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ELMAC English Language Multicultural Advisory Committee

ELMAC English Language Multicultural Advisory Committee. Home of the Victor Vikings. ELMAC Meeting April 25, 2013 Victor Elementary School Torrance Unified School District Bill Baker, Principal. ELMAC Agenda. Call to Order Introductions Reading & Approval of ELMAC Meeting Minutes

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ELMAC English Language Multicultural Advisory Committee

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  1. ELMAC English Language Multicultural Advisory Committee Home of the Victor Vikings ELMAC Meeting April 25, 2013 Victor Elementary School Torrance Unified School District Bill Baker, Principal

  2. ELMAC Agenda • Call to Order • Introductions • Reading & Approval of ELMAC Meeting Minutes • CELDT Testing – Summer Registration—will be receiving soon! Sign up as soon as possible! • Online Registration Tutorial • CST Testing • Dates • Strategies • Questions/Suggestions • Adjournment • Last ELMAC Meeting – Thursday, June 6, 9:15AM

  3. Torrance Unified School District • CELDT – California English Language Development Test • Students must test each year until they are redesignated Fluent English Proficient (RFEP) • Be sure to register for CELDT testing by going to:

  4. CELDT – California English Language Development Testing Registration - Summer 2013 www.el.tusd.org

  5. California STAR Program • The California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program measures how well the California education system and its students are performing. • These tests measure student achievement in: • Mathematics – 2nd grade – 5th grade • English–Language Arts – 2nd grade – 5th grade • Science – 5th grade only • California’s goal is for all students to perform • at the proficient or advanced level. • 2nd – 5th: May 13th – May 28th

  6. CST Performance Levels Measuring Student Progress Advanced Superior performance. Students demonstrate a comprehensive and complex understanding of knowledge and skills. Proficient Solid performance. Students demonstrate a competent and adequate understanding of knowledge and skills. Basic Limited performance. Students demonstrate a partial and rudimentary understanding of knowledge and skills. Far Below/Below Basic Lack of performance. Students demonstrate little or flawed understanding of knowledge and skills.

  7. Preparing for CST Tests • Limit use of TV watching and Video Games • Research finds a direct correlation between the number of hours children • spend watching television or playing video games and achievement levels of • standardized test. • Plenty of rest and healthy breakfast • Research supports the best preparation for these tests is a good night’s sleep • and a healthy breakfast! • Attitude is Everything! • Send your child to school prepared to do his/her best and it will happen! • Practice makes perfect! • ST Math and Study Island online reinforcement (Check with teacher to be sure your child is set up for home use). • Teacher supply stores provide wonderful workbooks for STAR test practice. You can also go to the California Department of Education website and have your child take the sample questions. http://www.cde.ca.gov/Ta/tg/sr/css05rtq.asp

  8. Questions, suggestions, ideas? Thank you so much for your attendance at today’s ELMAC Meeting! Last ELMAC Meeting of 2013: Thursday – June 6, 2013 9:15am – 10:30 Victor Cafeteria

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