English language proficiency standards ELPS

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• English language proficiency standards (ELPS)

Georgina K. Gonzalez Bilingual/ESL Director Susie
Coultress Assistant Director Curriculum
Division Texas Education Agency
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775,645 Total Identified English
Language Learners (ELLs) PEIMS, Fall 2007
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Texas ELL Special Language Program Participation

• ELLs 775,645
• Bilingual 422,377
• ESL 297,553
• ELL Parental Denials 49,071

PEIMS 2007
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Major Language Groups in Texas Schools 92
Spanish speakers 711,388 Prominent languages
other than Spanish 14,094 Vietnamese 3,627
Urdu 3,594 Arabic 3,195 Korean PEIMS, Fall
2007
More than 135 languages are represented in Texas
schools
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Quality Counts Report 2009
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English Language Learners Performance in Texas

• Results on the Texas English Language Proficiency
  Assessment System (TELPAS) show that in grades
  3-12 in 2008, 45 of ELLs attained a composite
  rating of Advanced High.  This performance was up
  6 percentage points from the previous year, when
  39 of the students attained a composite rating
  of Advanced High.

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English Language Learners Performance in Texas

• From 2007 to 2008 the average gain per grade in
  percent of ELLs passing was 6 for grades 6
  through 11. 
• The 2007 2008 performance of these students
  provides a clear indication of the hard work that
  bilingual/ESL educators are doing to ensure their
  academic success. 

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The English language proficiency standards (ELPS)

• The English language proficiency standards (ELPS)
  are the revised ESL TEKS and were adopted by SBOE
  in November 2007 and became effective in December
  25, 2007.
• School districts will implement the ELPS as an
  integral part of each subject in the required
  curriculum.

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Professional Development

• Currently, a statewide professional development
  for English Language Arts and Reading and Spanish
  Language Arts and Reading is being developed that
  incorporates the English language proficiency
  standards. This professional development will be
  disseminated this summer of 2009.
• Since our Texas Education Agency has redesigned
  their website, the bilingual/ESL website will
  also be redesigned. We will be including new
  information and several resources for the ELPS on
  that website.

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Texas Education Agency (TEA)

• Although the state of Texas is making strides in
  better meeting the educational needs of our
  English language learners, there is still much
  work to be done. TEA will continue efforts to
  improve the achievement of ELLs and pursue all
  opportunities to afford students the opportunity
  to graduate from high school with the best
  possible tools to become productive, successful
  members of society and to take advantage of the
  full range of post-secondary opportunities
  available to them.