ESL Program Highlights of
2012-2013
Changes relating to ESL and CCSS
NYS Seal of Biliteracy
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http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-thelanguage/2012/08/new_law_makes_new_york_sec
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New York has now joined California to offer a special
"seal of biliteracy" to high school graduates who
demonstrate proficiency in English and at least one
other language. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the
legislation making it official.
Seal of Biliteracy
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New Terminology!
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New Language Arts Progressions:
Formerly English as a Second Language
Learning Standards
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New Home Language Arts Progressions:
Formerly Native Language Arts Learning
Standards
New Bilingual Common Core
Initiative
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New Language Acquisition Levels!
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5 proposed Levels of Language
Progressions (Entering, Emerging,
Transitioning, Expanding and Commanding)
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Currently 4 Levels (Beginning,
Intermediate, Advanced and Proficient)
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These levels & terminology won't change
until CR 154 is officially revised
(Cont.)
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New Theoretical Foundations
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Integration of content and language in new
language development.
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Bilingualism is a point of departure for all
language instruction and a goal for all language
learners.
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Intended as a guide for ESL, Bilingual, and LOTE
teachers to provide accessible Common Core
instruction to students of various language
proficiency and literacy levels.
(Cont.)
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In 2013 the test levels changed to K, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-12.
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The 2013 NYSESLAT featured greater emphasis on academic
and classroom contexts and new items that address the
Common Core shift to reading for information.
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New statewide scoring rules required that the Speaking
subtest must be scored by a teacher who is not the student’s
teacher of English as a Second Language or English Language
Arts.
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For the Writing subtest, all of the student responses to the
constructed response questions must be scored by
committees of teachers. No one teacher is to score more than
approximately one-half of the constructed-response questions
in a student’s Writing subtest booklet. No teacher who is a
student’s teacher of English as a second language or English
language arts may score any of the constructed-response
questions in that student’s Writing subtest booklet.
New NYSESLAT Exam
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NYSED is planning to administer a new identification test,
titled the New York State Identification Test for English
Language Learners (NYSITELL), to replace the Language
Assessment Battery-Revised (LAB-R) as the approved means
of initially identifying ELLs in New York State
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The NYSITELL will be provided in response to concerns from
educators that the LAB-R was not sufficiently aligned with
NYSESLAT and, in particular, that determinations made based
on the LAB-R were not always indicative of how students
would score on the NYSESLAT.
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In aligning the NYSESLAT and the NYSITELL, NYSED is
providing educators with an initial identification assessment
that will better enable educators to determine a student’s
level of English proficiency and subsequently provide the
appropriate instruction.
New Replacement for the LAB-R
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http://www.engageny.org/resource/network-teaminstitute-materials-may-13-16-2013-ela-3-8-professionaldevelopment-day-one
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Day 1, Scaffolding Texts and Tasks for English Language
Learners
Module Samples
Session 1: Introduction: This folder contains the turnkey
materials for the introduction to the modules session for both
new and returning NTI participants
Session 2: Celebrating Learners' Strengths
Session 3: Best Practices in the Modules
Session 4 – Grades 3-5
Session 4 – Grades 6-8
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EngageNY Scaffolding Texts &
Tasks for ELLs, ELA Workshop
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http://www.engageny.org/resource/network-teaminstitute-materials-may-13-16-2013-ela-3-8professional-development-day-two
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Day 2, Scaffolding Texts and Tasks for English
Language Learners, May 13-16, 2013
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Session 1: Tiering the Tasks, not the Text
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Session 2: Roundtables
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Session 3: Increasing a Volume Reading
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Session 4: Increasing a Volume Reading (field
session)
EngageNY Scaffolding Texts &
Tasks for ELLs, ELA Workshop
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New Home Language Questionnaire
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/DraftHLQ711.pdf (Draft only)
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New ELL Identification Procedure
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/DraftIDProce
ss7-11.pdf (Draft only)
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Changes to CR 154
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New ESL Program Exiting Procedures
Possible Future Changes