Perris Union High School District
2010-11

• “Onions are complex vegetables that require peeling back multiple layers to get to the core. Student data in terms of assessment and accountability requires peeling back multiple levels of documentation to ensure accuracy. Both have the potential to bring concerned individuals to tears.” (Unknown Poet,
2010)

• Staff will correctly identify students’ English Proficiency status and accurately input data in Infinite Campus
• Teachers will increase student achievement by using accurate English Proficiency data to inform instruction and meet student needs
• The English Learner (EL) subgroup Academic
Performance Index (API) will increase due to accurate
English Proficiency data
• The EL subgroup % proficient for Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP) will increase due to accurate English
Proficiency data
• The Perris Union High School District will receive funding for all eligible EL’s

• Parents not filling out the Home Language Survey (HLS) accurately
• Misinterpretation of HLS by parents and staff
• PUHSD HLS= EO but student was EL/RFEP in previous district
• Delay in receiving CUM after enrollment
• Lack of process for reviewing CUMs for students listed as
EO
• Student mobility and misidentification in multiple districts
• ABC’s and incorrect IFEP (see next slide)

District A
• HLS= Non Eng
EL or RFEP
District B
• HLS= Non Eng
• CELDT=IFEP
District C
• HLS= Non Eng
• Contact District B
District A
• HLS= Non Eng
EL or RFEP
District B
• HLS= EO
• EngProf=EO
District C
• HLS= Non Eng
• Contact District B
District A
• HLS= EO
• EO
District B
• HLS= Non Eng
• CELDT to determine

• Compliance with State and Federal law
• Affects teachers’ ability to address the language needs of their students
• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) subgroups and reports
• Similar School Rankings in the Base API report
• Academic Performance Index (API) subgroups and reports
• Title 3 Accountability Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
(AMAO’s)
• Title 3 funding and apportionment from the California English
Language Development Test (CELDT)

• Districts and schools are required to “determine the primary language of each pupil enrolled in the school district.” (Education Code Section 52164.1[a])
• Primary language is the language first learned by the pupil, most frequently used at home, or most frequently spoken by the parents or other adults in the home
when speaking with the pupil. (5 CCR 7.5 11510)
• The Home Language Survey (HLS) is the tool that schools in California use to determine student’s primary language
• If HLS indicates a language other than English, the student must be given the CELDT within 30 days of initial enrollment in a California school in order to determine the students English proficiency (Education Code Section 52164.1[a])
• If the CELDT scores indicate that the student is an English Learner they are assessed with the CELDT annually until being Redesignated Fluent English Proficient (RFEP)

HLS= Non Eng and CELDT is administered
CELDT Criterion not met
CELDT Criterion Met (Overall
Adv or Early Adv No subscore below Intermediate
Student is designated EL and is assessed annually on the CELDT until RFEP criteria is met
IFEP Documentation filed in
CUM and EngProf set to IFEP
When all Reclassification requirements are met, RFEP process is completed and documented. English Prof is set to RFEP and RFEP Date is input

HLS= Non Eng
HLS= EngOnly
Review CALPADS for Prev EL/RFEP History.
EngProf set to TBD
EL/RFEP History
Evident in
CALPADS
Student EO in
CALPADS
Ed Services contacts Previous District for CELDT scores and EngProf Designation. If EngProf is EL,
CELDT scores are entered in EADMS
CUM is reviewed for previous district
EL/RFEP/HLS Documentation
Site Reviews CUM to verify EngProf Status
Before CELDT Testing

( who have not yet scored Proficient or Adv 3 times after being reclassified)

Student Performance by English Proficiency Status
PUHSD 2009 Base API and 2010 Growth API

What do you think the breakdown of this group is?
(ie % EL vs % RFEP)
PUHSD Districtwide 2010 AYP % Prof for State Defined EL
Subgroup in ELA
EL
9,2%
EL
RFEP (not prof/adv)
RFEP (not prof/adv)
90,8%

• $5 per completed CELDT answer document
• $102.60 per EL student for ESEA Title 3 Funding
• $318.76 for each EL (or SED) student for EIA funding
So, how much does misidentification cost us?
If we had 100 students who are really EL but they were incorrectly Identified as EO/IFEP in IC it could cost $10,260 to $42,136

• “clean” data vs. accurate data
Primary Language EngProf
Spanish EO
English RFEP
Update one of the fields in SIS Contact prev district, pull CUM (if available, research CUM, look up
RFEP dates, add CST scores, possibly CELDT
Primary Language EngProf
Spanish TBD
Spanish RFEP
Primary Language EngProf
English EO
English EO

Run data audits and generate lists, sites pull
CUMs for all students on list
Train staff a. Train again b. Guided Practice
Sites review Cums and update spreadsheet
Review HLS for students that changed from EO to
IFEP, EL, RFEP, TBD
Ed Services staff does
CUM audit after comparing site reports,
CALPADS data, and data audit criteria
Ed Service staff look up prev EngProf history in
CALPADS (this has been continuous from step 1)
Refine Enrollment
Process to eliminate continued problems

Addressing inconsistencies with data audits
Criteria A Critera B Notes
IFEP
EO
Multiple CELDT Scores in System
Previous CELDT Scores in System
33
74
IFEP or EO EngProf from Prev years = EL or RFEP 35
Primary Lang is Eng PrimLang from a previous year = Non Eng 17
EO/IFEP
EngProf not RFEP
BirthCountry=Non Eng PrimLang Country EO-41 IFEP-50
RFEP date is not null 16
US School Entry Date>RFEP Date
RFEP Date within 1 to 2 Years of US Entry Date
14
IFEP Grade 6,7,8 or 10 6-8-156, 10-171
CALPADS
EL/RFEP- (121)
(230 still being checked)

Home Language Survey
CELDT Scores
ELD Program
IFEP Documentation
RFEP Documentation
EO
No language other than
Eng listed
None present
Not present
Not present
IFEP EL RFEP
At least 1 of the HLS questions has a language other than English
Only 1 score that meets state English
Proficiency criterion*
Not Present
Documentation might include: letter to parent/guardian,
CELDT scores
Not present
Multiple scores included
Multiple scores with most recent meeting state English
Proficiency criterion*
ELD program information is present
ELD program information is present.
End date is included.
Not present
Documentation might include: district RFEP form, letter to parent/guardian, program end date, CELDT scores, CST scores, grades

• Sample spreadsheet given to sites
• Database used by Ed Services
Orig
EngProf
EO
CALPADS
EngProf
EL
Site CUM search EngProf
IFEP
Ed Service
Audit EngProf
RFEP
Data audit
Criteria
NSLP, Scores etc

# Prof 2011 AYP EngProf
Change
EO To
EL/RFEP
IFEP to
EL/RFEP
EngPro
Change
EO/IFEP to EL
(6-8)
Number # and % 2010 CST
Prof
Number $ Amount
EO/IFEP to EL
(9-12)
# and Percent
Prof 2010 AYP