Alexis Garza
794-7907 x 1302
To learn more about the ELL program feel free to contact me.
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EL Procedures
English Learner (EL) students are identified through the following steps:
1. The Minnesota Language Survey states the student has or had a language other than English at some point.
2. Then the student is tested with a language assessment.
3. The test scores determine if the student qualifies or not.
4. The test also determines the language level of the student.
Testing/Assessing
The Language Assessment we currently use is the WIDA Screener or WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test (W-APT).
The state test is the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for ELLs)
The students are first screened with the WIDA Screener or W-APT to determine services.
In the late winter/spring the ACCESS for ELLS is administered.
The language domains include Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.
The levels:
1-Entering
2-Beginning
3-Developing
4-Expanding
5-Bridging
6-Reaching
We work on oral language, reading, and writing, in correlation with subject content standards in Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies.