Title III: Continuous Improvement

1. Title III: Continuous Improvement Program Update – December 2004

2. Overview • Follow-up to November • Policy 2417 • Monitoring • USDE Report • Assessment • WESTEST • WESTELL • Professional Development • Next Update

3. FOLLOW UP • Preschool / Private school records • Consolidated Monitoring • Review document in January • Plan to Pilot in Spring 05 • Goal – Implement in Fall 05

4. FOLLOW UP • POLICY 2417 – February revision • Security protocols for WESTELL • Grade clusters • Accountability Measures • AMAOs • # and % making progress • # and % achieving proficiency (FEP) • Parental Notification of failure (1 year) • Improvement Plan (2 consecutive years) • Program Restructuring (4 consecutive years)

5. FOLLOW UP • Three parts of AMAOs – if you miss one then don’t meet all. • Therefore, if you miss AYP – you should notify for Title III puposes – fully contextualize the letter. • STARTING NEXT YEAR –Parental letter must go out to LEP parents that their school’s program didn’t make it- if they didn’t make AYP because of LEP population and/or AMAOs. MANY STATES ARE MOVING TO ONE LETTER FOR BOTH.

6. USDE Title III Report

7. USDE Title III Report

8. USDE Title III Report

9. USDE Title III Report

10. USDE Title III Report

11. ASSESSEMENT • WESTEST • LEP Assessment Participation Document (revised) • Codes on WVEIS

12. ASSESSEMENT- WESTELL • USDE expects K-12 ELP assessment be fully operational by Spring 06 • K-2 Assessment will be field tested in May 2005 • WV K-2 Students should continue with Woodcock Munoz • Screening/Placement • if WESTELL is the best for assessing students, then it will be best for determining placement. • As more items are “graduated” / released then some of those items may be used for a Placement test.

13. WESTELL – Validity analysis • ØDo WESTELL scores accurately represent students’ proficiency? • ØCan you use it to measure growth? • ØDo test scores support decisions to reclassify as FEP? • ØItem Analysis • §Latent class analysis • §Teacher analysis • §Complexity ratings • ØFor most part WESTELL measures less and most complex levels and differentiates levels in between. • ØWESTELL did better than any off the shelf test in discriminating between R,W,L,S • ØAlso grade clusters there seems to be an accurate representation of students’ proficiency • ØWithin grade cluster there was no differentiation • ELDA can differentiate progress regardless of program service model

14. WESTELL Costs • Ø$20 per pupil for census, $27 for field test • Øprojected to go to 15$, Clear numbers for Spring 06 • §lay out test booklets • §prepare masters for speaking / listening tapes • §print booklets • §duplicate tapes • §maintain tech support • §security bar code • §test administration manuals • §speaking scoring training materials • §shipping • §scoring • §producing electronic/paper reports

15. WESTELL- 2004 Results • Standards- setting • Holistic and bookmarking • Contrasting groups • Redo on complete form in 2005 • State-level aggregate data • Student level reports

16. WESTELL- 2005 • Accurate Data on WVEIS • Speaking will be locally scored for Census 05 • Testing window – late March through beginning of May • 9-12 Listening –length of time for administration • Student Background Questionnaires- bubbled • Training • Individual reports due by August 05- will include raw scores, thetas, individual domains, composite of comprehension, and full composite score.

17. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • ESL CADRE • WV Learns E-Learning Module • http://wvlearns.k12.wv.us/ • Survey for Module Content • Volunteers to participate in development committee

18. NEXT UPDATE… • Monthly Updates • Date / Time Thursday, January 13, 9:00 • Topics for update • Post on listserve

19. Conclusion Questions and / or Comments?