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Simple Solution. Brighter Futures. Monitoring exited lep students – year 3 and 4. August 2017. Melissa Lemons, ITS-BMD Systems Analyst. LEP Exit Monitoring- Background.
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Simple Solution. Brighter Futures. Monitoring exited lep students – year 3 and 4 August 2017 Melissa Lemons, ITS-BMD Systems Analyst
LEP Exit Monitoring- Background Since the 2008-2009 school year, TEA has been collecting student level information on former LEP students in their first and second year of post-LEP status monitoring. The LEP monitoring data was collected under the specific reporting requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, and the requirements for local LEA implementation are defined by Texas Education Code (TEC) 29.063, TEC 29.0561, and Texas Administrative Code (TAC) 19 TAC §89.1220(l). Effective with the 2016-2017 school year, the NCLB act was re-adopted as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
LEP Exit Monitoring- Background ESSA allows a state to monitor a post-LEP student for up to four years following the exit school year. Currently, LEA’s monitor an enrolled LEP student for two years after exiting the LEP program. The TEA is exercising the option under ESSA to include enrolled exited LEP students for an additional two years starting in the 2018-2019 school year and will include this information in the student performance results data for LEAs and campuses.
Changes for the 2018-2019 School Year C061 – LEP-INDICATOR-CODE Code Table The data reporting requirements for the additional LEP monitoring codes will be published in 2017-2018 TSDS TEDS Addendum Appendix J as an “early notice requirement” for the 2018-2019 school year. LEP Indicator Codes “3” and “4” are added to code table C061 – LEP-INDICATOR-CODE.
Q&A Question: Is the reporting of the new LEP exit monitoring codes retroactive? Answer: Yes. For example, if a student is reported as a LEP Indicator Code “S” in the 2016-2017 school year, the student would be reported with a LEP Indicator Code of “4” in the 2018-2019 school year. Note: these two codes will not go into effect until the 2018-2019 school year; this is early notice to Districts in order for them to prepare for the 2018-2019 school year.
Q&A Question: How will the LEP exit monitoring data be used by TEA? Answer: TEA will use the additional LEP exit monitoring codes as part of the Closing the Gap Domain. Current research shows positive trends for students exited from LEP status.
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