English Learner Subgroup SelfAssessment ELSSA 200910 Edition

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English Learner Subgroup Self-Assessment(ELSSA)
2009-10 Edition
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Housekeeping

• Communication
• Webinar is in presentation mode.
• Audio is primarily over the Internet. (Quick
  Audio Check Poll)
• Questions are welcomed submit them online in the
  text-chat area in the chat area (lower-left).
  These will be collected and addressed via a FAQ.
• Conference Call only webinar participants -
  please send questions to Kathy Pettibone at
  kpettibone_at_cde.ca.gov.

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Housekeeping - cont.

• Tech Support During the Event
• text-chat klarsen
• The event is being recorded and will be available
  afterwards on the ESEA webpage at
• http//www.cacompcenter.org/esea-requirements

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Presenting Today

• California Department of Education
• Lilia Sanchez, Education Programs
  Consultant--English Learner and Curriculum
  Support Division
• Kathy Pettibone, Education Programs Consultant,
  District and School Improvement Division
• California Comprehensive Center at WestEd
• Beth Anselmi, Senior Program Associate

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Goals

• To review the ELSSA Tool and highlight changes to
  the revision
• To review the ELSSA Toolkit

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PollHow familiar are you with the ELSSA?

• I have completed it in the past
• I have seen it, but have not completed it.
• I have never seen the ELSSA before today.

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Purpose of ELSSA

• The ELSSA is a required tool for Local Education
  Agencies (LEA) that have not met Annual
  Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs) in
  Title III for two or four consecutive years.
• It is also required for LEAs in Title 1 Program
  Improvement due to their English learner (EL)
  subgroup.

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The Purpose of ELSSA

• It may be used by LEAs that wish to examine their
  programs and services for ELs.
• Helps identify key challenge areas, explore root
  causes for English learners not meeting the
  AMAOs.

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Overview of Tools Revision Work January-September
2009
Organization of Work Tool Users Group (TUG)
Identified Tool Subcommittees Identified Concept
Paper Developed
April-May Subcommittee meetings to review
concept paper, current tools, and district
perception data gathered from CA CC and AIR
Subcommittees review existing tools and recommend
revisions
DAS
LRE
APS
ELSSA
Tools are revised to be more consistent and user
friendly
DAS
ISS
APS
ELSSA
TUG Comments sent to Subcommittees
August Tool Users Group review and provide
feedback on tools Cross-Tools Consistency
Conference
September Webcast and webinars on each of the 4
tools Agreement with the CA CC to review 2009-10
tool editions Release of tools for use in schools
and LEAs for 2009-10
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ELSSA helps LEAs formulate key questions

• How well are ELs progressing on California
  English Language Development Test (CELDT)?
• How many reach English proficient in reasonable
  time?
• How do ELs meeting CELDT criterion (proficient)
  perform on CST?

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More questions

• How do Redesignated Fluent English Proficient
  (RFEP) perform on California Standardized Testing
  (CST)?
• How do ELs and RFEPs perform on California High
  School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)?
• How well are we implementing relevant program
  components?

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What ELSSA Does

• Assembles data from CELDT, CST and CAHSEE that
  relate to AMAOs 1, 2, and 3.
• Disaggregates the data by years in U.S. schools
  and by language proficiency.

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What ELSSA Does

• Helps identify areas of challenge that can be
  addressed to improve EL achievement.
• Provides guiding questions to facilitate
  conversations around what the data shows.

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ELSSA Guides Plan Development

• Must be completed and uploaded/attached to
• Title III Year 2 Improvement Plan Addendum
• Title III Year 4 LEA Action Plan
• Title I Program Improvement Plan related to the
  English learner subgroup

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What ELSSA does NOT do

• Give school level information
• Analyze data
• Address Highly Qualified Teachers or other
  aspects of NCLB not directly related to English
  learners
• Evaluate the programs and services for English
  learners

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Whats new on the revised ELSSA?

• The tool will have the same data tables as the
  original version, but in a different order based
  on feedback from the subcommittee members.

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New Table Functionality

• The revised ELSSA has one worksheet for LEAs
  to input data and a separate worksheet for staff
  to view the data and respond to guiding questions
  and survey items related to EL programs and
  services.

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Table Functionality

• Once the data is added, it cannot be
  accidentally altered by staff facilitating the
  data analysis and survey item administration.

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Table Functionality

• Tables are color coded in yellow to indicate
  where LEA staff need to supply data or respond to
  questions and survey items.
• Notes to guide the preparer are clickable,
  italicized and shaded green.

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The Survey Items

• The Survey Items have been moved from a
  separate worksheet of the tool and placed
  directly below the data table that best relates
  to each respective item.

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The Survey Items

• The Survey Items on the ELSSA are rated on a
  Likert-scale using the same ratings as are used
  in the APS.
• All items must receive at least a rating of 3 for
  the school or LEA to be considered as performing
  that objective at an acceptable level.

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The Survey Items

• The 3 rating indicates a substantial level of
  implementation. The chart on the next slide
  describes the criteria of each objective per
  rating level.

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ELSSA and APS Rating Scale
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• The responses to the survey items will be
  tabulated by each table and will be aggregated
  into a table in a separate worksheet by EL
  program and service categories.
• The categories are
• 1.  ELD 2. Access/Opportunity to learn   a.
  ELA   b. Mathematics
•    c. Intervention   d. Placement3.
  Professional Development4. Assessment5.
  Accountability

Live Tool Demo
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PollHow familiar are you with MS Excel?

• I can create pivot tables and formulas.
• I use Excel when others create the formulas. I
  know the components of a workbook.
• I do not use Excel at all.

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PollHow familiar are you with Title III AMAOs?

• I understand what they measure and know the
  targets for this year.
• I know what they measure, but Im not sure about
  this years targets.
• What are AMAOs?

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Live Demo
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PollHow familiar are you with DataQuest?

• I use it regularly to access achievement and
  demographic data.
• I have seen DataQuest reports, but have not
  accessed them from the site myself.
• What is DataQuest?

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What else is new?

• There is now a guidance document, the ELSSA
  Toolkit, that provides guidance in the
  administration of the survey questions and
  technical assistance for table completion.

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Administration of the ELSSA

• The ELSSA Toolkit provides instructions for the
  administration of the survey items after the
  tables have been completed.
• Alternate options are also described for the
  administration of the tool and additional data an
  LEA might want to examine.

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A Facilitated Group Administration is Recommended

• The benefits of a facilitated administration
  include
• Understanding of the progress of English learners
  by many stakeholders through rich dialog around
  the data.
• The creation of a high quality, effective IPA or
  LEA Plan Addendum
• More thorough implementation of the plan due to
  increased understanding and staff buy in.

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The ELSSA Toolkit

• The technical guidance for table completion is
  designed to support staff who have had very
  little experience with databases.
• It includes screen shots to assist in extracting
  the necessary data from the local Student
  Information System.

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Mac View
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PC View
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Simple, clear instructions guide the use of pivot
tables

• To count the 2007-08 test takers, drag and
  drop the field containing this data on the word
  Total to the left of your count.

CELDT 07-08 Overall Level
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Technical Assistance Webinar

• For more information on Title III Accountability
  for LEAs in the 4th year of not meeting AMAOs,
  there will be a webinar on 10/7/09 at 100 p.m.
• For LEAs in the 2nd year of not meeting AMAOs,
  there will be a webinar on 10/13/09 at 1000 a.m.

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Thank You for Joining Us Today

• This and the other Title III Webinars will be
  archived for ongoing reference at
  http//www.cacompcenter.org/esea-requirements

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English Learner Subgroup Self-Assessment(ELSSA)
2009-10 Edition
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