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Federal Program Directors Meeting Title III Program

Federal Program Directors Meeting Title III Program. December 11, 2013 Robert Crawford Mami Itamochi. Overview. Policy 2417 E-learns ELPA 21 WESTELL Test Accommodations AMAO. Policy 2417. Background information Current Policy 2417 – 2003 Policy 2417 Change – 2 phases

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Federal Program Directors Meeting Title III Program

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  1. Federal Program Directors MeetingTitle III Program December 11, 2013 Robert Crawford Mami Itamochi

  2. Overview • Policy 2417 • E-learns • ELPA 21 • WESTELL • Test Accommodations • AMAO

  3. Policy 2417 • Background information • Current Policy 2417 – 2003 • Policy 2417 Change – 2 phases • 1st phase – Standard adoption • 2nd phase – definitions • Current • 9/27 Advisory Council’s Webinar • November Board Meeting • Public Comment by 12/16 • Adoption • Future planning

  4. Current Policy 2417 • Current ELP Standards • Proficiency Level (1-5) • Standard 1-3 • Standard 1 – Oral (Listening & Speaking) • Standard 2 – Reading • Standard 3 – Writing • Numbering of Standards and Objectives • ELP.S.1.1 • Follow Content Standards

  5. Current Policy 2417 • Progression (Oral – Standard 1) • ELP1.1.1. Understand a few words and phrases • ELP2.1.1. Understand a few words phrases and/or with basic English grammatical forms • ELP3.1.1. Attempt to use standard English and is understood when speaking • ELP4.1.1. Ask and answer instructional questions • ELP5.1.1. Vary speech according to purpose, audience, and subject matter

  6. Current Policy 2417

  7. Guiding Principles New Standards • Potential • Funds of Knowledge • Diversity in ELL Progress in Acquiring English Language Proficiency • Scaffolding • Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education • Special Needs • Access Supports and Accommodations • Multimedia, Technology, and New Literacies

  8. Table 1. Organization of the ELP Standards in Relation to Participation in Content-Area Practices

  9. Alternate Organization of the ELP Standards

  10. ELP Standard Examples: Grades 4-5

  11. The Descriptors Describe ELL Performance by the END of each ELP Level • The levels 1–5 descriptors for each of the 10 ELP Standards describe targets for ELL performance by the end of each ELP level at a particular point in time. • Students may demonstrate a range of abilities within each ELP level. • The linear progressions described in the ELP Standards are done for purposes of presentation and understanding; actual second language acquisition does not necessarily occur in a linear fashion within or across proficiency levels.

  12. What opportunities and challenges do the new standards provide? Table Discussion 1

  13. Future Planning • District Training in conjunction with spring Federal Program - Title III Directors -Instructional Leads • Electronic Resources • E-Learns Course

  14. E-Learns • E-Learns • WVDE e-Learning:7 weeks course • Participants can earn collage credit if they choose • WVDE e-Learning for West Virginia Educators Winter 2014 Course Schedule • Class Dates: Jan 08, 2014 to Feb 25, 2014 • Registration Dates: Dec 01, 2014 to Jan 07, 2014 • New Courses for teachers/administrators • ELLs and Common Core State Standards • Sheltered Instruction Observational Protocol (SIOP) And current course – Facilitating Instruction for English Language Learners

  15. ELPA 21 Assessment • ELPA 21 Consortium Development • Consortium Member States Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington and West Virginia • Consortium diagnostic screener • English language proficiency assessment in grades K-12 • Employ technology when possible and account for interoperability across user platforms emerging from Smarter Balanced and PARCC.

  16. ELPA 21 Assessment • Timeline • Consortium Governance Formation: Spring 2013 • Summative Assessment Field Test: Spring 2015 • Diagnostic Screener Field Test: Spring 2015 • Formative Assessment Operationalized: Spring 2016 • Diagnostic Screener Operationalized: Fall 2016

  17. WESTELL 2014 All LEP students have to take WESTELL test annually!!!

  18. Testing Accommodations • WESTEST 2 online – 2014 • Smarter Balanced Test (RLA and Math) and WESTEST 2 online (Social Studies and Science) – 2015 • Available Languages • New Testing Accommodations (2013-2014 WV Guidelines for Participation in State Assessment) • P01 – use text to speech • P28 to P39 • P41 – Provide translations glossary – SB Math Items only (Locally provided) – paper & pencil (Student has to have IEP) • T09 – Provide separate setting (smarter balanced) *More detail information will be provided by Elluminate Session in Near Future!

  19. Smarter Balanced Assessment

  20. AMAO Report • AMAOs • AMAO 1: Annual increases in the number or percent of children making progress in English as determined by WESTELL • AMAO 2: Annual increases in the number or percent of children attaining English language proficiency as determined by WESTELL • AMAO 3: Met AMOs RLA and Math & Participation rate requirement & graduation rate http://wvconnections.k12.wv.us/documents/RevisedAMAOCalculations2013-includeAMAO3-website.docx • AMAO Target (cell size 20) • AMAO 1 • AMAO 2 • AMAO 3 • State Assessment Performance (75% by 2020) • Graduation Rate (4 years 85% by 2020, 5 years 87.5% by 2020) • State Assessment Participation Rate (95%)

  21. How can you use your current report to positively impact services to English language learners? Table Discussion 2

  22. WVEIS • WVEIS on WOW • LEP 510 report • Accommodation report • Data Collection • 2nd month data collection *2014 Federal Title III County Allocation will be determined 2013 2nd month data. • Cautions • Put new LEP students’ data after you complete language screening test (if students score fluent – level 5 – do not activate LEP tab)

  23. LEP Student’s Identification • Home Language Survey • Toward a Common Definition of English Language Learners http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2013/Toward_a_Common_Definition_2013.pdf (page 6) • Under Identification/Over Identification

  24. Home Language Survey Questions

  25. What current practices do you use in identifying English language learners? What additional procedures/changes could be implemented to improve the accuracy of identification? Table Discussion 3

  26. Resources • Toward a Common Definition of English Language Learners http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2013/Toward_a_Common_Definition_2013.pdf • RTI http://www.rti4success.org/pdf/0728%20RTI%20ELL%20Summary%20d4.pdf • Reading Language Arts http://ell.stanford.edu/teaching_resources/ela • Math http://ell.stanford.edu/teaching_resources/math

  27. Next Steps • WESTELL Trainings • State Assessment Accommodation Training • Onsite TA – as needed Any Questions? Robert Crawford rcrawford@access.k12.wv.us Mami Itamochi mitamochi@access.k12.wv.us Phone Number: 304-558-0200

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