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TITLE III UPDATE
Planning for Success In 2008-09
Webinar September 18 & 19, 2008
WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OVERVIEW
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RTI
2008 WESTELL Results/AMAO Status
Screener
State funding for ESL
LEP Committee Meetings
– WVEIS data
– Accommodations
• Title III Applications
• Consolidated Monitoring
• UPDATES
RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI)
• WVDE issued Guidance Document (August 2008)
• http://wvconnections.k12.wv.us/documents/RTI
MemoReELLs081308.pdf
• Curriculum for ELLs should be Tier 1 core
curriculum
• ESL Services should be considered “Tier 2”
intervention
RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI)
• Examine “True Peers” when evaluating progress
for ELLs
• Consider the efficacy of multiple interventions in
same day
• Always use multiple measures
• Always involve ESL professionals in RTI decisions
for ELLs
• http://nccrest.org/Briefs/Framework_for_RTI.pdf
UPDATES- WESTELL
• 2008 WESTELL Results – delivered 1st week of July
• CD delivered to County Central Office
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Guide to Understanding Scores
Demographic Report
County Summary
Individual Student Reports
• Letter from State Superintendent
• Reports should have been issued to students/parents
USDE ISSUES “AMAO INTERPRETATION”
• The notice of proposed interpretations was published
in the Federal Register on Friday, May 2, 2008.
• There was a 30-day public comment period within
which States, districts, and stakeholders may provide
feedback on the notice.
• Final Interpretation will be presented to state Title I
and Title III directors October 15-16.
• 3 Key proposals:
OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED INTERPRETATIONS
• The Secretary proposes to interpret Title III to include
all LEP students served by Title III in measurements
of student progress in English (AMAO 1), regardless
of whether they have participated in at least two
consecutive and consistent annual administrations
of an ELP assessment required under section 3113
of the ESEA. For students who have not participated
in two consecutive and consistent annual
administrations of an ELP assessment, the Secretary
would require States to propose to the Department an
alternative method of including such students in
AMAO 1.
OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED INTERPRETATIONS
• The Secretary proposes to interpret Title III to require
that a State’s definition of English language
proficiency for the purposes of setting targets for
attaining English language proficiency (AMAO 2) be
consistent with and reflect the same criteria the
State uses to determine that students from the
LEP subgroup no longer need language education
services under Title III and will exit the LEP
subgroup. In other words, a student considered to
have attained proficiency in English for the purposes
of AMAO 2 would also be considered ready to exit
the LEP subgroup.
OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED INTERPRETATIONS
• The Secretary proposes to interpret Title III to permit
a State to apply the same minimum subgroup size
to AMAO calculations and determinations that the
State applies to adequate yearly progress (AYP)
determinations and that have been approved by the
Department in the State’s Accountability Workbook
for purposes of Title I of the ESEA.
WESTELL RESULTS FOR NOTIFICATIONS
Notifications
• 5.2 Has the LEA notified parents no later than 30 days after the
beginning of the school year that their child has been identified
for participation in a language instruction educational program?
(2 weeks if a child enrolls after the beginning of school). NCLB
Title III, Part C, Section 3302
• 14.4 Has the LEA failed to make progress on the AMAOs? If so,
has the LEA separately informed parents of a child identified for
participation in a language instruction educational program, of
such failure no later than 30 days after the failure occurs? NCLB
Title III, Part C, Section 3302
WESTELL ANALYSIS FOR LEA – AMAO 1 & 2
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AMAO 1 = # of students Making Progress
AMAO 2 = # of students becoming Proficient
AMAO status determination is in progress
Counties that fail to make AMAO status will receive
written notification and follow up technical
assistance
WESTEST ANALYSIS FOR LEA – AMAO 3
• AMAO 3 = AYP status of LEP subgroup
• AMAO status determination is in progress
• Counties that fail to make AMAO status will receive
written notification and follow up technical
assistance
WESTELL SCREENER
• Screener will be piloted in TN next
week
• Sample items are still being developed
• Goal is to have screener ready by 2009
• Timeline depends on the results of
pilot (how many items survive)
LEGISLATIVE FUNDING FOR ESL
• WVTESOL initiated request for funding
• Initial presentation to House Subcommittee on
Education
– Commissioned a study to examine other state funding
formulas
– WV is one of 7 states without state funding
• 2nd presentation to the House Subcommittee
(summer 08 interims)
– Quality Counts Survey, Education Week January 2009
will examine state equity for ELLs
LEGISLATIVE FUNDING FOR ESL
• August 2008 House bill drafted and
passed out of committee
• The purpose of the bill is to provide a statutory framework
through which the Legislature may appropriate funds to
provide scientifically research-based alternative language
education programs for limited English proficient (LEP)
students in accordance with policies and procedures
adopted by the State Board
• 2009 Legislative session will consider
supplemental LEP funding
LEP COMMITTEE MEETINGS
• Current Language Codes
–Limited selection (20 languages)
–714 students coded as OT (other)
• Increased code offerings to 50+
languages
• Updates needed by 2nd month,
finalized by 10th month
Language
Afrikaans
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Armenian
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Chinese Cantonese
Chinese Mandarin
Creole French
Croatian
Czech
English
French
German
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hebrew
Hindi
Hmong
Hungarian
Igbo
Inukitut
Italian
Japanese
Kannada
Kazakh
2 Digit code
af
sq
am
ar
hy
bn
bs
bg
cc
cm
cr
hr
cs
en
fr
gr
gu
ht
he
hi
hm
hu
ig
iu
it
ja
kn
kk
Language
Korean
Lao
Malayalam
Marathi
Mongolian
Navajo
Nepali
Other
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Pushto
Romanian
Russian
Sinhalese
Spanish
Swahili
Tagalog
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Twi
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
Wolof
Yoruba
2 Digit code
ko
la
ml
mr
mn
na
ne
ot
fa
po
pt
pa
ps
ro
ru
si
sp
sw
ta
te
th
tr
tw
uk
ur
vt
wo
yo
TITLE III APPLICATIONS
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Individual County Applications Reviewed/Approved
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Increase in federal funding that required all budgets to
be increased
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Must hit “SUBMIT” after revisions
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Consortium Applications
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Cannot move forward until we determine which counties will
participate
CONSOLIDATED MONITORING
• Administrative Monitoring
• School visits
– Regularly scheduled ESL classes
– Include a variety of schools (Title I, non-Title I,
elementary, middle HS, low-incidence, high-incidence)
– As many of the ESL teachers as possible
• Purpose of the visit is to make “programmatic”
observations (not individual teacher observations)
MONITORING SCHEDULE 2008-09
Date
County
Sept. 29-Oct. 3
Mineral County
Oct. 6-10
Pendleton County
Oct. 20-24
Barbour County
Oct. 27-31
Gilmer County
Nov. 17-21
Upshur County
Dec. 1-5
Doddridge County
Dec. 8-12
Calhoun County
Dec. 15-19
Wayne County
Jan. 12-16
Summers County
Jan. 26-30
Brooke County
Feb. 2-6
Braxton County
Feb. 17-10
Preston County
March 2-6
Raleigh County
March 16-20
Clay County
March 23-27
Wood County
March 30-April 3
Greenbrier County
April 20-24
Mercer County
April 27-May 1
Putnam County
UPDATES
• Parent Involvement Initiative
– Regional Parent Academies at 8 RESAs
– If Your Child Speaks Two Languages
http://wvconnections.k12.wv.us/terminology.html
• Professional Development for Classroom Teachers
– eCourse “Facilitating Instruction for English Language
Learners (7 week course Oct. 1-Nov. 19)
– Course registration September 1-26
http://wvde.state.wv.us/pd/elearning/registration.php
– $100 stipend for participants OPTIONAL non-degree college
credit
• TOOLKIT for ESL programs – please email
[email protected] with # of copies requested
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Questions/Comments?
Please contact
Amelia Courts
[email protected]
or
(304) 558-2691