1. TELPAS & ELPS Connection to Instruction

2. Purposes of TELPAS • To assess progress of LEP-exempt students • To indicate when LEP exemptions areno longer necessary • To monitor English language proficiency of Spanish TAKS examinees • To monitor English language proficiency of students not eligible for a LEP exemption who are struggling with English acquisition

3. What TELPAS Results Tell Us • TELPAS ratings of beginning and intermediate indicate significantly limited ability to use English as medium for learning academic material • ELLs in U.S. schools 3 years or more whose academic instruction is in English and who are still at these levels need carefully planned, highlyintensiveinstructional interventions to accelerate English acquisition

4. TELPAS Proficiency Levels in a Nutshell • Beginning:Little or no ability to function in English in social and academic settings • Intermediate:Limited ability to function in English in social and academic settings; can understand and use simple language structures and high-frequency English in routine contexts • Advanced:Can handle grade-appropriate English, although ongoing linguistic support is needed to engage in grade-level academic tasks • Advanced high:Can handle grade-appropriate English with minimal linguistic support; limited English does not stand in the way of grade-appropriate academic instruction

5. Linguistic Accommodations

6. Linguistic Accommodations in Instruction – ELPS Requirements 19 TAC Chapter 74.4 (b)(2: School districts must provide instruction in foundation and enrichment TEKS in linguistically accommodated (communicated, sequenced, and scaffolded) way commensurate with student's English language proficiency level to ensure that student learns TEKS 19 TAC Chapter 74.4 (c) says above each set of cross-curricular student expectations: For ELL to meet grade-level learning expectations, all TEKS instruction delivered in English must be linguistically accommodated commensurate with student’s level of English language proficiency Applies to all teachers, all TEKS…

7. Linguistically accommodating instruction means appropriately… • communicatinginstruction • sequencinginstruction • scaffoldinginstruction

8. Linguistic accommodations are – the heart and crux of the ELPS an integral part of language learning and content instruction not primarily about TAKS testing

9. Common Linguistic Accommodations

10. Instructional Interventions Instructional intervention = assistance designed to accelerate progress of struggling learner and that requires carefully targeted, individualized instruction in class and, in many instances, beyond classroom

11. A+RISE https://secure.lcisd.org/LamarNet/Bilingual/Default.asp Lamarnet Bilingual/ESL

12. ELPS Scope and Sequence https://secure.lcisd.org/Departments/Academics/BilingualESL/ELPSSpecialists/Default.asp Departments Academics Bilingual ESL ELPS Specialists