Update on the LEP SCASS

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Update on the LEP SCASS

• February 2, 2007
• Ellen Forte
• LEP SCASS Coordinator

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Since we last met

• LEP SCASS meeting on October 26-27
• 29 states (yippee!)
• Banquet of speakers and discussions
• Appropriate accommodations for ELLsCharlene
  Rivera and Jamal Abedi
• Alternate assessment options for ELLsCharles
  Stansfield
• Second meeting of the LEP Partnership October
  28-29
• Led by Deputy Secretary Simons office and the
  Office of English Language Acquisition
• Title I assessment issues for ELLs and now also
  English language proficiency assessment

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The CCSSO ELL Agenda

• Standards for English Language Proficiency
  Assessments
• Frameworks and implementation support for
  appropriate accommodations for ELLs
• Support for developing and evaluating alternate
  academic assessment options for ELLs
• Deciphering the Annual Measurable Achievement
  Outcomes (AMAOs)
• (oh yeah, Title III accountability)