IDENTIFICATION
The document parents fill and sign to identify the language (s) students speak or are exposed at home?
Home Language Survey
What is the OLPT test currently given to identify the linguistic abilities of the students?
The IDEA Proficiency Test or simply, IPT.
What is the rule that determines the amount of students in the same grade level across the school district, who are speakers of the same language other than English, to establish a Bilingual Program?
The Rule of 20
What is the Home Language Survey?
HLS
What is the term used instead of Exiting a program?
Reclassification
What is the number of days school districts have to identify students who need linguistic support?
30 calendar days
What is the new test that will replace the IPT and IOWA to assess ELs?
The Language Assessment Survey or LAS
What is the term used to identify ELs whose parents decide to deny services, or request a placement in the ESL program?
Waiver
A student who has not demonstrated mastery of the English language?
English Learner or EL
What is the grade in which students are not eligible to meet reclassification criteria?
Kindergarten
What is the assessment students must be given to identify their linguistic abilities?
The Oral Language Proficiency Test
What is the minimum passing score on the IOWA, Language and Reading to be identified as Non-LEP
40 Percentile
What is the Commissioner's Rules Concerning State Plan for Educating English Learners?
TAC Ch. 89
What is the term used to identify students who did not qualify to receive linguistic support through the ESL or Bilingual Programs?
DNQ
What is the number of years ELs must be monitored to complete the reclassification process?
2 years
Who are the members of the Language Proficiency Assessment Committee?
Campus administrator, Bilingual or ESL Teacher, Parent of a current EL
What are the four language domains in which ELs are assessed?
Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
What is the number of years ELs who exit the program must be monitored?
2 years or 4 years for PEIMS purposes
What is the term used for PEIMS purposes to identify students who are ELs?
LEP
Who makes reclassification decisions for ELs who are also served by Special Education Services?
The LPAC in close collaboration with the ARD
Who makes decisions for program placement, assessments, and exiting programs for special education ELs?
The ARD and the LPAC in conjunction.
What do we call accommodations EL students need to have in place for either instructional supports or during testing?
Designated Supports
What are the needs of ELs addressed through the Bilingual and ESL programs?
Linguistic, Affective, and Academic
What are the Proficiency Language Descriptors used by teachers to determine the linguistic abilities of ELs, according to the TELPAS.
PLD
What is the automated data system that reports annually on the performance of school districts in the areas of Bilingual and ESL Programs, among others?
The PBMAS