1 overview, use and importance of nyseslat presenters: ileana olazagasti and vanessa lee mercado...
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Overview, Use and Importance of NYSESLAT
Presenters:
Ileana Olazagasti and Vanessa Lee Mercado Office of State Assessment
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Who is a Limited English Proficient (LEP) Student?
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The myths ……
… there is no clear State definition ... who knows?
… there are only a few LEPs. … they are all Spanish speakers. … they all live in New York City.
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Fact: Key to Services Begins with Appropriate Identification …
Home Language Questionnaire (HLQ) - A student from a home where a language other than English is spoken and speaks little or no English …. (CR Part 154)
Informal Interview (English/NL) Assessment (LAB-R/NYSESLAT)
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Fact: LEPs are at all grade levels.
Participation on 2007 NYSESLAT
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10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
Totals
Totals 50,521 57,657 25,089 22,916 35,822
Gr K-1 Gr 2-4 Gr 5-6 Gr 7-8 Gr 9-12
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Fact: Top Languages Spoken by New York State LEP Students
Language Totals
Spanish 119,383
Chinese 4980
Arabic 4296
Bengali 4014
Russian 3348
Urdu 3211
Haitian-Creole 3188
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2007 NYSESLATPublic School Distribution
Distribution Number Percent
New York City 133,947 69.8
Rest of State 58,058 30.2
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Testing of LEP students NCLB requires that the English proficiency of all LEP students (as defined in Education Law § 3204[2-a][3]) be determined annually.
New York State provides the NYSESLATas the assessment of English language
proficiency for LEP students.
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Testing of LEP Students
All LEP students, regardless of grade, must take the NYSESLAT.
LEP students must take this assessment to evaluate English proficiency even if they take agrades 3-8 ELA assessment, the Regents Comprehensive Examination in English or, for certain LEP students with disabilities, an RCT in reading or writing or the NYSAA in ELA in the2007-2008 academic year.
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2007 NYSESLAT
The NYSESLAT operational test was
administered in Spring 2007 to 192,005
public school and 14,842 nonpublic LEP
students across New York State.
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Understanding the Process Design test specifications-”test blueprint”. Solicit and train item writers. Passage Review: select passages for the
field test items. Item Review Committee: review and edit
submitted items. Field Test forms; scan field test; score
items.
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Understanding the Process (continued)
Range Finding: select anchor and training set papers.
Perform item and test analysis. Select items for the operational form of the
test. Standard Setting Study: determine student
performance levels through standard setting study- “cut scores”.
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Update on the Administration of the 2008 NYSESLAT
Important DatesTest Activity Target Dates
Schools order tests via Spectrum Online Ordering System
January-March
Spring 2008 Field Testing-Speaking, Listening, Reading and writing (Selected schools will be contacted directly by Harcourt)
March 27-April 4
Operational Speaking Administration April 14-May 16
Operational Listening, Reading and Writing Administration
May 5-May 16
Scoring of Constructed Responses May 19-30
Return booklets to Harcourt Assessment Inc. June 6
Scores Available to Schools (approx.) August
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RecruitmentIt is very important to NYSED that we develop fair and
valid tests for the NYSESLAT Testing Program on an
annual basis. Therefore, we are requesting certified NYS
bilingual, ESL, and ELA teachers that are interested in
participating as a committee member to complete and
submit a Teacher Recruitment Form.
The form can be found online at:
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/nyseslat/recruitment.htm
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For More Information and Updates
about the NYSESLAT go to:
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/nyseslat/home.shtml
All test related questions can be sent to: