Transcript ELL Grading - Norman Public Schools

Whittier ELL Statistics 2009-10
Total 6th grade: 19 students
 Total 7th grade: 17
 Total 8th grade: 14
 GRAND TOTAL 50 students
Receiving Direct Services:
 6th grade: 11 students
 7th grade: 5 students
 8th grade: 8 students
 Monitored: 11 students
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Good Morning!
Judy Reynolds, ELL Teacher
[email protected]
Alcott Middle School/Whittier Middle School
WMS ELL Coordinator:
Gwenn Hare
Judy’s Daily Schedule
1st hr. Newcomer class
2nd hr. 8th grade
3rd and 4th hr. Plan and testing
5th hr. lunch
6th hr. 7th grade
7th hr. 6th grade
8th hr. 6th grade
ELL Services
Classroom instruction
 Provide materials and dictionaries for
students and teachers
 Provide audio equipment and software
 Assist with the modification of the
curriculum
 Provide liaisons and interpreters for parent
meetings
 Assist students with state mandated
assessments
 Assist with grading
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ELL Grading
Enrollment
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Students will complete a Home Language
Survey
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Students will be assessed to determine if
grades will be awarded
ELL Assessment
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Access Test—given each spring
group and individual test administration
Tests English in the content areas
Scores range from 1-6
Oklahoma English proficiency level is 4.8
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W-apt Placement test—individually administered
within 10 days of enrollment if we do not have
Access data
In 2009, the district decided that all ELL students
who scored limited knowledge or unsatisfactory on
the CRTs will also be enrolled in an ELL class
Options Following Assessment
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Enrollment in ELL class
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Modifications to class work
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Additional Assessments
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Assigning of an Intervention Team
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Monitored by the ELL teacher
Alternative Grading System
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A student may be placed on the alternative
grading system if his/her English
proficiency diminishes the student’s ability
to earn traditional grades.
Alternative Grading System
Alternative Grading is based on:
 ELL assessment results
a score of less than 4 on the Access test
or W-apt placement test
 Recommendation of the Intervention Team
Intervention Team -Secondary
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ELL Coordinator
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ELL Teacher
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Administrator/Designee
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Content Teacher/s
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Parent/s and Student
Alternative Grading System
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S – student is progressing
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N/A –Limited English prevents academic
communication in class
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U- Student is not attempting to complete
work
Alternative Grading System
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Alternative grades will apply to daily, nine
week, and semester grading
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When assigning a U, a teacher will be
asked to meet with the intervention team
Alternative Grading System
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Parents of high school students will
receive information concerning the impact
of nontraditional grades on college entry.
Receiving Traditional Grades
Traditional Grades will be awarded:
 At level four and above on the ACCESS
test
or
 As determined by the intervention team
Students will receive monitoring for two
years following classification as English
Proficient (ACCESS level 4.8)
ELL Procedures at Whittier 2009
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At the beginning of the year or quarter, teachers will receive
information about their ELL students including test scores,
CRT information, and whether alternative grades are an
option.
Several weeks before the end of each quarter, teachers with
ELL students will get an email from the ELL teacher asking
how they want to grade their students that quarter
The ELL teacher will record each teacher’s decision and
keep the record in the students’ files
*The ELL teacher will compile a list of teachers’ decisions to
distribute to teams of teachers at each grade level as a
reminder
Teachers will assign alternative grades to their ELL students
The ELL teacher will review ELL students’ grades for
accuracy
Grades will be changed if there are discrepancies
Web Resources:
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Access test interpretive guide
http://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESS/
ScoreReports/ACCESS_Interpretive_Guid
e09.pdf especially p. 21-22