PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ESOL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. ESOL Teacher: Anastasiya Ard

WORKSHOP AGENDA 1.Home Language Survey; 2.W-APT – Purpose, Interpretation of Results.

Georgia’s Language Assistance Rule To comply with the NCLB, GaDOE Title III Department in partnership with the OCR, revised the state’s language assistance rule which includes: 1.Screening for eligibility services 2.Providing instructional support 3.Assessing English Language Learners annually

What is the W-APT?  The W-APT is the state-adopted screening instrument to determine if a student is eligible to receive language assistance services.  LEA must administer the W-APT if a student answers “yes” to any of the language questions:

What are the uses for W-APT Scores?  identifies students (those scoring below 5.0) who may be candidates for ESOL services;  determines the academic English language proficiency level of newcomers to a school or to the U.S. school system in order to determine appropriate levels and amounts of instructional services; and  may serve as an indicator or guidance when assigning students identified as ELLs to one of the 3 tiers for ACCESS for ELLs.

How many times can you administer W-APT to an ELL? Just once and within the first 30 days of attending school!

 W-APT is aligned to the WIDA ELP Standards  All 4 domains assessed: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing  Assessment forms are developed for grade clusters Pre K-K  W-APT is not a tiered assessment  Individually administered and fully adaptive

Service  ESOL has 6 approved instructional delivery models: Pull-out Push-in Cluster center Resource center / Laboratory Scheduled class period Alternative approved in advance

W-APT Score Information Test materials include instructions for calculating child’s overall composite score For K-W-APT™: –Oral proficiency score (L & S) –Diagnostic information (R & W)

Grade 1Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 K1-2 Test 3-5 Test6-8 Test9-12 Test 1-2: –For students in 2nd sem. Gr. 1 through 1st sem. Gr : –For students in 2nd sem. Gr. 3 through 1st sem. Gr : –For students in 2nd sem. Gr. 6 through 1st sem. Gr : –For students in 2nd sem. Gr. 9 through 1st sem. Gr. 12 Which W-APT test forms to give?

Administration Times and General Scoring K-WAPT: up to 30 minutes 1-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12: 45 – 90 minutes Gr. 1-12TimeScoring Speaking up to 15 minutes rubric Listening up to 20 minutes answer key Reading up to 20 minutes answer key Writing up to 30 minutes rubric