Our English Language Learners! Accommodation Policy and Procedures

Our English Language Learners!Accommodation Policy

and Procedures

January 28, 2011

A New Accommodations Manual

• Contains a table of contents that clearly identifies sections focused on English language learner parameters.

• Pages 41-57 !• Appendices B (P. 63) and C (P. 66)

What’s new for our English language learners in 2011?

• Addition of the following accommodations:– Picture dictionary– Customized dual language glossary

(English/Spanish)– Pocket word-to-word translator(P. 3)

What’s new for our English language learners in 2011?

• Removal of the following accommodations due to potential for changing the concept being measured:– Picture dictionary– Customized dual language glossary

(English/Spanish)– Pocket word-to-word translator(P. 3)

PED Training

Because I do not generally like to reinvent the wheel…• The following 3 slides come from the original

district test coordinator training provided by PED.

Law: Inclusion in Student Assessments

• Title I says:

(P. 9)

Law: Inclusion in Student Assessments

• Title III states:

(P. 10)

Who should select assessment accommodations?

P. 17

Who should select assessment accommodations?

P. 17

Who should select assessment accommodations?

P. 17

Remember though…

Procedures for Identifying Our English Language Learners

(P. 43)

Accommodations for ELLs

• Designed to enable students to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers that hinder their demonstration of academic achievment.

Accommodations for ELLs

Should be based on a student’s:

Appropriate and Effective Accommodations Based on Language Proficiency

• Native language accommodations are most effective for students at beginning or emerging levels of English proficiency.

• Students at an intermediate level of English proficiency will benefit from a wider range of written and oral accommodations.

(P. 45)

(P. 19)

(P. 48-55)

ELLs With Disabilities

(P. 56)

Process for Identifying ELLs With Special Needs

(P.57)

ELLs With Disabilities

(P.57)

ELLs With Disabilities

Just a reminder…

• We must not assess what we do not teach!• An accommodation with which a student has

had no experience is not an accommodation, but rather a hindrance!

Thank you!

• Adrian Sandoval, Interim Bilingual [email protected]