language Proficiency Assessment Spring 2006

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English Language Proficiency AssessmentSpring
2006
Lauren Harvey, Assistant Director Division of
Language Minority and Migrant Programs Indiana
Department of Education [phone] (800)
382-9962 lharvey_at_doe.state.in.us
Jerry McCanna, Evaluation Consultant CTB/McGraw-Hi
ll [phone] jerry_mccanna_at_ctb.com
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Overview

• Test administration
• Scoring/Reporting
• Future initiatives
• Title III Accountability
  Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
  (AMAOs)
• Frequently Asked Questions

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Who Should be Assessed?

• The statewide administration must include all
  limited English proficient (LEP) students in
  grades K-12, as well as those students who exited
  from LEP status in the past two years.
• Test materials were shipped based on the most
  recently available data submitted by schools
  through the STN system on the SY 2004-05 DOE-LM
  report plus a percentage overage.

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Test Administration

• Order additional test materials from CTB Help
  Desk at [phone]. It may take 3-5 days for
  materials to be shipped so begin testing with
  available materials
• Group students for testing by English proficiency
  level within a grade cluster
• All four test domains should not be given in one
  day for students in grades K-3.

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Test Administration

• Students must be given the opportunity to attempt
  the practice items for all sections of each test.
  If the student is unable to respond to the
  practice item due to English proficiency level,
  move on to the next section of the test.
• If a student tries, but cannot complete the test
  item, the test should be scored and given the
  student the lowest obtainable scale score (LOSS
  for short). If the test is blank because the
  student was absent, invalidated or exempt, that
  should be noted and picked up on the bio sheet,
  the top of page two where the teacher would
  bubble in the appropriate field and subtest.

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Scoring/Reporting

• 7 scores will be provided Listening, Speaking,
  Reading, Writing, Comprehension, Oral, and
  Composite. The composite score (level 1-5) will
  be used for State reporting
• Reports should be available in mid May as long as
  all materials are returned on time
• A report in Spanish will be provided for parents.
  Code the Student bubble sheet with 71 for Home
  Language (Field 8)

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Reporting
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Future Initiatives

• Bar code labels will be provided
• Student bubble sheet will be customized for
  Indiana
• Materials will be sent to ESL Coordinators
• Shipments will be based on locally provided data

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Accountability AMAOs

• Title III, section 3122
• Each State shall develop annual measurable
  achievement objectives (AMAOs) for LEP students
  served under Title III that relate to such
  childrens development and attainment of English
  proficiency while meeting challenging State
  academic content and student academic achievement
  standards as required by Title I, section
  1111(b)(1).

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Accountability AMAOs

• Title III AMAOs shall include
• annual increases in the and of LEP students
  making progress in learning English,
• annual increases in the and of LEP students
  attaining English proficiency (as measured by a
  valid and reliable assessment of English
  proficiency), and
• making adequate yearly progress (AYP) for LEP
  students under Title I.

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Accountability AMAOs

• Parental notification
• Section 3302(b) requires Title III recipients to
  notify the parents of students participating in
  the language education instructional program, in
  an understandable format, in the event that AMAOs
  were not met during any school year.
• Improvement Plan
• If a Title III recipient has failed to meet the
  AMAOs for two (2) consecutive years, the
  development of an improvement plan specifically
  addressing the factors contributing to failure is
  required.
• If a Title III recipient has failed to meet the
  AMAOs for four (4) consecutive years, the
  modification of curriculum, program, and method
  of language education instruction is required.
  The State may also require the replacement of
  staff and funding will be reconsidered.

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Accountability AMAOs

• The Spring 2006 administration will serve as the
  new baseline. Progress will be measured against
  the Spring 2007 administration.
• Until that point, AMAO calculations will be made
  based on previously existing instruments.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• When will Braille and large print materials be
  available?
• Braille Material Braille Test materials will be
  ready in late summer so ILEPA Braille testing
  will not happen during the 2006 administration.
• Large Print Material Corporations will call the
  Help Desk to place their Large Print orders. The
  LP orders will be filled after April 1, 2006.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Must LEP students with dual identification as
  Special Education participate?
• Refer to the students IEP. If the IEP states
  that the student may participate in standardized
  assessment then you may proceed with the
  administration and provide any ISTEP approved
  accommodations.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Must foreign exchange students participate?
• All LEP students must be assessed. Title III does
  not provide any exemptions for foreign exchange
  students. If the student entered with
  documentation indicating fluency in English, they
  do not have to participate.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Field 6 of the student bubble sheet asks for the
  student ID number. Should I use the STN or the
  schools ID number?
• It is very important that the STN be used. This
  will provide us a mechanism to identify results
  and monitor student progress.
• Please remember to right justify field 6 and
  bubble 0 in column A

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Students that transferred in from a parochial
  school have a letter in their STN. How should
  this be bubbled?
• Non-Public Student Barcodes Column 1 All
  students who came from a non-pub will bubble "9"
  (all public and charter will bubble "0"-right
  justified). Column 2 Depending on the first
  letter of the non-pub, i.e., A, B, C, D will
  bubble A1, B2, C3, D4. Column 3-10 The rest
  of the STN. The non-pubs will have a 10 number
  STN, for now, starting with 9. The IDOE needs to
  inform non-publics of this system.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• What should be done if a student transfers to
  another school before testing is completed?
• Submit the students test and indicate absent
  on field 13 of the bubble sheet for sections of
  the test that were not completed.
• Forward data to the next school so that they can
  finish testing.

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Reclassification Policy

• State definition of English proficiency
• A student is defined as Proficient in attaining
  English when a variety of indicators have been
  achieved. A students ability to demonstrate
  competence in the domains of speaking, listening,
  reading, writing and comprehension in English is
  incorporated into the definition along with
  attainment of set cut scores on the State
  approved instruments to assess English
  proficiency.
• All domains are weighted equally in determining
  proficiency, and students must demonstrate full
  ability in all domains.
• Also integral to the definition of Proficient is
  a students ability to display academic
  achievement at grade level comparable to native
  English speaking peers. Finally, Proficiency in
  English is defined when a student has maintained
  this level of linguistic and academic ability
  during the two year monitoring period required by
  NCLB.
• LMMP Reclassification Guidelines handout will be
  revised based on implementation of new English
  proficiency assessment.

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Supplemental Handout

• Improving Adequate Yearly Progress for English
  Language Learners
• December 2004
• Charlene Cobb, Program Associate
• Center for Literacy
• Learning Point Associates

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Reminders

• Finish test administration by April 14
• Schedule pick up materials by April 17
• Reports will be available in mid May

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Questions?
Refer to Examiners Manual or Test Coordinators
Manual
Email Lauren Harvey at lharvey_at_doe.state.in.us
or lep_at_doe.state.in.us

• Email Jerry McCanna at
• Jerry_mccanna_at_ctb.com