ELL Data Slides

Note for PD Network Members: This set of slides includes up to date data regarding English language learners in Massachusetts. This set of slides is comprised of data slides from the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shared with MATSOL by Esta Montano, of the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. In addition there are slides from public data requests made or exported by MATSOL. These slides note the original sources of all data. They are intended for members of the MATSOL PD Network who conduct SEI trainings or ELL focused PD for background purposes. Please cut and paste these slides into your own powerpoint presentations, giving credit to all original sources.

Sources:

All of the following slides are public data presented to MATSOL members, by Dr. Esta Montano of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, in her annual State of the State on ELLs address at the annual MATSOL conference, and in earlier presentations in 2010-11 to the Board of Education. Please give proper credit in your slideshows.

ELL Enrollment Statewide is Nearly 68,000* and Has Increased 51% Since 2000

This trend indicates that by 2021, 20% of all students K-12 will be ELLs

* As per the 2011-11 SIMS, there are 67,567 ELLs in the State

Number of Districts Enrolling at Least 1 ELL Has Nearly Doubled since 2000

Two-thirds of ELLs Are Enrolled in 10 Districts Boston Enrolls 23% of All ELLs Statewide In Worcester and Lowell 1 of 3 Students are ELLs

Over 70 Languages are Spoken by ELLs in MA: the Majority of ELLs Speak Spanish

Percentage of ELLs by First Language 2010

ELLs by Program Enrollment

Number of ELLs Transitioned in 2010 by Years in School in MA

Most ELLs Are in School 4-5 Years Before Being Exited

Number of Years in School in MA

2001 & 2010 MCAS ELA, Grade 10

90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

51

All

78 84 60 59 57 56 38 25 18 14

White African-American Hispanic Students with Disabilities Source: DESE 2010

9 19

LEP

20

Low income 2001 2010

2001 & 2010 MCAS Math – Grade 10

90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

45

All

75 51 81

White

16 53 14 49 12 36

African American Hispanic Students with Disabilities

18 30

LEP

8 57

Low income 2001 2010 Source: DESE 2010

THE DROP OUT RATE

5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% All Students LEP Hispanic African American Low-Income Special Education Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic White 2009 2010 Asian Sorted by highest rate in 2010 – Source MADESE SIMS 2011

SEI Teachers

 There are 67,914 educators in the Commonwealth*  To date, ~21,955 teachers have received (or by the end of the school year will receive) PD in one or more categories  Aside from ESL licensed teachers, this leaves at least 45,000 teachers who continue to need PD to be qualified to work with ELLs * Source: OELAAA report to the legislature 2011

The Complex and Diverse World of ELLs

 The following slides are from the MA DESE website  www.doe.mass.edu/ell and go to news archives. These slides were provided to MATSOL with permission to use by Dr. Esta Montano who created the original presentation for a Board of Education meeting focused on ELLs in January 2011.

Who is an English Language Learner?

A student who does not speak English or whose native language is not English and who is not currently able to perform ordinary class work in English.

Not all ELLs are immigrants and not all immigrants are ELLs

Our Schools Serve ELLs with a Wide Range of English Language Proficiency

The percentages below from the 2010 MEPA do not change dramatically from year to year as new ELLs arrive and others are transitioned

Increasing Proficiency

Components of Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Instruction English Language Instruction Sheltered Content Instruction (ESL)

• Explicit, direct instruction that facilitates English language acquisition  Instruction designed to make content more comprehensible   Focuses on oral language development, vocabulary, language structures, culture and literacy  Taught by licensed ESL teachers Taught by a dually certified teacher (content and ESL) or by a a licensed teacher who has acquired additional skills and knowledge to teach ELLs effectively.

Learning a Second Language “Teaching English is not the same as teaching in English”

Dr. Floris Wilma Ortiz-Marrero, MATSOL Member and Massachusetts Teacher of the Year

The following data was provided to MATSOL from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education by request.

Requested by Paula Merchant, MATSOL. Provided 2/24/11 to Paula, by Dr. Esta Montano, Office for English Language Aquistion and Academic Achievement

TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

1,398.00

2011 1,255.00

2010 1,332.00

2009 1,321.00

2008 1,199.00

2007 1,086.00

2006

ADD YOUR LOCAL DATA HERE IN A FEW SLIDES-# ELLs, FLNE, Language and cultural backgrounds in your community, etc.