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Building the Capacity of a State Education Agency to Appraise District ELL Services

Building the Capacity of a State Education Agency to Appraise District ELL Services. Barbara D. Acosta Kris Anstrom The George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education Donna Carr Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center October 7, 2010. Reflection Question.

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Building the Capacity of a State Education Agency to Appraise District ELL Services

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  1. Building the Capacity of a State Education Agency to Appraise District ELL Services Barbara D. Acosta Kris Anstrom The George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education Donna Carr Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center October 7, 2010

  2. Reflection Question How can a regional comprehensive center build the capacity of a state and its districts to appraise the quality of instructional programs for ELLs?

  3. Goals for this Session • Describe the design and implementation of a pilot appraisal system for assessing and improving instructional programs for English language learners (ELLs) • Share lessons learned from a collaborative process with an SEA, LEA, Comprehensive Center and a partner • Reflect on ways to ensure the usability, relevance and feasibility of the system

  4. The Growing ELL Population in the U.S.

  5. Goals of Appraisal

  6. Promoting Excellence Guiding Principles http://www.ceee.gwu.edu/ELLs/ELLsPromEx.html

  7. Areas of Best Practice

  8. Data Collected

  9. Collaborative Process of Data Collection & Analysis

  10. Benefits for the District • Broadened understanding of ELL issues • Improved communication between schools and the district and the district and state • Provided a common language of strategies needed to build capacity at the district and school level to improve ELL program design • Validated effective practices; identified areas of concern • Increased district capacity to deploy resources to greatest needs • Reached beyond the school door , i.e., language minority parent support & outreach

  11. Benefits for the SEA • Realized some ways data could be used to help districts that they had not done before • Build resource to identify needs and target SEA technical assistance to district and schools • Provided a resource districts and schools could use to self-assess and build their own capacity for improvement • Realized a need to simplify and customize the appraisal process

  12. Positive Features of the Appraisal Process • Modifying existing appraisals to target district ELL practices • Ensuring a collaborative process to build state and district capacity • Buy-in from key district and state folks

  13. Challenges Faced in the Appraisal Process • Manageable scope v. comprehensiveness • Self report bias (e.g. surveys) v. efficiency • Multiple competing surveys, busy respondents • Sampling • Allowing time for collaborative analysis of results

  14. Q & A • What similar experiences have you had with district or school appraisals? • What are some ways to balance validity issues with ease of use?

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