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English Mastery: Nevada English Language Learner (ELL) Program
September 6, 2013For NNELI
• Program Overview– Background and Demographics– WIDA – World Class Instructional Design and Assessment– Senate Bill 504 – State Legislated Programs– Title III – Federal Required Programs
• My Perspective• Question and Answer
Jonathan Gibson – Nevada Department of Education
Nevada Title III funding – 2011-12 $9,019,735 = federal Title III award $119.47 per ELL pupil allocation to Districts $50,000,000 = SB 504 (2013-2015)
$0 Title III money can be used to meet federal requirements to serve ELL students – Title III funds can only be used by Districts to supplement their ELL programs; testing and nearly all staffing must be paid for out of the Districts’ General Funds
Nevada ELL Program Snapshot2010-11 Data
76,517 ELL Identified Students More than 1 out of every 6 (17.5%) of
Nevada’s Students
Approximately 134,000 identified and former ELL Students Almost 1 in 3 (31%) of Nevada’s Students
• 67,754 Hispanic ELL; 101,756 Hispanic not active ELL• 0.1% more Hispanic than White students in Nevada
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90000ELL TestedImmigrant
ELL Students Tested and Immigrant Student Counts
Languages More than 120 different languages spoken
5 most common native languages: Spanish – 88.5% Tagalog – 5.1% Filipino – 2.1% Chinese – 1.6% Vietnamese – 1.2%
Who is Identified ELL? Children age 3 to 21 enrolled in school and:
Native language is not English; or Home environment includes a language other
than English; and/or Speak a language other than English with peers.
AND Whose difficulties in Speaking, Reading, Writing or
Understanding English may be sufficient to deny: Proficient achievement on State Assessments; Achievement in classrooms instructed in English; Opportunity to participate fully in society.
Academic English is the language needed for students to engage with content material and succeed in content classrooms and assessments.
If we gave the English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA) to ALL students, what percentage would qualify for ELL services?
LanguageSupport
4 to 6 years
Long-Term ELLs
2010-2011 Math CRT Language Arts CRT
Current ELL Students 24% 6%
Former ELL Students:Less than 2 years since
exiting ESL72.1% 58.7%
Total State 68.05% 56.95%
Hispanic 61.0% 42.1%
Black/African American 56.8% 39.5%
Nevada Report Card: NDE
Accomplishment: Percent of Nevada ELL Students Passing the State CRTs
Concern: we are just beginning to feel the effects of a surge of
Long-Term ELLs in our Secondary schools.
LONG TERM ELLS:
• Identified ELL for more than 5 years; and
• Not made Academic Language Progress for 2 or more years
In Clark County, 42% of secondary ELL students are Long-Term ELLs
(2011-12)
Combined data from Washoe and Clark
County:60.6% of secondary
ELL students are credit deficient
(2011-12)
How does this happen?
What are the solutions?
WIDA in a Nutshell: 34 state consortium – and growing Directed by the States – University of Wisconsin Standards: The Language of:
Language Arts Math Social Studies Science Academics – school
Assessment System WIDA Standards match academic content with
language supports for given language proficiencies Common Core + WIDA + CCSSO (language framework)
=> content mastery + academic language
SB 504 in a Nutshell:
Clark and Washoe: Zoom Schools - fully funded: Pre-K Full day K Reading Centers Summer Programs
Remaining Districts Apply for Specific Programs English Mastery Council - Recommend:
Criteria for …and Review District ELL Plans TESL Endorsement Criteria – including who… TESL Higher Ed Courses of Study (curriculum) State English Language Development Standards
Title III in a Nutshell: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND – NCLB
T3 – not relieved under the Waiver• AMAO I (progress), II (achievement) and III
(content achievement) Nevada School Performance Framework: T1 has
new targets for ELL, SpEd, FRL Office for Civil Rights (and NCLB) - Program:
Identify ELLs Develop a Program Ensure staff, materials and facilities Develop English assessment and exit criteria Evaluate and improve program
Department of Justice – Performance
Elementary and Middle Schools— Index Point Weighting —
Proficiency30%
Student Growth Percentiles40%
Other Indicator(s)10%
Subpopulation Growth Gap Reduction
20%
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High School Index Point Weighting
Growth and Proficiency30%
Subpopulation Pro-ficiency Gaps
10%Graduation
15%Subpopulation Gradua-tion Gaps
15%
College & Career Readiness
16%
Other Indicator14%
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Title III Compliance does not secure OCR and DOJ Compliance!
DOJOCR
Title IIINCLB
In addition to program compliance, student performance outcomes factor.
So, what does all of this meanif you are an ESL teacher?
ELL Program Objectives:
ELL students will:• Develop Academic English Proficiency; • Successfully master content requirements;• Meaningfully engage with teachers, peers,
and content material in the classroom setting;
• Graduate with the ability to continuepost-secondary education/workforcetraining.
What does it all mean?To me it means:
You have an opportunity of a life-time!• Significant interest from legislators and
instructional leaders…• Significant range of understanding to
(significant) misunderstanding…• Significant NEED, and…• ….• Significant return on your investment!!