Post on 13-Dec-2015
Ohio’s New English Language Proficiency Standards
State Board of Education Achievement Committee
October 7, 2013
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English Language Learner (ELL)
Students whose home or native language is other than English
Grades K – 12: need for academic language support to succeed in school
40,000 ELLs represent over 100 home/native languages in Ohio
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English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)
Ohio Test of English Language Acquisition (OTELA), Ohio’s current ELPA, is not online
Does not assess academic language corresponding to Ohio’s New Learning Standards
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English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)
In 2014-15, Ohio will have online assessments for:
General education population K – 12
Alternate assessment for grades 3 – 12
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English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)
Ohio, with 10 other states, formed a group named English Language Proficiency Assessment 21st Century (ELPA21)
ELPA21 was awarded a federal grant to develop an online ELPA
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English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)
Online ELPA will assess English Language Proficiency Standards that correspond with Ohio’s New Learning Standards
Federal Flexibility Waiver requires Ohio to have new ELP Standards
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Development Process
ELPA21 was required through the grant to develop “core” standards that all states would use for the assessment (85%)
Individual states could add unique state standards for instructional use but not assessed (15%) – optional
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Draft ELP Core Standards
Provided to stakeholders for review and feedback:
Ohio ELL Advisory Committee
Ohio ELL Educators (over 600)
Central Ohio ELL Consortium Council
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Draft ELP Core Standards
Will be provided to
Ohio PTA
Will be presented at
October: Race to the Top Conference
November: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference
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Feedback
Ohio stakeholders will continue to review and provide feedback on “core” ELP Standards through November
Feedback has been very positive to date
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Determine if Ohio will make additions to “core” ELP Standards
Based on Feedback
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Alternate Plan
Very confident that there will be a new English Language Proficiency Assessment, but what if something happens?
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Alternate Plan
World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA)
Developing an online ELP Assessment to assess its ELP Standards – double the cost of current assessment
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Alternate Plan
Ohio would develop its own standards and assessment – no funding
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