1. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Reporting the Performance of English Language Learners on State Assessments Martha L. Thurlow Project conducted in collaboration with the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education, supported by the U.S. Department of Education, OBEMLA, now referred to as OELA.

2. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Issues Reporting on student performance is an important element of standards-based education – required by ESEA (IASA and NCLB) Studies have demonstrated that reported data need to be available to and usable by teachers and administrators Need data on both participation in assessments and performance on them

3. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Research Questions To what extent is the participation and performance of ELLs in state assessments being publicly reported? To what extent are disaggregated data on accommodated and native language assessments offered? What trends are evident in public reporting on ELLs over time? What trends are evident in reporting in states with high and low ELL enrollment?

4. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Method Gathered all available assessment reports as of March 2001 – both public print documents and data on state Web sites Examined only data for tests administered during 1999-2000 (dropped 3 states with 1998-99 data) Verification letters sent to all assessment directors – 15 responded with corrections or additions; used information from 13 of these states (others were not public)

5. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Results: Reported Data (1999-2000 SY) WAMTND OR NV CA ID WY UT AZ CO NM SD NE KS TX OK MN IA MO AR LA WI IL MI OH KY MS TN FL AL GA SC NC VA PA NY ME WV AKHI VTNH CT NJ DE MD IN MA RI Reported both participation and performance of ELLs for at least one test (n=16) Reported only performance of ELLs for at least one test (n=3) No ELL participation or performance reported (n = 32) DC = No data

6. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Participation Information Presented

7. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Content Areas Reading412319 Math412319 Writing110112 Science 37213 Social Studies45211 Participation RATE and Performance Participation NUMBER and Performance Performance Only Total States Numbers of States Reporting in Various Ways by Content Area (1999-2000 SY)

8. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Sample Participation Rate Data

9. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Example of Gaps in Performance

10. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Reporting on Accommodated and Other Assessments Three states reported data for ELLs taking tests with accommodations (Several states indicated only that nonstandard administrations are not reported) Four states reported data on student performance on native language assessments

11. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes 1995-98 Data1999-2000 Data ArizonaCaliforniaMassachusetts DelawareColoradoNew Hampshire (perf only) GeorgiaDelawareNew Jersey Kansas (part only) FloridaNew Mexico (perf only) New Jersey (part only) IdahoNorth Carolina North Carolina (part only) IllinoisRhode Island (perf only) Rhode IslandIndianaTexas VirginiaKentuckyVirginia LouisianaWisconsin Maine Trends Across Time

12. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Reporting in States with Large and Small Populations Of the top and bottom 10 states in K-12 ELL enrollment: Top 10 StatesBottom 10 States Reported ELL Data on: All Tests44 Some Tests30 No Tests36

13. N C E O National Center on Educational Outcomes Some Conclusions... Need clarification of terms used in reporting, and some policy information Need more data on accommodated and native language assessments, so can better understand their role in an assessment system Overall, more states need to report – this will happen! Need clarification of relationship between reporting and inclusion in accountability.