Stanford English Language Proficiency Test 2...

Misty Sprague

Pearson Professional Development and Consultation

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Pearson English Learning System

Stanford English Language Proficiency Test 2 SELP2

Agenda:

• Understanding the need for valid and reliable EL Assessments

• What is the SELP2 and why would you use it?

• What is new with the SELP2

• Professional Development Options

• Funding Sources

• Q and A

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Teaching ELL students has become increasingly more challenging…. WHY???

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Significant increase in numbers and diversity

• Over 5 million ELL learners in the US today.

• 1 in 9 students is an ELL learner

• Projected to be 1 in 4 by 2025


What do you know???

Over 80% are Spanish speakers with the remaining 20%

including over ______ different languages.

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Where are EL Students Located??

English-language learners are

concentrated in six states — Arizona, California, Texas, New York, Florida

and Illinois. The ELL students in those six

states account for more than 60

percent of the ELL population.


Instructional Cycle


Instructional Cycle


Language Acquisition

“The U.S. federal government’s No Child Left Behind legislation of 2001 has made the need to produce valid and fair assessments for ELLs a matter of pressing national concern.


Principal Author and Senior Research Scientist and Research Director, John Young

1. Why is Assessment Important?


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• Provides information relevant to instructional decision making. (If it’s not relevant, why assess it?)

• Provides information on EL students’ English Language acquisition and proficiency levels

• Provides information on students’ academic skill levels

• Gives data that correlates to predicting students’ likelihood for success on high stakes assessments

• Facilitates differentiated instruction.

• Documents instructional efficacy

2. The Current EL & Assessment Disconnect



• Disconnect between language abilities and performance

• Students placed in ESL programs too long – they miss outon other academic instruction

• Assessed only using tests written in English – thus educators “get a poor picture”

• Schools may not implement both continuous and periodic assessments for ELs to inform instruction

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Assessments

Finding assessment tools that:

•Non-biased

•Valid and Reliable

•Teacher friendly

•Have data that is easy to interpret

•Provide meaningful data that provide information to guide teaching and learning

•That answers all of your instructional planning questions


Balanced Assessment Package

Questions you need answered???

Body of evidence• Level of Language

Proficiency– English– Native Language

• Ability Level

• Achievement Level

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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY


Why the SELP2:

• Measures English language proficiency of ELLs, grades K–12 for identification and placement—Pre-Emergent to Proficient

• Valid, reliable, research-based instrument now based on TESOL standards, WIDA standards, and CCSS

• Distinguish students’ social and academic language capabilities

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Using Results

• Identification and placement of ELL students

• Annual assessment to measure growth of English Language Learners

• Instructional Planning

• Serve as a criterion for exiting Bilingual and ESL Programs

Stanford English Language Proficiency Test 2

What’s new!

• Addition of new academic language items

• Two full-length and two abbreviated forms

• SELP 2 is part of the Pearson English Learning System

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• English language content

• Vocabulary

• Grammar

• discourse

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Assess Student’s Ability to Succeed

The new SELP 2 academic language items measure the student’s ability to learn by gauging comprehension of:

• 2 Full Length Forms and 2 Abbreviated Forms

• ReadyRESULTS.netfor reporting

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Administration

• Suggested times in Directions for Administering is for examiner planning purposes only

• Allow students working productively as much time as they need

• Develop a plan for students that need additional time


Five Performance Levels

1. Pre-Emergent

2. Emergent

3. Basic

4. Intermediate

5. Proficient


Stanford English Language Proficiency Test 2

Applications:

• Monitor progress using four test forms available for most test levels (2 Full Length and 2 Abbreviated) and ReadyRESULTS.net

• Engages ELL students to demonstrate their full potential in both language proficiency and academic achievement necessary for instructional planning

• Assess literacy of non-native English-speaking

• Evaluate program effectiveness and guide instruction

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Immediate Feedback

SCORING OPTIONS:• ReadyResults.net- Scan, score, and run reports online at

your school site

• Obtain fully customizable reports immediately

• View multiple assessments on one report

• Monitor student progress by reviewing results over time

• Student narrative reports in both English and Spanish to share with parents



Assessment

InstructionalSolutions

ProfessionalDevelopment



AllTogether.

Now.


• First system to include Common Core State Standards in conjunction with English proficiency levels.

• All at your fingertips.

• All in one place.


ASSESSMENT




PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT


Case Study~ Kim


When Kim was a sixth-grader, her family moved to the United States from Vietnam. She is currently in the eighth grade. Her primary language is Vietnamese and Kim still struggles with writing, reading, and speaking English.

What would be your first steps to better plan her instruction?

Case Study

• At the beginning of the school year, Kim was given the Stanford ELP 2 (Stanford English Language Proficiency Test).

• With Pearson’s web-based reporting solution, Ready Results, Kim’s teacher, Ms. Megan, was able to get results immediately, which confirmed Kim had an intermediate level of proficiency in writing, reading, and speaking English.

• By quickly obtaining these results and knowing about Kim’s low proficiency level, Ms. Megan was able to immediately begin developing specific instructional interventions.


Case Study

• Due to instructional interventions that addressed her language barrier, Kim is now making significant progress in improving her English writing, reading, and speaking capabilities. This support is helping Kim improve in all academic content areas.


Assessments

Finding assessment tools that:

•Non-biased

•Valid and Reliable

•Teacher friendly

•Have data that is easy to interpret

•Provide meaningful data that provide information to guide teaching and learning

•That answers all of your instructional planning questions



Grant SELP2 Ready Results Professional Development

ESEA: Title 1 X X

ESEA: Title II, Part A Improving Teacher Quality Grants

X

ESEA: Title III Part A X X

ESEA: Title I, School Improvement Grants

X X

Funding Resources

Funding resources state/federal grants or funding are available to assist you in building the appropriate program to address your

ELL needs.

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/idueshsi/index.html

• Developing Hispanic -Serving Institutions

http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=ln

• Discretionary Grant Opportunities

http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html

• State by State listing of funding availability


SELP2 Professional Development Options

SELP 2 Data Interpretation

Mode- On-site Instructor Led Training

Duration – 6 hours

Minimum Participants -10

Maximum Participants 40

Full day session will look at all levels of the SELP 2, participants learn how

the tests measure reading, writing, and

comprehension of non-English speakers.

Free Webinars

www.pearsonassessments.com

Questions/Comments

Misty Sprague, M.A., Ed.S, NCSPNational Training Consultant

[email protected]

Contact

Scott Avila- AK, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, ME, MT, NH, NM,ND SD, VT, WYToll Free: 800.228.0752 ext 245225

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Dave McSorley - CO, CT, IL, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, WV

Toll Free: 800.228.0752 ext 248346

Jose Uralde - AL, AR, FL, KY, LA, MS, TNToll Free: 800.228.0752 ext 248451

Michele Winter – DE,MD, NC, SC, South TX, VAToll Free: 800.228.0752 ext 267214

To learn more about SELP 2, visit: LearningAssessments.com/SELP240 | ELL Solutions | 5/4/2011


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