Updates

Important Updates and Timelines for Effective Planning

• 2014-15 PDE Updates (PPT)
• 2014-15 ACCESS/Alternate ACCESS for English Language Learners Test Administration Dates (PDF)
• LEP data collection dates
• Information on the Rights of All Children to Enroll in Schools (PDF)
• Effective ESL Programs: Meeting the Challenges and Embracing the Opportunities
• Title III Webinar Series

Resources for identifying, placing and exiting English language learners

• Exit Criteria (PDF)
• Use of the W-APT (PDF)
• Use of the W-APT for Identification and Placement (DOC)
• ESL toolkit – Important updates including guidance and resources related to family engagement and assessment of English language learners.
• TransACT Parent Notifications

The following resources are helpful for standards-based and data-driven instructional planning

• ESL Standards
• ELL Overlays for Literacy and Mathematics
• eMetric
• ESL toolkit – Additional guidance and information related to accessing and using eMetric and for analysis of WIDA ACCESS for ELLs data
• WIDA’s Can Do Name Charts