So You Have A New ELL?

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So You Have A New ELL?

• Marilyn Roberts, Director
• Phil Chase, ELL Assessment Specialist
• Guest Michigan ELL Instructor
• Office of Educational Assessment
  Accountability (OEAA)
• 2006 OEAA Fall Conferences

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• Who is an English language learner (ELL)?
• A student who is an ELL is also known as Limited
  English Proficient Proficient in some states and
  laws.

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• Do all ELLs come from other countries?
• Some ELLs doabout 20 percent. Many others are
  children or grandchildren of immigrants. Over 70
  percent of ELLs are born here in the United
  States.

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• How can we identify students as English language
  learners?
• A Home Language Survey is provided to all new
  students enrolling in school (Title VI
  requirement).

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• What are the Home Language Survey Questions?
• Is your childs native tongue a language other
  than English?
• Is the primary language used in your childs home
  or environment a language other than English?

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• If the answer to either question on the Home
  Language Survey is YES, proceed to assessment
  of eligibility, using the ELPA Initial Screening
  and other identified criteria.

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• What is the ELPA Initial Screening?
• The ELPA Initial Screening is a short, ELP
  standards-based assessment. The results show
  strengths and weaknesses by domain and include
  overall performance levels that are linked to
  last springs annual ELPA.

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• How do we order an ELPA Initial Screening for a
  new student?
• Obtain an order form on the OEAA website at
  www.michigan.gov/oeaa
• Fax the amounts needed to OEAA, 517-334-0567.

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• How is the ELPA Initial Screening scored?
• ELPA is scored at the time of administration.
  Student information and raw scores are entered
  onto the OEAA secure website.

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• What types of reports are available for the ELPA
  Initial Screening?
• An individual report and class/group list is
  immediately downloadable.

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• ELPA
• Initial
• Screening
• Report
• Sample

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• How do we notify the State that we have an ELL
  who is eligible for services?
• Entering ELPA screener information on the OEAA
  Secure Site identifies the student for Title III
  count. Also, include data for SRSD fields (29
  and 71 through 82) with each count date.

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Instruction for ELLs

• What are the next steps?
• Parents or guardians of the student are contacted
  regarding instructional recommendations.

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Instruction for ELLs

• How are instructional recommendations determined?
• Input from parents/guardians and instructional
  staff
• Student language background
• Resources from
• Bilingual or dual-immersion instructional staff
• ESL (English as a Second Language) or Sheltered
  English instructional staff
• District, ISD, and State staff

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Instruction for ELLs

• How do we obtain resources for LEP instruction?
• ISDs and Title III Consortia
• MI-Map for ELLs
• Services from
• Bilingual Education
• ESL
• Other sources

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Instruction for ELLs

• How do we monitor progress?
• Provide classroom assessments
• Analyze results of school, district, and state
  assessments.
• MEAP
• Annual ELPA

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Meeting Federal Requirements

• Who takes the ELPA in spring?
• ELPA is to be given to all Michigan students who
  are enrolled in grades K-12 and are eligible for
  Limited English Proficient (LEP) services.
• All public and charter schools are included,
  along with private schools (depending on LEA
  agreements).

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Preparing for the 2007 ELPA

• How do we obtain ELPA Spring materials?
• Order materials through ELPA coordinator (specify
  type and amount).
• Pre-ID for identified ELLs labels for new
  students.

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Accommodations for ELLs

• How do we determine if an ELLwho is also a
  student with a disability (SWD)needs an
  accommodation for ELPA?
• Use of an accommodation is based on documentation
  in school record.
• Decisions are to be made on student-by-student
  basis.

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Accommodations for ELLs

• How do we determine if an ELL needs an
  accommodation for MEAP, MI-Access or MME?
• Assessment accommodations are based on ELL
  performance levels and language of instruction
  for content area being assessed.
• Decisions are to be made on student-by-student
  basis.

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Accommodations for ELLs

• How do we determine if an ELL needs an
  accommodation for MEAP, MI-Access or MME?
• MEAP accommodations marked as standard result in
  scores that are reportable for Adequate Yearly
  Progress (AYP) and EducationYES!

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Accommodations for ELLs

• How do we determine if an ELL needs an
  accommodation for MEAP, MI-Access or MME?
• The use of MME Accommodations for ELLs result in
  a score that is not reportable for ACT is
  standard and reportable for AYP and EdYES!

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Accommodations for ELLs

• Where can we locate accommodation lists for
  ELPA, MEAP, MI-Access and MME?
• Accommodations Summary Tables are located on the
  public www.michigan.gov Web site for each
  assessment.

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Accommodations Other Tests

• Can ELLs be excused from these assessments?
• All ELLs are to be assessed with content-based
  tests. The only exception involves recently
  arrived students.

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Recently Arrived ELLs

• Who are recently arrived students?
• These are ELLs who have enrolled in a U.S. public
  school for 12 months or less.
• The date of entry is drawn from sections 5 and 7
  on ELPA demographic pages.

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Recently Arrived ELLs

• Who are recently arrived students?
• Students meeting this criterion may be excused
  from taking the ELA portions of content-based
  tests provided that ELPA has been administered.
• This is a one-time exemption. Excused students
  are reported as a sub-category for AYP.

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Remember

• All students enrolled in grades K-12 who are
  eligible for LEP services MUST be assessed
  annually using the Spring ELPA .

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Remember

• ELPA is used for the Annual Title III Reporting
  and to show progress on the attainment of ELP
  standards.

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Assessment Dates for ELLs

• ELPA Initial Screening Administration
• Ongoing (change levelsDec. 1)
• MME Accommodation Submission
• January 1, 2007
• MEAP Administration (Seniors only)
• March 12-30, 2007

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Assessment Dates for ELLs

• ELPA Planning Teleconference
• January 22, 2007
• ELPA Administration Teleconference
• February 15, 2007
• ELPA Spring Administration
• March 19-April 27, 2007

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Assessment Resources for ELLs

• Assessment questions about ELLs?
• Call 877-560-8378 for OEAA assistance
• or help with the OEAA secure website.
• Email oeaa_at_michigan.gov for ELPA
• assistance, including the OEAA secure
  website.

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Comments Suggestions

• Phil Chase
• chasep2_at_mi.gov
• [phone]

Michigan Department of Education 608 W. Allegan
St. P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, MI 48909
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Comments Suggestions

• Marilyn Roberts
• Robertsm_at_mi.gov
• [phone]

Michigan Department of Education 608 W. Allegan
St. P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, MI 48909