Title III Updates

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Title III Updates AMAOs

• Jacqueline A. Iribarren, Title III
• Susan Ketchum, Office of Educational
  Accountability
• September 24, 2008

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FLEP Bulletin Summer 2008

• Exit ACCESS for ELLsTM composite score of 6.0
  or by meeting reclassification criteria for (see
  ESEA Bulletin 7.02 Reclassification of ELL
  Students as Fully English Proficient, August
  2007)
• 2-year monitoring requirement
• Districts must have a process in place for
  monitoring/reviewing these decisions
• ESEA Bulletin 8.01 www.dpi.wi.gov/esea/pdf/bul_08
  01.pdf

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ACCESS for ELLsTM Counts

• 2006 33,402 took WIs ELP Exam
• 57 Spanish speakers
• 29 Hmong speakers
• 14 other languages
• 2007 44,812 took WIs ELP Exam
• 57 Spanish speakers
• 26 Hmong speakers
• 17 other languages
• 2008 47,471 took WIs ELP Exam
• 61 Spanish speakers
• 24 Hmong speakers
• 15 other languages

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Languages Reported on ACCESS for ELLsTM 2008
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ACCESS for ELLsTM 2008 Composite Scores
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Reading Achievement - WINSS
24,480 FAY Grades 3-8,10 ELL students 54.7
Proficient Advanced in 2007-08
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Mathematics Achievement - WINSS
24,480 FAY Grades 3-8,10 ELL students 52.5
Proficient Advanced in 2007-08
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Were we started . . .

• Chapter PI-13 Limited-English Proficient Pupils,
  Wisconsin Administrative Code (1985, 2002,
  revised Register, June 2004, No. 582)
• ESEA Act of 2001, No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
• Title III Regulations
• DPI WIDA partner states create ELP Standards
  grade clusters K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 language
  domains listening, speaking, reading and writing
• Wisconsins English Language Proficiency
  Examination, ACCESS for ELLsTM developed

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2003 Interim AMAO Targets

• Stakeholders including DPI WIDA ESL/Bilingual
  education professionals
• Cut scores set on the four ELP instruments
  (using performance standards as guides)
• Local data on past performance from districts
  informed the setting of Annual Measurable
  Achievement Objectives (AMAOs)
• 90 of ELP Level 1 students progress one language
  level in one year.
• 90 of ELP Levels 2-4 progress by at least ½
  language level in one year.
• 90 of ELP Level 5 students become fully
  proficient in one year.

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2005-06 School-Year

• ACCESS for ELLsTM adopted as the English Language
  Proficiency (ELP) assessment in Wisconsin
• WSLS and Individual Student Enrollment System
  (ISES) Implemented
• Stakeholder meetings discussed AMAO target
  revisions

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2006-07 School Year

• ELL Advisory Task Force and AMAO Focus Group
  meetings reviewed student ELP growth using two
  years scores from ACCESS for ELLsTM
• Revisions of AMAO targets and cohort descriptions
  submitted to USED/OELA
• AMAO determinations were required for SY2003-04,
  2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07
• Required LEAs to inform parents if they or their
  consortium had not met AMAO targets

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Revised AMAO Targets and Cohort Description

• AMAO 1 Progress in English language
  acquisition
• 50 of the students in ELP Levels 1-4 must make
  the expected progress
• Six Cohorts ELP Levels 1-2 3-4 Grades K-2,
  3-8 9-12

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AMAO 1 Expected Progress
Initial English Language Proficiency (ELP) Level
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AMAO 2

• Exiting or attainment of English language
  proficiency
• 20 of ELL students with ELP Level 5 new
  Level 6 (students exiting)

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Title III Sanctions for missed AMAOs

• First Year parent notification began with SY
  2005-06 2006-07
• Second Year
• parent notification
• technical assistance
• develop an improvement plan

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AMAO 1 Progressing in English Language
Acquisition

• 2007-08 Target 50 of the Cohort (ELP Levels
  1-4) must meet ELP Progress RequirementA 0.8
  ELP LevelB 0.7 ELP Level C 0.6 ELP Level D
  0.5 ELP Level E 0.4 ELP Level F 0.3 ELP Level

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AMAO 2 Exiting or Reaching English Language
Proficiency

• 2007-08 Target 20 of ELL Students Eligible to
  Exit
• N students who achieved ELP Level 6
• (divided by)N students eligible or expected to
  achieve ELP Level 6

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AMAO 3 ELL-Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

• AYP determinations are made under Title I
  reporting processes.
• They can be accessed by each District
  Assessment Coordinator at http//www.dpi.wi.gov/oe
  a/acct/aypdata.html in the Annual Review of
  District Performance.

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Summary Determinations

• Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO)
• Progressing in English language acquisition
• Exiting or reaching English language proficiency
• ELL-Adequate Yearly Progress
• Overall Status

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District Detail

• A district belonging to a consortium for ELL
  services will see their districts results for
  informational purposes only.
• District Detail
• Member districts generally do not have
  sufficient numbers of ELL students to calculate
  separate AMAO determinations. The report
  reflects aggregate results for the consortium as
  a whole.
• Consortia summary data are used in
  accountability determinations. District-only
  AMAO counts are provided in the District Detail
  table for informational purposes, and can be used
  for planning/evaluation within the member
  district.

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Fall 2008

• Update WSLS and ISES Year-End ELP codes by
  September 30th DPI pilot data pull
• Preliminary Notice to districts consortia that
  did not meet targets based on changes from 2007
  to 2008 ACCESS for ELLsTM, and 3rd Friday Count
  Date to Year-End ISES ELP codes 2007-08
• 30-day appeal period data error review
• ISES Year End Data reviewed October 27th
• Final AMAO determinations early November
• Electronic AMAO reports planned

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Contact Information

• Susan Ketchum, Accountability ConsultantOffice
  of Educational Accountability
• 608.267.0425
• susan.ketchum_at_dpi.wi.gov
• Jacqueline Iribarren, Title III Consultant
• Content and Learning Team
• 608.266.7292
• jacqueline.iribarren_at_dpi.wi.gov
• Visit our websitehttp//www.dpi.wi.gov/oea/

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Further Information

• Resources, timelines, and contacts may be found
  on the DPI website
• Accountability for ELLs http//dpi.wi.gov/oea
  /ellamao.html http//dpi.wi.gov/oea//calendar.htm
  l
• District WSLS/ISES Contacts http//dpi.wi.gov/lbst
  at/xls/wslsisesadm.xls
• Programs Serving ELLs http//dpi.wi.gov/ell/s
  ervingells.html
• Provisions of ESEA Title III http//dpi.wi.gov/es
  ea/tiiisummary.html
• Standards Assessments for ELLs http//dpi.wi.gov
  /oea/ells.html