End of Year LPAC

for Bilingual/ESLMay 06, 2013

Presented by:

Sue BanfieldYolanda Sarinana

HLS/ 20 Day Deadline Annual Reviews Exiting Students from LEP status SPED/LEP Exits Hot Topics Summer School Red Folder Contents Summer Staff Development

Do not give HLS to anyone coming in from another Texas School.Original HLS (How do you know?)If a student goes away for several years and returns…use the original HLS.If a mistake was made, document the conversation with the parent, date it, and proceed with the process.(20 days)Check any discrepancies even from other BISD campuses.

20 day deadline encompasses parent permission. We need to ensure that all students are coded before final submission day.

Do not go over 20 days. If you can’t get information from other campus, document the date and who you talked with.

If running out of time, assess and LPAC.

All ELL students identified in PEIMS will have and annual review at the end of the year.Bilingual ESLLEP parent denials1st and 2nd year Monitors will have an annual review at the end of the year.

LPAC will review academic and linguistic progress, assessment results and any other information about each student and document in individual review page and minutes.

Report to Parents of Students Progress. A copy of the report needs to be kept and put in student’s folder.

Individual LPAC minutes will be kept in student’s Red Folder

Level of English on EOY review is TELPAS composite score. For PK use woodcock level.

Annual review LPAC minutes and individual minutes will be sent to the bilingual/ESL office by the last day of school.

Pre-K, K, 1, 3, and 5 will take the OLPT (Woodcock Munoz) sections 1 and 2 at the end of year to measure growth and have current language scores.

Other grades will test only for exiting purposes.

Current OLPT (Woodcock Munoz) must reflect a score of 4 on the Oral CALP for exiting

OLPT in Spanish not required for bilingual programs when exiting.

TELPAS will not substitute for OLPT at BISD.

Our district will first consider students for exiting after their third grade year.

LPACs should only recommend a student for exiting if ALL criteria is met.

New Exit Criteria Chart (see handout)

The following chart shows the criteria for transferring a LEP student out of the bilingual or ESL education program at different grade levels. IMPORTANT: The exit criteria shown in this chart are accurate as of the publication date of this handbook but are subject to change. Visit the TEA Bilingual Education web page at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=4098&menu_id=72U0 for the most current exit criteria.

1 19 TAC §89.1225(h)

2012–2013 English Proficiency Exit Criteria ChartAt the end of the school year, a district may transfer (exit, reclassify, transition) a LEP student out of a bilingual of ESL education program for the first time or a subsequent time if the student is able to participate equally in a regular all-English instruction program as determined by satisfactory performance in all three assessment areas below and the results of a subjective teacher evaluation.1

For STAAR, English reading and English writing, the performance level for program exit is Level II (Satisfactory Academic Performance) or above.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th

Current School Year

Oral = Listening& Speaking

Scored Fluent on English

OLPT1

Scored Fluent on English

OLPT1

Scored Fluent on English OLPT1

Scored Fluent on English OLPT1

Scored Fluent on English OLPT1

Scored Fluent on English OLPT1

Scored Fluent on English OLPT1

Scored Fluent on English OLPT1

Scored Fluent on English OLPT1

Scored Fluent on English OLPT1

Scored Fluent on English OLPT1

English Reading2

Norm Referenced

Standardized Achievement

Test1

(Rdg./Lang.) 40th

percentile or above

Norm Referenced

Standardized Achievement

Test1

(Rdg./Lang.) 40th percentile

or above

STAAR STAAR STAAR STAAR STAAR STAAR STAAR3 STAAR3 TAKS, TAKS(Accommodated)5 EnglishLanguage

Arts Assessment

English Writing2

Agency Approved

Writing Test1

Agency Approved

Writing Test1

Agency Approved

Writing Test1

STAAR Agency Approved

Writing Test1

Agency Approved

Writing Test1

STAAR Agency Approved

Writing Test1

STAAR4 STAAR4

Subjective Teacher

Evaluation

Assessments, anecdotal notes, portfolios, etc.

1In the 2012–2013 agency-approved List of Approved Tests for Assessment of Limited English Proficient Students available on the following web page:http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=4098&menu_id=720

Note: LEP students may be exited only after end of first grade based on 19 TAC §89.1225(i)

2For STAAR, English reading and English writing refer to the grade-level tests in grades 3-8 and to the applicable end-of-course English I, II, and III reading and writing assessments.

3Exception: TELPAS Reading Advanced High will be used in 2012–2013 for a student in grade 9 or 10 who is a TAKS graduate under state policy.

4Exception: An agency-approved writing test from the 2012–2013 list of approved tests will be used for students repeating grade 9 or 10 who is a TAKS graduate under state policy.

5TAKS (Accommodated) is for eligible (LEP) students receiving special education services.

Check parent denials and use the same criteria for exit with these studentsAll exit decisions are made by the LPACParent denial form signed every yearOriginal denial form will be placed in the red folder, all others can be kept in document folders.Document folders should follow the student from campus to campus.

Use criteria set by TAC 89.1225(h) first.

Use TAC 89.1225(k) for students with special circumstances

See process for setting special exit criteria (on bilingual/ESL website)

students may be exited using STAAR Modified or STAAR ALT if the ARD, in conjunction with the LPAC, determined that to be the most appropriate assessment for the student AND follow the process outlined in the document found at the included link.

 http://www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508552&libID=2147508542 . 

Set in the fall to exit in Spring Set in the Spring to exit the following

Spring For students taking STAAR Modified or

STAAR Alternate Should be set by the ARD in conjunction

with the LPAC STAAR performance standards may not be

modified

Send home notification of exit for students served in a program and for parent denials

Parents must agree to exit Stress the two year monitoring and

students have option to be placed back in program if not successful in all English setting.

Monitor for two years Must check grades every grading

period (not just at the end of the year!) and LPAC convenes if student has a failing grade in the core subjects

Student can only be placed back in the program during this two year monitoring.

If re-enrolled-----parent must approve!

PK, K and Newcomers at Southwest June 10-28 State mandated and all eligible can attend

1-5 Jumpstart at SpartaAugust 5-16Recommended by LPAC based on eligibility

criteria.

Front Cover – Completed and

updated when necessary. Inside Left – All TELPAS result print

outs and writing samples for the last 2 years

Inside Right – Follow documentation checklist on front outside cover

Only 1 HLS Only initial and exit Woodcock report should

be in the red folder Only TELPAS on left side Last 2 years of writing samples Chronological order Complete forms—Dates are very important Placement and permission dates are the same Woodcock Munoz testing booklets and other

reports in students’ document folder Please fasten all paperwork to folder

Be sure to submit end of year paper work with appropriate parent permission to the bilingual office by the last day of school.

If paper work is not received by the bilingual office by the last day of school, students will keep their current coding for the following year.

Local June 20 – 21 Language and Literacy w/Melissa Castillo

June 25 - 26 ESL prep course

Region XII June 10 – 11 ESL TexES review #38811 Waco

June 12 - 14 Bilingual TexES review #39703 Waco

June 24 - 25 Spanish for School Personnel #40588 Waco

July 16 – 17 ESL TexES review #38812 Waco

August 5 Highly Eff. Strategies for ELLs #40035 Waco

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