English Language Learner KnowledgeBase for Administrators & Teachers

Parent Notifications

Under the No Child Left Behind Act, districts using Title III funds must provide information to parents about their child's participation in a language instruction educational program. This table contains links to each state's Title III notification information.

Parent Notification - Spanish

Standards and Assessments

This document offers the U.S. Department of Education's draft guidance on the assessment requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act addressing ELL students. The sections provided pertain to ELL and migrant students as well as flexibility and accountability for ELL students.

State Exit Criteria

This table contains links to each state's requirements related to ELL student exit criteria.

Transition and Monitoring Performance

This OCR document addresses the procedures and criteria for determining when students no longer need an alternative language program and can be exited.

Leveling the Playing Field for English Language Learners: Increasing Participation in State and Local Assessments through Accommodations

This resource from the former Region III Comprehensive Center provides practical guidance for using test preparation strategies with English language learner students as a form of accommodation for standardized tests.

Programs for ELLs - Transition from ELL Services

This document from the Office for Civil Rights provides guidance on establishing programs for ELLs. This reference offers questions that may be used as a checklist in developing a description of the transition procedures.

State ELL Assessments

This table contains links to each state's ELL assessment.

Working with Translators and Interpreters

This resource provides a collection of documents about different aspects of working with translators and interpreters.