ELL Statewide Assessment Update Where We Are and Where Were Headed

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ELL Statewide Assessment Update Where We Are
and Where Were Headed
Megan Galicia Cristina Vazquez
Managers Gloria Zyskowski Deputy Associate
Commissioner TEA Student Assessment Division

• Title III Management Institute
• April 21, 2009

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Topics

• General info
• Performance trends
• Texas Projection Measure (TPM)
• Future

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Texas ELL Population

• About 800,000 ELLs in Texas public schools per
  fall 2008 PEIMS
• ELLs make up over 15 of total student population
• About 90 are Spanish speakers
• Over 100 languages represented in Texas schools

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First and Second Year Immigrants

• In spring 2008, approximately 677,000 K-12 ELLs
  were assessed in all domains with TELPAS

• In grades 312,
• about 20,000 1st year immigrants were reported
• about 40 of 1st year immigrants and 19 of 2nd
  year immigrants received a composite rating of
  beginning

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ELLs in U.S. Schools 3 or More Years with
Significantly Limited English

• In spring 2008, about 71,000 Texas ELLs in grades
  3-12 who had been enrolled in U.S. schools for 3
  or more years had composite TELPAS ratings of
  beginning or intermediate
• This was about 1 in 5 students

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LEP for 5 or More Years

• In grades 512, 148,858 LEP students out of
  216,181 who tested in all TELPAS domains were
  reported in spring 2008 as enrolled in U.S.
  schools for 5 or more years
• This was about 69, about 7 out of 10

Figures based on students with a composite rating
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2009 TELPAS Reading Online Test

• More than 99 of 2-12 ELLs likely to be assessed
  online
• Less than 1 paper versions

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TELPAS Holistic Rating Training Data

• Spring 2008 and 2009 online courses
• Total of approximately 200,000 online courses
  completed
• Qualification history
• Over 140,000 successful qualifications from
  spring 2006 through spring 2009
• Success rate typically 90 or above

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Performance on TAKS
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Spring 2008 Grade 5 TAKS MathPrimary SSI
Administration Percent Passing
No. Numbers tested LAT results not included
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Spring 2008 Grade 8 TAKS MathPrimary SSI
Administration Percent Passing
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Spring 2008 Grade 10 TAKS MathPercent Passing
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LAT TAKS Spring 2008 Reading, Math, and Science
Percent Passing
ELA for grade 10
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Grade 3 TAKS Reading Primary SSI Administration
Percent Passing
Preliminary results
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Grade 5 TAKS Reading Primary SSI Administration
Percent Passing
Preliminary results
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Grade 8 TAKS Reading Primary SSI Administration
Percent Passing
Preliminary results
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ELL Results Over Time
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Grades 312 TELPAS Results Students at Each
Proficiency Level

• B Beginning
• I Intermediate
• A Advanced
• H Advanced High

First year of new TELPAS reading tests. Results
not comparable to previous years
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TELPAS Composite Ratings 2006-2008Percent
Reaching Advanced High

• Composite weights have not changed
• TELPAS reading tests changed in 2008 for grades
  2-12

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Then and NowEnglish Reading ProficiencyPercent
Rated Beginning
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Secondary Reading / ELA Gains 2007 to
2008Changes in Percent Passing
Primary administrations LAT not included
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Then and NowTAKS Reading Percent of ELLs
Passing
Primary SSI administrations Panel recommended
standards 2009 results preliminary
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Then and NowGrade 4 Writing of ELLs
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Then and NowLAT Math Percent Passing
First LAT math administration was spring 2005
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Texas Projection Measure Vertical Scale
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What is the Texas Projection Measure (TPM)?

• Applied to TAKS, TAKS (Accommodated), and
  linguistically accommodated versions of TAKS
• A multi-level regression-based projection model
• Projects student performance separately for each
  subject in the next high-stakes grade (defined by
  the Texas legislation as grades 5, 8, and 11)

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Texas Projection Measure (TPM)

• TPM uses current TAKS information to predict
  future TAKS performance
• TPM will be reported for TAKS mathematics,
  reading, science, social studies and writing
• TPM projections will be reported for both English
  and Spanish versions of TAKS

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TPM and ELLs
Note 4th-grade Spanish writing will be projected
to 7th-grade English writing
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Example Grade 6 to 8 Reading
Note Grade 8 Met Standard700, Commended
Performance850 Grade 6 Met Standard (Rdg)644,
Commended (Rdg)797
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Reporting Spring 2009

• On Confidential Student Report
• Indicator (yes/no) about whether student
  projected to meet the standard in the next high
  stakes grade

• For reading/ELA and math
• Grades 3 and 4 to 5
• Grades 5, 6, and 7 to 8
• Grades 8, 9 and 10 to 11

• For science
• Grade 5 to 8
• Grade 8 to 11 (2010)
• Grade 10 to 11

• For social studies
• Grades 8 and 10 to 11

• For writing
• Grade 4 to 7

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Spring 2009 Reporting Changes

• Same basic reporting information as past years
• Old scale with 2100 as Met and 2400 as Commended
  Performance
• Same graph on Confidential Student Report (CSR)
• New Information
• Vertical scores added near Lexile/Quantile scores
• Data file
• Vertical scale scores for 2009
• Vertical scale scores for 2008 (converted)
• Parent brochure explaining new information
• Blackline master

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Reporting Spring 2009

• Projection indicator reported for
• April administration 5 8 mathematics
• April administration 3-11 reading and mathematics
• May administration 5 8 mathematics retests
• Projections used in AYP final for April 3-11
  administration except for grades 5 8
• For grades 5 8, any student retesting will have
  projections recalculated for all subjects

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Current Plans for Reporting Summer 2009

• Online reports
• Student level
• 2008 vertical scale score
• 2009 vertical scale score
• Projection
• Graph summarizing information
• Summary reports at the campus, district, region,
  and statewide levels
• Number and percent Met Standard
• Number and percent Met TPM
• Number and percent Met Standard OR Met TPM

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TPM and AYP

• TPM will be used for 2009 AYP and state
  accountability calculations
• Campuses and districts will get AYP and state
  accountability credit for students currently
  meeting the standard or projected to meet the
  standard
• Use of TPM can only improve AYP and state
  accountability ratings

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More Information

• March 5, 2009, letter to school districts on TEA
  website under Whats New
• Parent brochure with reports
• Q and A (blackline master)
• FAQ
• Equations and practice spreadsheets
• Step-by-Step
• We are working as fast as we can to get
  information to you!

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Future
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Reinforcing Connections

• In conjunction with other agency staff, Student
  Assessment staff will continue to reinforce
  connections between ELPS, content area TEKS,
  TELPAS, and TAKS
• All teachers of ELLs are required to teach the
  ELPS
• Understanding these connections is important

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English language proficiency standards are
aligned and linked with TELPAS

• TELPAS rater training helps teachers internalize
  what ELPS proficiency levels (PLDs) mean and why
  they are important
• Teachers who attend rater training are getting
  professional development on the PLD portion of
  the ELPS in addition to assessment training

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TELPAS Results

• TELPAS raters learn to directly assess how well
  students can use English to engage in academic
  instruction. This is what TELPAS is all about.
• This understanding leads to understanding the
  need for linguistically accommodated instruction.

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Using TELPAS and ELPS to Inform Instruction
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What do ELPS say about linguistically
accommodated instruction?

• Chapter 74.4 (b)(2)
• School districts shall provide instruction in the
  knowledge and skills of the foundation and
  enrichment curriculum in a manner that is
  linguistically accommodated (communicated,
  sequenced, and scaffolded) commensurate with the
  student's levels of English language proficiency
  to ensure that the student learns the knowledge
  and skills in the required curriculum.

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Bottom Line

• ELPS support learning of
• English as measured on TELPAS and
• academic content as measured on TAKS (and all its
  derivatives)

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TELPAS Reading Information Booklet

• An updated version was posted on TEA Student
  Assessment Division website in December
• Includes alignment with ELPS
• Lots of examples of how TELPAS reading tests
  measure ELPS student expectations and proficiency
  levels

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Other Activities

• Planning for future holistic rating training
• Determining impact of revised TEKS on state
  assessments
• Developing ELL inclusion policies for
  end-of-course testing as it replaces TAKS exit
  level testing
• Developing and phasing in additional
  end-of-course tests
• Evaluating impact of this sessions legislation

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2009-2010 ELL TETNs

• Fall ELL Assessment Update
• September 14, 2009 9 am-12 pm
• Event 35297
• TELPAS Electronic Submission System Update
  November 2009 (date TBD)
• Annual Training on the LPAC Manual
• December 16, 2009 9 am-12 pm
• Event 35301
• TELPAS Spring Online Training (review session)
• January 2010 (date TBD)
• TELPAS Electronic Submission System (if
  substantive changes from this year)
• February 2010 (date TBD)
• LAT, February 2010 (date TBD)

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TEA Contact Information

• Student Assessment Division ELL Testing
• Go to www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment
• and click on ELL Assessment Information
• E-mail ELL.tests_at_tea.state.tx.us
• Phone [phone]