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Page 1: TELPAS & ELPS Connection to Instruction. Purposes of TELPAS To assess progress of LEP-exempt students To indicate when LEP exemptions are no longer necessary

TELPAS & ELPS

Connection to Instruction

Page 2: TELPAS & ELPS Connection to Instruction. Purposes of TELPAS To assess progress of LEP-exempt students To indicate when LEP exemptions are no longer necessary

Purposes of TELPAS

To assess progress of LEP-exempt students

To indicate when LEP exemptions areno longer necessary

To monitor English language proficiency of Spanish TAKS examinees

To monitor English language proficiency of students not eligible for a LEP exemption who are struggling with English acquisition

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What TELPAS Results Tell Us

TELPAS ratings of beginning and intermediate indicate significantly limited ability to use English as medium for learning academic material

ELLs in U.S. schools 3 years or more whose academic instruction is in English and who are still at these levels need carefully planned, highly intensive instructional interventions to accelerate English acquisition

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TELPAS Proficiency Levels in a Nutshell

Beginning: Little or no ability to function in English in social and academic settings

Intermediate: Limited ability to function in English in social and academic settings; can understand and use simple language structures and high-frequency English in routine contexts

Advanced: Can handle grade-appropriate English, although ongoing linguistic support is needed to engage in grade-level academic tasks

Advanced high: Can handle grade-appropriate English with minimal linguistic support; limited English does not stand in the way of grade-appropriate academic instruction 4

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Linguistic Accommodations

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Linguistic Accommodations in Instruction – ELPS Requirements

19 TAC Chapter 74.4 (b)(2:School districts must provide instruction in foundation and enrichment TEKS in linguistically accommodated (communicated, sequenced, and scaffolded) way commensurate with student's English language proficiency level to ensure that student learns TEKS

19 TAC Chapter 74.4 (c) says above each set of cross-curricular student expectations:For ELL to meet grade-level learning expectations, all TEKS instruction delivered in English must be linguistically accommodated commensurate with student’s level of English language proficiency

Applies to all teachers, all TEKS…

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Linguistically accommodating instruction means appropriately…

communicatinginstruction

sequencinginstruction

scaffoldinginstruction

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Linguistic accommodations are – the heart and crux of the ELPS an integral part of language learning and

content instruction

not primarily about TAKS testing

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Instructional Accommodation Assessment Accommodation

Providing native language supportSpanish TAKS, Spanish LAT, oral translation on English LAT

Paraphrasing and simplifying language to aid understanding

LAT - clarification and linguistic simplification

Using pictures, gestures, and concrete objects to aid understanding

LAT - clarification and linguistic simplification

Helping student decode English words LAT - reading words aloud

Encouraging students to ask questions to check understanding

LAT - clarification and linguistic simplification

Helping students learn to use dictionaries in class and on tests

LAT - bilingual and English dictionaries

Customized bilingual glossaries of essential vocabulary

LAT math and science - bilingual glossaries

Allowing students additional time and more breaks to read and process lengthy information

TAKS and LAT - more frequent breaks;

2-day administrations of LAT reading and ELA tests

Common Linguistic Accommodations

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Instructional Interventions

Instructional intervention =

assistance designed to accelerate progress of struggling learner and that requires carefully targeted, individualized instruction in class and, in many instances, beyond classroom

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A+RISE

https://secure.lcisd.org/LamarNet/Bilingual/Default.asp

Lamarnet Bilingual/ESL

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ELPS Scope and Sequence

https://secure.lcisd.org/Departments/Academics/BilingualESL/ELPSSpecialists/Default.asp

Departments Academics Bilingual ESL ELPS Specialists