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The English Language Learner KnowledgeBase for Administrators

This KnowledgeBase archive includes content and external links that were accurate and relevant as of September 30, 2019.

The English Language Learner (ELL) KnowledgeBase for Administrators is an online resource supporting the administration of programs for English learning students. It offers resources related to Office for Civil Rights (OCR)requirements and the Every Student Succeed Act (ESSA).


Task 4: Gather Academic Data for ELL and Former ELL Students

Guideline: A school should maintain data regarding the implementation of the English language learner program along with the academic progress of the students participating in the program. This data should include whether former ELL students are:

  • keeping up with their non-ELL peers in the regular educational environment
  • able to participate successfully in essentially all aspects of the school's curriculum without the use of simplified English materials
  • being retained in grade or are dropping out at rates similar to those of their non-ELL peers

Data should be maintained on individual ELL students that will support the effectiveness of the program.

resources

Tools

ELL Starter Kit for Educators

As noted at the Colori­n Colorado website, this resource offers educators "tools for monitoring language skills. This starter kit was developed with Spanish-speaking ELLs in mind (because they account for more than 80 percent of all ELL students in the United States), but the monitoring forms also will be helpful for students from other cultural and linguistic backgrounds."

English Learner Toolkit

This resource was developed by the U.S. Department of Education to support schools working with English language learners (ELLs).

Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (SOLOM)

The Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (SOLOM) is a rating scale that teachers can use to assess their students' command of oral language on the basis of what they observe on a continuing basis in a variety of situations.

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Guidelines

English Language Learner Tool Kit

This 2016 Department of Education tool kit describes the tracking the progress of English Language Learners (ELLs).

This is the eighth chapter of the English Learner Tool Kit, which is intended to help state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) in meeting their obligations to English Language Learners (ELLs). This tool kit should be read in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights’ and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Dear Colleague Letter on "English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents," published in January 2015, which outlines SEAs’ and LEAs’ legal obligations to ELLs under civil rights laws and other federal requirements.

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