1 ESL Program Area Updates November 17, 2016Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction Division of Instructional Quality

2 PDE Mission Statement The mission of the department is to academically prepare children and adults to succeed as productive citizens. The department seeks to ensure that the technical support, resources and opportunities are in place for all students, whether children or adults, to receive a high quality education.

3 Mission for the Education of English Language LearnersSupport a high quality education for English language learners which includes the provision of culturally responsive and equitable educational programs Ensure that English language learners receive meet rigorous core curriculum standards and achieve high levels of academic success.

4 Vision for the Education of English Language LearnersRecognize English language learners and their families as cultural and linguistic assets to the Commonwealth’s global initiatives.

5 Agenda Share current federal and state initiatives, policies, and projects that impact the work of the ESL Program Area at PDE ACCESS 2.0 assessment information and reminders ELD Daily Instruction scheduling options for LEAs Identify resources, professional development, and technical support available to assist LEAs in ensuring effective outcomes for English learners

6 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

7 Chief Council of State School OfficersFall meeting focused on: N-size for accountability calculations Exemption options on state academic assessments RAELs, LTELs, and SIFE/SLIFE students as subgroup of ELs as part of EL Indicator Standards setting for Exit Criteria (PA-specific project not completed to date)

8 ESSA Required Opt-Out Civil rights issue under ESSALess than 1% of ELs LEA obligations Policies and procedures developed for SY

9 PDE’s Preparations for ESSAEnglish Language Development Standards Framework- slated for state board review – January, 2017 ELP Assessment—ACCESS for ELs 2.0: Online required this SY; new rigor and comparison to former year test results. Accountability for ELs—measures of progress and attainment Identification—new screener grades 1-12 online format Exit Procedures - updated exit criteria and requirements under ESSA. State decisions within the Act.

10 PDE’s Preparations for ESSAESSA Professional Learning— No longer 1-day, short term. PA’s ESL Facilitators Training Network Who? Highly trained ESL educators within the state What? To deliver a uniformed message, materials, shared When? Cohort 1 training now for SY ; Cohort 2 will begin training SY Where? Trainers will work within districts, at IU and PDE-sponsored professional development sessions. Why? To build capacity across the state by ESL educators with PDE information

11 Federal Resources The Office of English Language Acquisition created an EL Toolkit to fulfill the technical assistance requirement in the ESSA law. OELA also created a Newcomer Toolkit to guide LEAs

12 ESSA Webinars by TransACTOCR/DOJ Joint EL Guidance Webinar Series https://attendee.gototraining.com/847l0/catalog/ ?tz=America/Los_Angeles Monthly Topics: Staffing Meaningful access Avoiding unnecessary segregation ELs with disabilities Monitoring and exiting Meaningful family communication

13 Title III and Accountability

14 Title III Accountability during TransitionUSDOE will not require States to hold districts accountable for their performance against AMAOs 1, 2, and 3 under Title III of the ESEA for the 2014–2015 or 2015–2016 school years. (USDE, OESE, December 18, 2015, Dear Colleague letter)

15 Why are AMAO Improvement Plan Activities happening this school year?accountability results are Pennsylvania’s “most recent AMAO calculations” so subgrantees’ status will be “frozen” and PDE will “continue to provide the supports and interventions” during the and school years” outlined in the PA Title III Accountability Plan, as required by USDE during the transition to ESSA. AMAO Status Reports were released July, 2016 and required activities are underway.

16 Title III Status Reports during the transition (2014-15 and 2015-16 testing results):AMAO Status Report Title III Performance/Achievement Report Progress Attainment Academic Content Standards advanced/Proficient on PSSA/Keystone Math advanced/proficient on PSSA/Keystone ELA participation on PSSA/Keystone Math participation on PSSA/Keystone ELA Graduation rate

17 ELD Standards & Planned Instruction

18 ELD Standards FrameworkImplementation of Pennsylvania English Language Development Standards Framework Coming Soon! ELD Professional Learning Workshops EL Differentiation Tool

19 ELL Differentiation ProtocolELD Standards Framework ELL Overlays ELL Differentiation Tool Differentiation Moodle Course

20 English Language Acquisition ClassesESL instruction must be delivered via curriculum aligned with PA’s Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening Standards and the PA English Language Proficiency Standards. (BEC, Educating Students with Limited English Proficiency and English Language Learners) PA English Language Proficiency Standards and PA Core Standards for English Language Arts can be accessed on the SAS Portal at SAS Portal Revision Sessions will include ESL components. Check the schedule coming to your local IU soon!

21 ELD Daily Instruction ELA Replacement – ELA and ESL joint curriculum must be created and taught. ELA grade on report card. ELD Class as World Language Credit - grade separate from ELA replacement grade. ELD Instruction is NOT an elective!

22 ELP Assessment

23 Reminders ACCESS 2.0 grades 1-12 is an online assessment:ELs grades 1-12 are expected to be administered online assessments, Individual ELs requiring a paper-based assessment as an accommodation may be administered a paper-based ACCESS 2.0 Precode Internal Snapshot deadline is November 18, 2016 at noon. Ordering Window is closing on December 1, 2016. LEAs that developed an ACCESS 2.0 transition plan in 2015 in collaboration with PDE are reminded of their obligation to implement that plan. 

24 2015-16 ACCESS 2.0 Testing ScheduleDescription Start Date End Date Test Administrator Training Window 01/22/17 PIMS Precode Internal Snapshot  11/18/2016 Test Materials Ordering Available in AMS (LEAs) 11/3/2016 12/2/2016 WIDA AMS Test Setup Available 12/23/2016 3/3/2017 Districts Receive Test Materials (On) 1/9/2017 Test Window 1/23/2017 3/17/2017 Additional Test Material Window in AMS 3/10/2017 Deadline for Shipping Completed Test Material to DRC 3/24/2017 Pre-Reporting Data Validation 04/27/17 05/03/17 Districts Receive Reports - Printed and Online (On) 06/19/17 PIMS ACCESS for ELLs Internal Snapshot  05/12/2017 Final Data Available to State

25 No Tier Selection The test engine will manage tiers on the back end; educators do not need to select tiers for the online test. Students’ performance on the Listening and Reading tests will determine their placement for Writing and Speaking. Listening and Reading: will be administered first. They may be administered together or separately. Writing and Speaking: can be administered in either order, after the Listening and Reading tests. The online test will be staged adaptive, and students will progress through the test based on their performance on previous folders. Due to this adaptability, educators will not need to select tiers for the online test. Students’ performance on the Listening and Reading tests will determine their placement for Speaking and Writing. WIDA recommends that students first take the Listening test and then the Reading test. Writing and Speaking may be taken in either order, after the Listening and Reading tests.  The ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 test will be self-paced. The target administration times for each section of the test are: Listening: 25 minutes, machine scored; Reading: 35 minutes, machine scored; Writing: up to 1 hour, rater scored; Speaking: up to 15 minutes, administrator scored

26 No TA Scoring of Speaking DomainListening and Reading: student responses will be captured digitally and scored by the online test engine Speaking: student responses will be recorded (captured digitally) and automatically sent to DRC for scoring by trained raters Writing: typed student responses will be recorded (captured digitally) and automatically sent to DRC for scoring by trained raters; handwritten responses will also be returned to DRC for scoring Grades 1-5 handwrite responses in test booklet keyboard responses unless an accommodation is required for handwriting. Implementing the online test will also involve changes in how student responses are captured for scoring and reporting. When students respond to the Listening and Reading items, which are multiple-choice, DRC’s online test engine will automatically score their answers.   For the Speaking test, the online test engine will record student responses (with students speaking into external headsets). The responses will be automatically sent to DRC for scoring by trained raters. This is the most notable change from the current ACCESS for ELLs test where speaking is rated by the test administrator in real time.   When taking the Writing test, students will either keyboard their responses or handwrite their responses in a paper test booklet, depending on their grade level.  The keyboarded responses will automatically be sent to DRC for scoring, whereas handwritten responses in paper booklets will need to be shipped to DRC for scoring.

27 WIDA is releasing new optional practice materials for:New for ACCESS 2.0 WIDA is releasing new optional practice materials for: Getting Students Ready for Testing Flyers (sent prior to call) Paper and Online test preparation information to prepare students in general and by domain. Outcome of Attempedness Criteria Vote (sent prior to call) the policy adopted as a result of consortia-wide voting on this issue. WIDA is releasing supplemental optional practice materials for educators and administrators who will give the ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Paper Speaking Test. These materials feature new Speaking tasks, model student responses to those tasks, samples of student spoken language at different score points, and explanations of those scores. Additionally, these new materials reflect some of the new Speaking tasks that will appear on the ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Speaking Test in These materials will help scorers to accurately evaluate the spoken language produced by students.

28 Supplemental Training for Speaking TestOptional practice materials for educators and administrators who will give the ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Paper Speaking Test Featuring: new Speaking tasks model student responses to those tasks samples of student spoken language at different score points explanations of those scores Available on the Secure Portal under: ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Paper-Based Training Course

29 WIDA provided ACCESS for ELs 2.0 WebinarsLive and archived sessions Calendar is available at: https://www.wida.us/assessment/access%202.0/documents/ACCESSWebinarCalendar.pdf Access archived session at: https://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESS%202.0/WebinarRecordings.aspx

30 WIDA ACCESS for ELs 2.0 Pennsylvania Checklist

31 Lep data collection For guidance regarding LEP data collection systems, visit the ESL Toolkit at /

32 2016-17 LEP Data Collection CalendarCollection/Data Set Important Dates Purpose Impact Collection 1 – October 1 Student (October 1) Collection Window: (October 3-18, 2016) Correction Window: (November 2-15, 2016) ACS Due Date: (November 16, 2016) LEAs report data on LEP students, Title III served LEP students, and immigrant students. Data is used for state and federal reporting and for Title III LEP and immigrant allocations. Title III Nonpublic Student Count Districts, charters, and comprehensive CTCs report data on nonpublic LEP and immigrant students. Data is used for federal reporting and for Title III LEP and immigrant allocations for nonpublic students. Title III Professional Development Activities Survey N/A Title III subgrantees for report types of professional development provided to educators and counts of educators who participated in professional development. Data is used for federal reporting and compliance monitoring. Internal Snapshot ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS Precode LEA Updates Completed by 5:00 PM on: (November 18, 2016) Internal Student Snapshot Dated:  ACS Due Date: (December 5, 2016) LEAs update demographic data for LEP students. Data is provided to DRC to produce precode labels and populate the WIDA AMS for ACCESS 2.0/Alternate ACCESS for ELLs assessments.

33 Collection/Data Set Important Dates Purpose Impact Internal Snapshot ACCESS for ELLs Accountability LEA Updates Completed by 5:00 PM on: (May 12, 2017) Internal Student Snapshot Dated: (March 3, 2017)  ACS Due Date: (May 26, 2017) LEAs update data on LEP and Title III LEP students enrolled during the ACCESS 2.0/Alternate ACCESS for ELLs testing window. ACCESS Test Files are matched to reported LEP students. Test booklets that do not match demographic data in PIMS are invalidated for federal reporting and accountability purposes. Non-PIMS Collection LEP System March 13--April 13, 2017 ACS Due Date: (May 1, 2017) Districts, charters, and comprehensive CTCs report data on ESL Programs. This data is used for federal reporting and program compliance monitoring. Collection 4—June 15 LEP Program Survey Collection Window: (June 15—July 21, 2017) Correction Window: (August 1—15, 2017) N/A This snapshot is used for federal reporting purposes and program compliance monitoring. Congress uses this data for decisions concerning policy and funding for LEP and immigrant students. ELL End of Year Count (August 18, 2017) (June 28, 2017) (August 25, 2017) Collects data on LEP, immigrant, and Title III served students who were enrolled in a school at any time during the school year.

34 LEP Data Collection Training WebinarsTopic Date and Time PIMS October 1 Student Enrollment, Title III Professional Development Activities Survey, and Nonpublic Student Count Collections Training (for LEP Data) September 15, 2016 10:00-11:30 am 1:30-3:00 pm PIMS ACCESS 2.0/Alternate ACCESS for ELLs Precode Internal Snapshot Training November 3, 2016 2:00-3:30 pm PIMS ACCESS 2.0/Alternate ACCESS for ELLs Internal Snapshot Training March 16, 2017 10:00 am-12:00 pm 1:30-3:30 pm LEP System Data Collection Training March 9, 2017 10-11:30 am 2-3:30 pm PIMS Collection #4: LEP Program Survey and ELL End of Year Counts Internal Snapshot Training June 1, 2017

35 Professional Learning OpportunitiesFor information related to professional learning opportunities, visit the ESL Portal at Professional Learning Opportunities

36 SAS Institute December 4-6, 2016 in Hershey Personalized Learning is the focus of this year’s institute. EL Differentiation Tool will be presented. To learn more, click on

37 Instruction of ELs Topic Date and LocationIntroduction to the PA English Language Development Standards Framework December 20, 2016 Harrisburg March 8, 2017 Malvern April 3, 2017 Edinboro April 25, 2017 Pittsburgh May 9, 2017 West Decatur May 17, 2017 Schnecksville

38 Instruction of ELs Topic Date and Location SAS Portal TrainingsDecember, 2016 – January, 2017 Engaging English Language Learners in Science PaTTAN Harrisburg November 15-16, 2016 Migrant Education Program and ESL Conference Harrisburg March 27-29, 2017 Unit Planning Workshop April 19-21, 2017

39 Title III Events—by invitation onlyTopic Date and Location AMAO Improvement Planning PaTTAN Harrisburg September 21-22, 2016 Facilitators Retreat for the WIDA ELD Framework October 4-6, 2016 Leading Schools for EL Achievement January 24-25, 2017

40 Recorded Webinars TopiceMetric Data Interaction Tool for ACCESS for ELLs TransACT: An overview of the Online Tool for Compliance and Parent Notification

41 Resources Available on the ESL Portal (www.eslportalpa.info):ESL Tool Kit Quarterly Newsletter—Everybody’s Kids Available on the SAS Portal (www.pdesas.org): ESL resource documents MY SAS Tools - ESOL PLC (professional learning community)on Community tab. State-wide conversations with fellow educators. Subscribe today and check out the Content Repository for documents.

42 Quarterly Newsletter Quarterly Upcoming events Tips Best practicesEverybody’s Kids Quarterly Upcoming events Tips Best practices Current research Guidance To be added to the distribution list, Anne Scoufalos at

43 DISCUSSION Topics ACCESS Testing Technology Issues Opt Out ConcernsWebinars for Quarterly Calls in future ESSA updates in February

44 Stakeholder Meetings The PDE Division of Instructional Quality will hold stakeholder meetings to review the following points to inform the State Plan for ESSA Implementation: Kindergarten Identification Process Reclassification and Exit Criteria Revisions to the Basic Education Circular (EL) Those invited to the meetings will receive notice from my address If you wish to volunteer within the next 2-3 weeks, you can me so I can share the schedule with you. Meetings will be held here at the PDE conference rooms.

45 Contact Information Center for Schools and Communities Anne Scoufalos | ESL Technical Assistance Coordinator (717) x198 Division of Federal Programs Jesse Fry | Regional Coordinator (717) Division of Instructional Quality Eugenia Krimmel I Bilingual Education Advisor (717) Tami Shaffer l Education Administration Associate (717)

46 For more information on the education of English language learners please visit PDE’s website at The mission of the department is to academically prepare children and adults to succeed as productive citizens. The department seeks to ensure that the technical support, resources and opportunities are in place for all students, whether children or adults, to receive a high quality education. >