Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) Results

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Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment
System (TELPAS) Results

• September 2007

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What is TELPAS?

• TELPAS is the name given to the assessment system
  designed by Texas to meet NCLB Title III
  requirements.
• Consists of 2 separate assessments
• Reading Proficiency Tests in English (RPTE)
• Texas Observation Protocol (TOP)

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Grades 1 - 12 Texas English Language Proficiency
Assessment System
Domain Beg Int Adv Adv High
Listening TOP TOP TOP TOP
Speaking TOP TOP TOP TOP
Reading RPTE RPTE RPTE RPTE
Writing TOP TOP TOP TOP
R RPTE TOP Texas Observation Protocol
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Types of Assessment Required for Limited English
Proficient Students

• Annual assessment of English language proficiency
  for all K-12 students identified as LEP
• All students identified as LEP must be annually
  assessed even if they are not served under Title
  I or Title III
• State assessments in academic content of all
  students in grades 3-8 10

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• States are required to

• Establish Annual Measurable Achievement
  Objectives (AMAO) targets
• for annual increases in ATTAINMENT of English
  proficiency
• for annual increases in PROGRESS in learning
  English

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Spring 2007
TELPAS Resultsfor NEISD Texas
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Comparison of Spring 2007 Proficiency Levels of
ELL Students in Grades K - 2 NEISD to Texas
Intermediate
Beginning
Advanced
Advanced High
RED NEISD BLUE TEXAS
Total NEISD Students 1,772
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Comparison of Spring 2007 Proficiency Levels of
ELL Students in Grades 3-12 NEISD to Texas
Intermediate
Beginning
Advanced
Advanced High
RED NEISD BLUE TEXAS
Total NEISD Students 2,212
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Spring 2007 Yearly Progress LEP Students in
Grades 3-12
2 levels higher
3 levels higher
1 level higher
1 or more
RED NEISD BLUE TEXAS
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LEP Students Advancing One or More Proficiency
Levels
GRADES 3 - 12 2005 2006 2007
NEISD 62 64 71
TEXAS 53 57 63
RED NEISD BLUE TEXAS
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LEP Students Tested
GRADE CLUSTER 2005 2006 2007
K - 2 1,276 1,511 1,772
3 - 12 1,605 1,811 2,212
38 Increase in the number of ELLs in 3 years
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Projected Status of Grades K3 AMAOs
AMAO NEISD Actual Met AMAO
1 17 of LEP students must progress by at least 1 proficiency level a year 49 of LEP students progressed at least one proficiency level from 2006 to 2007 ?
2 2.5 of LEP students must reach Advanced High on the TELPAS 11 of LEP students reached Advanced High on the TELPAS ?
3 None None
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Projected Status of Grades 312 AMAOs
AMAO NEISD Actual Met AMAO
1 44 of LEP students must progress by at least 1 proficiency level a year 71 progressed at least one level from 2006 to 2007 ?
2 26 of current LEP students must reach Advanced High 44 of LEP students reached Advanced High ?
3 Reading/ELA Performance gt60 95 Participation Mathematics Performance gt50 95 Participation Reading/ELA 79 Performance 97 Participation Mathematics 74 Performance 99 Participation ?
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Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment
System (TELPAS) Results

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