North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

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Testing Students with Limited English Proficiency
Update

• North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
• Dr. Fran Hoch Hope Tesh
• Accountability Conference 2003

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2002-03 IPT Responsibilities

• LEA Test Coordinator responsibilities

• Ordering, Receiving, and Distributing IPT
  Materials including bubble sheets
• Training for Processing Guide
• Scanning documents
• Providing electronic data file to DPI with all
  other data at the end of the year
• Communicating! (Making a Plan!)

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2002-03 IPT Responsibilities

• LEA LEP Coordinator responsibilities

• Record Keeping - Materials
• IPT Administration
• Assist ESL Teachers who may be assessors
• Communication! (Making a Plan!)

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2002-03 IPT Data Collection

• Data collected by student (grades K-12)

• One scannable document/Student Information Sheet
• Bubble initial entry (new student) scores
• Bubble annual scores
• Scanned by the LEA Test Coordinator

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• IDEA Language Proficiency Test (IPT) NEW BUBBLE
  SHEET (2002-2003)

• Used for ALL Students K-12
• To be completedsection
• Initial and Annual Testing sections
• Grade Level (K-12)
• Test Date
• Indicate the scores for Reading, Writing, and
  Oral proficiency

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Local LEP Portfolio?

• Designed for promotion
• Locally-developed
• Not always aligned with the all objectives
• Language proficiency based

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Graduation Requirements

• Competency and Computer Skills (TNN Message
  9/16/02)

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LEP IEP

• Which is the overriding factor for State
  Testing?
• No definitive guidelines
• Best judgment
• Review the different testing instruments
• IEP is a legal document
• IPT Testing?

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HSP-C-005/NCAAAI

• LEP Students assessed ON-GRADE level ONLY
• May participate in a NCAAAI for up to 24 months
• Different options

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Fall 2002 Training

• 10 sites (average 5 days per site)
• Separate sessions for LEP and EC
• Reading and Math
• Registration Issues
• Future?

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Why should you use the NCAAAI?

• Valid results
• Flexibility in showing performance
• Show growth
• Instructional value
• Test anxiety
• Possible OCR Implications

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Concerns and Quandaries

• NC Standard Course of Study (NC SCS)
• Using an EC assessment for LEP
• Workload/Myths
• Training
• Its NEW

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Use Native Language??

• Evidence obtained through the use of the
  students native language MAY be used IF and ONLY
  IF
• The student is INSTRUCTED in their native
  language.

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What happens to the NCAAAIs?

• Scores transferred to scannable sheets during the
  last month of school
• Data transferred to the NCDPI during the
  end-of-year process
• Student Notebooks will be stored locally for six
  months (unless Audited)
• ALL EOC NCAAAIs (pilot year) returned

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2002-2003 Sample Audit

• April 1 release of LEA sample list/10
• Return everything except answer sheets
  (inventories, evidence, forms, etc.)
• Review in August
• Return to LEAs in September
• Report percentages to the LEA Super.???

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NCAAAI and the ABCs2002-2003

• Grades 3-8, 10
• Reading Math
• Operational administration
• Performance Composite

• EOC
• Pilot administration for EOC (Spring only)
• 2003-2004 Pilot

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Update Guidelines for Testing LEP Students
(moving forward)

• LEP Advisory Committee
• LEP LEA Coordinators, ESL Teachers, Principals
  with LEP experience, Assistant Superintendent,
  LEA Test Coordinators, CommunityAdvocates
  (Hispanic and Hmong Representation)
• Meeting in March
• Website http//www.ncpublicschools.org/Accountabi
  lity/Testing/ SLEP/index.htm
• Guidelines

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More Information

• Testing Section Website
• http//www.NCPublicSchools.org/accountability/test
  ing
• ESL Website
• http//www.learnnc.org/dpi/instserv.nsf/Category4