ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Overview of Oregon Students

Susan Inman, Educational Improvement and Innovation

Kathleen Vanderwall, Assessment and Information Services

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Context for Oregon’s ELL Program Profile of Oregon English Learners Programs Providing ELL Services Funding Sources School ELP Accountability System Building Blocks: Standards English Language Proficiency Assessment Collaboration with Other States

Purpose of this presentation:

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Of the approximately 62,000 identified ELLs in Oregon (2010/11):

44,750 (72%) have been identified for four or fewer years

17,677 (28%) have been identified for five or more years

ELLs in Oregon by number of years identified as Limited English Proficient

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Oregon ELLs are very diverse: Native language Age at which they enter Oregon schools Parents’ literacy in the native language Other factors impacting all Oregon students

(e.g. poverty, mobility)

Profile of Oregon English Learners

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Miguel enters large elementary school as a first grader. His parents are highly literate in the native language of Spanish and are semi-fluent in English.

Natalia enters a small middle school as a 7th grader. Her parents are illiterate in the native language of Ukrainian and have no English.

Mohamed enters high school as a 9th grader. His parents are university professors fluent in their native language of Arabic and fluent in English. Mohamed is college bound.

Oregon Newcomer Vignettes

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Reading Assessment Performance Summary: 2010-2011 School Year

All Districts, All Grades

Profile of Oregon English Learners

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% of All Students

% of Limited English Proficient

Students

% of Students Meeting

Achievement Standard

Reading Assessment Performance Trend: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11

All Districts, All Grades

Profile of Oregon English Learners

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% of Students Meeting

Achievement Standard

% of All Students

% of Limited English Proficient

Students

Currently in Oregon there are 152 districts and consortia providing ELL services to approximately 60,000 identified Limited English Proficient students.

Programs Providing ELL Services

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ODE receives a formula allocation that is determined by the US DOE on an annual basis (2011/12- $7.4 million)

This annual amount requires a percentage (up to 15%) be set aside for distribution as the Recent Arriver’s (Immigrant) subgrant

ODE is allowed up to 5% of the total funds to be used for state administration of the program.

The remainder is distributed to each ELL program based on a per-pupil

basis (2011/12 allocation = $153.00 per student). 

Funding Sources: ESEA Title III Allocations

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Pursuant to ORS 327.013(7)(a)(B), the resident school districts shall receive an additional .5 times the ADM of all eligible students enrolled in an English as a Second Language program

To be eligible, a student must be in the ADM of the school district in grades K through 12 and be a language minority student attending English as a Second Language (ESL) classes in a program which meets basic US DOE and Office of Civil Rights guidelines

State School Fund (SSF)

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State-defined targets for achievement in English language proficiency as demonstrated on the State English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)

Based on state English Language Proficiency Standards and baseline data derived from ELPA

Used to evaluate the effectiveness of English Language Development (ELD) programs

Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives AMAOs are:

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Four key elements comprise the AMAOs. These elements highlight different aspects of attainment of English language proficiency. AMAO 1: Describes the annual increase in

progress in learning English. AMAO 2: Describes the annual increase in

attainment of English language proficiency using two separate calculations◦ AMAO 2A measures the total number of ELL

students in a district obtaining proficiency ◦ AMAO 2B measure applies only to students who

have been in the program for five or more years.

Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (Continued)

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Four key elements comprise the AMAOs. These elements highlight different aspects of attainment of English language proficiency. AMAO 3: Is the federal requirement that

school districts make Adequate Yearly Progress for their ELL students in reading/language on the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS)

Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (Continued)

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System Building Blocks

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System Building Blocks Currently Looking Forward

Academic Content Standards

ELA 2003 CCSS (2010) and Next Gen Science

ELP Standards 2005 Est. 2012-13

ELP Performance Standards (Cut Scores)

2008 (Ver. 2012)

Est. 2015-16

State Assessment (ELPA) Current(2013-2014)

Est. 2016-2017

Timeline

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ELP Standards: Language demand needed by students to acquire and perform the knowledge and skills in the ELA and Math Content StandardsELP Performance Standards: Cut Scores

Measures the proficiency of English Language Learners in listening, speaking, reading, writing based on Oregon’s current English Language Proficiency Standards Each student responds to 40 to 50 test

items Using head phones for listening items

Using microphones for speaking items Using keyboard and mouse for reading and

writing items.

English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)

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There are five distinct grade-band ELPA assessments that generally become more difficult. Within each grade-band, items range from beginning to advanced language proficiency. K-1 2-3 4-5 6-8 HS

English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)

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Speaking Short ResponseELPA Item Example

Using a complete sentence, tell what’s happening in this picture.

Writing Extended Response ELPA Item Example

Science class can be exciting because students can do experiments.

If you could choose, what experiment would you try?

Describe the experiment.Why would you choose that experiment?Remember to use complete sentences in your response.

Response is typed here.

Required for all students eligible to receive English Language Development (ELD) services

Valid score and a valid submission in the LEP data collection are needed for a student to count for participation on LEP accountability reports

In 2011-12, 55,126 ELPA assessments were completed and scored

Students who score “proficient” on the ELPA and exit from ELL services are counted as ELLs for two years for “monitoring” purposes

English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)

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Oregon has joined twenty other states under facilitation of Dr. Kenji Hakuta of Stanford Univ.

Examined current ELP Standards correspondence with CCSS

Drafted Framework for the Creation and Evaluation of ELP Standards Corresponding to the CCSS and Next Generation Science Standards

Technical Working Groups for the ELL-SCASS include: Early Childhood, Formative Assessment, and the ELP Standards groups

Collaborations with Other StatesCCSSO ELL Standards and Assessment

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Proposal to US DOE: Enhanced Assessment Grant Diagnostic Screener and Summative Assessment

corresponding to Common Core State Standards CCSSO, Stanford Univ., and 13 states with

Oregon as Lead $6.9 million over

four years for an item bank and other resources for operational testingin 2016-2017

Collaborations with Other States ELPA 21

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Questions?

Verify the Coherence and Appropriateness of the ELP Cut Scores established in 2008

◦ Contrasting Groups Study of 3950 ELL students in 14 school districts

ELP Performance Standards (Based on 2003 ELA and 2005 ELP Standards)

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Contrasting Groups Study of 3950 ELL students (Continued)

The judged performance is a little lower than that determined by the ELPA

English language development teachers independently judged their students’ proficiency Mean Judged Performance Level = 3.2 (SD=1.2) Mean ELPA Performance Level = 2.9 (SD = 1.2)

Correlation is 0.7

ELP Performance Standards (Based on 2003 ELA and 2005 ELP Standards)

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Next Steps:◦ Disaggregate data from Contrasting Groups Study

of 3950 ELL students◦ Convene stakeholders to engage in verification of

the current ELP Performance Standards [English language development teachers, administrators (including ESEA Title III), parents of ELLs, business and community partners] October 6 – 9, 2012 or June 25 - 28, 2013

◦ Implement any updates to the ELP Performance Standards in the 2013-2014 school year

ELP Performance Standards (Based on 2003 ELA and 2005 ELP Standards)

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