ELP Assessment Reminders and Updates for Districts

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ELP AssessmentReminders and Updates for
Districts

• January 2007
• Audio Conference for District ELP Test
  Coordinators
• Department of Education Early Development
• Margaret MacKinnon, Janet Valentour and Patricia
  Adkisson

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Contents

• Criteria for LEP students to be tested
• Clarification of former LEP students
• Information for training staff to administer the
  ELP assessment
• Details and dates for formal testing
• Proposals for district feedback

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Criteria for testing LEP Students
I M P O R T A N T F A C T

• Test all identified and pending LEP students
• All students with L1 or LP on LEP Student Data
  Collection 2005-2006
• Test kindergarteners who scored fluent on the IPT
  2004 I - Oral English, Form E

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• LEP Student Codes
• L1 first year that LEP student is identified
• LP continuing LEP student
• LT LEP student who meets the exit criteria at
  the end of the current school year
• ELP assessment results are part of the students
  academic record and must be sent to the new
  school and/or district if a student transfers.

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Former LEP Students

• Former LEP students are not required to take ELP
  assessment
• LEP students who met the exit criteria at the end
  of 2005-2006 (LT) are in the 1st year of
  monitoring in 2006-2007.
• Former LEP students in 1st or 2nd year of
  monitoring are not required to take the annual
  ELP assessment.

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• Monitor former LEP student academic progress
• Former LEP students must be monitored on SBAs in
  grades 3-10.
• Former LEP students in grades 11 12 must be
  monitored by district for academic progress on
  district criteria such as courses and grades.
• District must report on meeting academic goals
  for former LEP students in grades 11 12.

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• Former Non-LEP Codes
• M1 former LEP student in 1st year of monitoring
  (was LT in prior school year)
• M2 former LEP student in second year of
  monitoring (was M1 in prior school year)
• N potential LEP student who was tested but
  scored overall proficient. Not identified as LEP
  student.

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Training of Staff
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When
I M P O R T A N T F A C T

• Training should occur before February 1 of each
  school year.
• Note the ELP testing window has changed to
  February 1 March 31 4 AAC 34.055(c)

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Who

• All personnel administering the IPT must be fully
  trained
• Recipient of a Certificate of Training, prepared
  by Ballard Tighe and signed by the ELP test
  coordinator or district trainer
• Database of trained personnel should be on file
  with the district
• All personnel trained in prior years should
  receive a refresher training annually
• Database should reflect each training session as
  required annually

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How

• Districts may determine the scheduling and
  location for all district training
• Consideration
• Use the online training system in a lab
  environment
• Use the online training system at single sites
• Create a two-day inservice with hands on
  opportunities
• district personnel leading the training must
  obtain a Certificate of Training of Trainers from
  Ballard Tighe and signed by a Ballard Tighe
  trainer

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Online Training
How

• Ballard Tighe have made training available on
  the website
• http//www.ballard-tighe.com/newipttraining/
• User ID alaskauser
• Password alaska6f4m
• Users are tracked throughout session
• Users receive a Certificate of Training at the
  end of the training sessions

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What

• Training materials for Spring 07 may include Form
  A of the IPT materials
• These materials are secure test items
• All personnel must sign an IPT Training Security
  Agreement (on website)
• A tracking system is required for
• IPT materials
• IPT Training Security Agreements
• Download all necessary documents for the training
• http//www.ballard-tighe.com/NewIPTtraining/AKIPTM
  aterials/            Username
  aktrainer            Password ak9634tr

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Formal Testing begins
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Test Security
I M P O R T A N T F A C T

• Alaska Department of Education Early
  Development acknowledges the IPT as a secure
  test. Thus, the test may be disclosed only as
  provided in the regulation 4 AAC 06.765
• Security forms must be signed and filed prior to
  each administration (on website)
• ELP Test Coordinator Test Security Agreement
  (filed with EED ready to receive now)
• ELP Test Administrator Test Security Agreement
  (filed with district)

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Testing Dates

• Each district can schedule/organize the testing
  administration
• Must be completed on or before March 31, 2007
• Districts should consider
• Shipping limitations finish earlier if
  necessary
• Scheduling a make-up testing day for absent LEP
  students

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Reporting for 06-07

• Look for reports posted on SchoolHouse in late
  May early June
• Two years of test scores for comparison
• Making progress indicators

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LEP Exit Criteria
I M P O R T A N T F A C T

• Exit criteria has changed 4 AAC 34.055(d)
• Student who scores overall proficient or
  proficient high on state-approved assessment of
  English language proficiency can be exited from
  limited English proficiency status and
• The district must monitor the students academic
  progress for two years thereafter.
• Former LEP students will be counted for AYP for
  two years.
• Exit criteria applies to spring 2007 test.

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Proposals for district feedback
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• Alaska is proposing a new definition of making
  progress and new targets for making progress
  attaining proficiency based on the new ELP
  assessment.
• Feedback on this proposal is welcome from
  districts. Please submit to Pattie Adkisson by
  January 19, 2007.

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Making Progress Definition

• Expected number of years to reach proficiency
  based on student grade level and overall
  proficient score during initial year of ELP
  assessment
• Number of expected years to reach proficiency
  from beginner low
• 6 years for grades K-5
• 7 years for grades 6-12

P R O P O S E D
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Expected Years to Proficiency
P R O P O S E D
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Making Progress continued

• Proficiency target for each student is set at the
  minimum standard score at the grade level of
  expected overall proficiency.
• Making progress target for each year is
  difference between students proficiency target
  and students current score divided by of years
  left to reach proficiency.

P R O P O S E D
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Targets for Making Progress (MP) and Attaining
Proficiency (AP)

• Targets based on percent of all identified LEP
  students for a given year.
• Targets set for all grades K-12.
• Targets assume approximately 15 of identified
  LEP students will be in the first year of
  identification and therefore making progress is
  not applicable.
• Targets apply to LEP students statewide and to
  all districts receiving Title III funds.

P R O P O S E D
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Targets - Continued

• Proposed targets
• Making Progress (MP)
• 2006-2007 35
• 2007-2008 37
• 2008-2009 40
• Attaining Proficiency (AP)
• 2006-2007 18
• 2007-2008 19
• 2008-2009 20

P R O P O S E D
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Getting started
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To Do List (suggested)

• Create inventory or tracking forms
• IPT materials Form A and B
• At district level
• At building level
• Certificates for training
• Security Agreements
• Schedule ELP assessment training
• New test administrators
• Refresher for trained administrators
• Collect and monitor certificates for training
• Schedule test administration in district
• Collect and monitor Test Security Agreements
• Fax ELP Test Coordinator Test Security Agreement
  to EED
• Access the LEP Student Data Collection 2005-2006
  to confirm LEP students to be tested

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ELP State Website
http//www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/elp.html

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EED Support

• Assessment Questions
• Janet Valentour, ELP Assessment Program Manager,
  907-465-8431
• janet_valentour_at_eed.state.ak.us
• Title I and Title III Questions
• Patricia Adkisson, Program Manager, 907-465-2888
• patricia_adkisson_at_eed.state.ak.us