ELL Data Slides
Note for PD Network Members: This set of slides includes up to date data
regarding English language learners in Massachusetts. This set of slides is
comprised of data slides from the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education shared with MATSOL by Esta Montano, of the MA Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education. In addition there are slides from public
data requests made or exported by MATSOL. These slides note the original sources
of all data. They are intended for members of the MATSOL PD Network who
conduct SEI trainings or ELL focused PD for background purposes. Please cut and
paste these slides into your own powerpoint presentations, giving credit to all
original sources.
Sources:
All of the following slides are public data presented to
MATSOL members, by Dr. Esta Montano of the
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education, in her annual State of the State on ELLs
address at the annual MATSOL conference, and in
earlier presentations in 2010-11 to the Board of
Education. Please give proper credit in your slideshows.
ELL Enrollment Statewide is Nearly 68,000*
and Has Increased 51% Since 2000
This trend indicates that by 2021, 20% of all students K-12 will be ELLs
* As per the 2011-11 SIMS, there are 67,567 ELLs in the State
Number of Districts Enrolling at Least 1 ELL
Has Nearly Doubled since 2000
Two-thirds of ELLs Are Enrolled in 10 Districts
Boston Enrolls 23% of All ELLs Statewide
In Worcester and Lowell 1 of 3 Students are ELLs
Over 70 Languages are Spoken by ELLs in
MA: the Majority of ELLs Speak Spanish
Percentage of ELLs
by First Language
2010
ELLs by Program Enrollment
Number of ELLs Transitioned in 2010
by Years in School in MA
Most ELLs Are in School 4-5 Years Before Being Exited
Number of Years in School in MA
2001 & 2010 MCAS ELA, Grade 10
90
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Percent Proficient or Advanced
80
84
78
60
57
59
56
51
2001
2010
38
25
19
18
20
14
9
0
All
White
African-American
Hispanic
Students with
Disabilities
Source: DESE 2010
LEP
Low income
2001 & 2010 MCAS Math – Grade 10
90
81
75
Percent Proficient or Advanced
80
70
60
50
57
53
51
49
45
2001
2010
36
40
30
30
16
20
14
18
12
8
10
0
All
White
AfricanAmerican
Hispanic
Students with
Disabilities
Source: DESE 2010
LEP
Low income
THE DROP OUT RATE
10%
9%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0%
All Students
LEP
Hispanic
African
American
Low-Income
2009
Special
Multi-Race,
Education Non-Hispanic
White
2010
Sorted by highest rate in 2010 – Source MADESE SIMS 2011
Asian
SEI Teachers
 There are 67,914 educators in the
Commonwealth*
 To date, ~21,955 teachers have received
(or by the end of the school year will
receive) PD in one or more categories
 Aside from ESL licensed teachers, this
leaves at least 45,000 teachers who
continue to need PD to be qualified to
work with ELLs
* Source: OELAAA report to the legislature 2011
The Complex and Diverse
World of ELLs
 The following slides are from the MA DESE website
 www.doe.mass.edu/ell and go to news archives.
These slides were provided to MATSOL with permission to
use by Dr. Esta Montano who created the original
presentation for a Board of Education meeting focused
on ELLs in January 2011.
Who is an English Language
Learner?
A student who does not speak
English or whose native language
is not English and who is not
currently able to perform
ordinary class work in English.
Not all ELLs are immigrants and not all
immigrants are ELLs
Our Schools Serve ELLs with a Wide Range
of English Language Proficiency
The percentages below from the 2010 MEPA do not change dramatically
from year to year as new ELLs arrive and others are transitioned
Increasing Proficiency
Components of Sheltered English
Immersion (SEI) Instruction
English Language Instruction
Sheltered Content Instruction
(ESL)
• Explicit, direct instruction
that facilitates English
language acquisition
 Instruction designed to
make content more
comprehensible
 Taught by a dually certified
 Focuses on oral language
teacher (content and ESL)
development, vocabulary,
or by a a licensed teacher
language structures, culture who has acquired
and literacy
additional skills and
knowledge to teach ELLs
 Taught by licensed ESL
effectively.
teachers
Learning a Second Language
“Teaching English is not the
same as teaching in English”
Dr. Floris Wilma Ortiz-Marrero, MATSOL
Member and Massachusetts Teacher of the
Year
The following data was provided to MATSOL from the
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education by request.
Requested by Paula Merchant, MATSOL. Provided
2/24/11 to Paula, by Dr. Esta Montano, Office for
English Language Aquistion and Academic
Achievement
TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
1,398.00
2011
1,255.00
2010
1,332.00
2009
1,321.00
2008
1,199.00
2007
1,086.00
2006
ADD YOUR LOCAL DATA HERE IN A FEW SLIDES-#
ELLs, FLNE, Language and cultural backgrounds
in your community, etc.