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