| Assessment |
NYSITELL: This should be given by the ENL teacher and be done as soon as the school year starts. (may need to happen in the summer) There are 8 levels of the test depending on the grade of the student.
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NYSESLAT: All students receiving services are given the NYSESLAT to assess progress and determine next year's services.
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Students are exited from services two years after reaching the Commanding level on the NYSESLAT.
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| Outcome |
All ELL students who enter school for the first time are given this assessment to determine level of service, unless they have previously attended a NYS school.
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There are 5 possible outcomes for the NYSESLAT: Entering, Emerging, Transitioning, Expanding and Commanding. This will determine the minutes of service, per week, that students will receive.
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Students at the Commanding level are still required to have 90 minutes of support from an ENL teacher per week for two years. They may also have test accommodations per regs.
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| Process |
- Teachers will house the elementary NYSITELL tests. (the district has plenty of tests for each level.) The middle school and high school NYSITELLs are in the HS Office vault.
- The bubble sheet for answers can be found in the back of each testing booklet.
- After the ENL teacher administers the NYSITELL, the teacher will give a copy to Mrs. Helmer to be scanned to data readiness for scoring. The original should be kept on file.
- The results can be found on ASAP which Mrs. Castronovo has access to. They take 2 days to process.
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- In October, teachers will order the NYSESLAT for all grade levels. She will get these numbers from the ENL teachers using a shared Google Doc.
- When tests are received, they will be inventoried and put in a safe in HS. If teachers get new students during the year, they need to let Mrs. Tangorra know.
- Teachers will administer the NYSESLAT in the spring. Answer sheets are sent to MORIC and the results can be found on ASAP. Parent Letters with scores are sent to the District late October/early November - copies made for permanent files.
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- Each year, teachers and the superintendent of schools will complete the CEEP planning document on the Business Portal.
- In September, teachers will run a report from ST to create a spreadsheet of students needing services.
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