Transcript Annual Reviews 2009-2010 (.ppt)

Annual Review Process
for LPAC 2009-10
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Education/ESL
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Annual Review Timeline
April 5 window opens in LPAS
May 14th (tentative) TELPAS data
available in LPAS
May 19th TAKS data available in LPAS for
3-12th grade
June 8th window for Annual Reviews closes
in LPAS (all forms must be closed)
June 20 Report run for compliance with
Annual Review completion
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Who do I need to complete an
Annual Review for?
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Annual Reviews
At the end of the year, the
Committee reviews every ELL child
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being served
with parental denials
exited during the previous 2 years that are
being monitored
who has met exit criteria and continues to
monitor students for 2 additional years
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Annual Reviews
What is reviewed?
Any data that is available that can be used to
make good, sound decisions on the following
year’s placement, for example:
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Benchmarks
Classroom Tests
State Criterion Test Data (TAKS)
Norm-referenced English and Spanish (when
applicable) Standardized Achievement Test
Data
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Annual Reviews
What is reviewed? (con’t)
Oral Language Proficiency Test Data
 Reading Proficiency Test Data
(TELPAS,TPRI, Tejas Lee etc.)
 Grades
 Anything that will give a well-rounded
picture of the student’s growth and
progress
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When do students exit the
bilingual or ESL program?
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State Exit Criteria #1
19 TAC§ 89.1225(h-k)
1) TEA-approved tests that measure the
extent to which the student has
developed oral and written language
proficiency and specific language skills in
English
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State Exit Criteria #2
2) Satisfactory performance on the reading
assessment instrument under the Texas Education
Code, §39.023(a), or an English language arts
assessment instrument administered in English, or
a score at or above the 40th percentile on both
the English reading and the English language arts
sections of a TEA-approved norm-referenced
assessment instrument for a student who is
enrolled in Grade 1 or 2; and
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State Exit Criteria #3
3) TEA-approved criterion-referenced written
tests when available, other TEA-approved tests
when criterion-referenced written test is not
available, and the results of a subjective teacher
evaluation.
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Updating LAS Links
All students being considered for
exiting, must receive an updated
administration of the LAS Links.
Contact the International Welcome Center at
414-6426 for additional LAS Links forms.
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No Exiting before
st
1
grade
Requirements for lower grades
Students in Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten may not be exited from a
bilingual education or English as a
second language program.
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What about ELLs in Special
Education?
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ARD LPAC Collaboration
For LEP students receiving
special education services, the
Admission, Review and Dismissal
(ARD) committee must work in
conjunction with the LPAC to
determine exiting.
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ARD LPAC Collaboration
An ARD LPAC Committee meeting
must be held for a Special
Education student in order to
determine the LEP exit criteria of
student as well determine the
appropriateness of exiting the
student when the criteria has been
met.
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ARD/LPAC Collaboration meeting is
required for ELLs who are also in Special
Education.
ARD/LPAC Collaboration must happen and
be documented in SEEDS before the
Annual Review LPAC meeting.
Refer to ARD/LPAC Collaboration Handout
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ARD LPAC Documentation
Once a student is recommended for
exiting LEP status in SEEDS, the exit
criteria and decision is transmitted to
LPAS.
LPAC must exit the student in LPAS
to receive a parent notification form
to be sent home for a signature.
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LPAC Responsibilities
The LPAC must ensure that the exit
decisions are appropriate so that
reclassification as LEP and re-entry to a
Bilingual/ESL program can be avoided.
All members should be confident in the
decision to exit each student using the
state criteria.
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Parent Signature Approval
Requirement
Once the LPAC reclassifies a student
as non-LEP, parents must be notified
that the student has met state
criteria for exit and will be monitored
for 2 years.
Parent’s signature approval of the
student’s exit must be present in the
student’s record folder
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What happens after LEP students
exit the Bilingual or ESL
program?
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After Exiting
Monitoring Exited Students
The LPAC committee is also responsible
for monitoring exited students for the
two years that follow the year that they
exit the Bilingual or ESL program.
TEC §29.0561
Monitoring consists of incremental,
documented review of grades, academic
progress,TAKS scores, etc...
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Conduct English LAS Links Updates prior
to the LPAC meeting
Hold ARD/LPAC meetings for Special
Education students that you think should
exit
Plan ahead to get signatures for exiting
students.
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What if exited students are not
successful in the general education
classroom?
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Reclassification/Exit LPAC
Responsibilities
Newly exited students naturally
experience adjustments to the
mainstream classroom environment.
Districts should be aware of this and
utilize all available resources to
ensure former ELL students continue
to achieve academic success.
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Monitoring
During the first two years after a
student is exited out of a bilingual
education or special language program
under Section 29.056
the language proficiency assessment
committee shall review the student’s
performance at the end of each grading
period. The LPAC will consider…
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Monitoring
(1) the total amount of time the student was
enrolled in a bilingual education or special
language program;
(2) the student’s grades each grading period in
each subject in the foundation curriculum under
Section 28.002 (a) (1);
(3) The student’s performance on each
assessment instrument administered under
Section 39.023 (a) or (c).;
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Monitoring
(4) the number of credits the student has
earned toward high school graduation, if
applicable, and
(5) any disciplinary actions taken against
the student under Subchapter A, Chapter
37.
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Monitoring
After an evaluation under this section, the
LPAC may require intensive instruction for
the student or reenroll the student in a
bilingual education or special language
program.
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LPAS Forms
L7.1 Annual Status Review- PK-2
Grade Form
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L7.1 Annual Status Review Notification
L7.2 Annual Status Review –3rd-12th
Grade Form
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L7.2 Annual Status Review Notification
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LPAS Forms
L7.3 Monitoring- Exited students
in First Year (F) or Second Year
(S)
 L7.3
Monitoring Notification
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LPAS Forms
L15 Annual Review Summary for
PK-2 (LPAC Signatures)
L16 Annual Review Summary for
3-12 (LPAC Signatures)
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Student Information
Who is responsible for getting all
of the LPAC information,
maintaining it, and following up?
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By June 1st
Share Annual Status Review and
Monitoring form directions with
teachers who will complete the forms.
Complete L7.1 or L7.2 Annual Status
Reviews forms for all ELL/LEP
students. This includes students in
Bilingual Education, ESL or on denials.
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Before June 1st
Complete L7.3 Monitoring forms for
all students who are within 2 years of
exiting LEP status.
Conduct LPAC meetings to review all
L7.1 and L7.2 Annual Status Review
forms and L7.3 Monitoring forms.
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Before June 1st
Send home Parent Notifications of
the Annual Status Reviews and
Monitoring meetings after the LPAC
meetings are held.
Receive parent signatures from
students who will be exiting or reentering LEP status.
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Before June 8th
Close all L7.1, L7.2 Annual Status
Reviews an L7.3 Monitoring forms for
school year 2009-2010 in LPAS
File the Annual Status Review and
Monitoring Parental Notifications
(with signatures if received) in the
student’s green ELL/LEP folder within
the cumulative folder
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