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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some light, rather than heat ... US federal law requires that children who require additional English language instruction in order to meet academic content standards receive those services. It is the responsibility of school districts to ensure that they identify those children and provide services. DC (and most school districts nationwide) begin this process by screening kids via a Home Language Survey -- this is the form on which you indicate if you speak languages other than English at home. From the DCPS website: "If the OSSE Home Language Survey indicates that a language other than English is spoken in the home to or by the student, the student must be screened for possible identification as an EL using the appropriate screener within 30 school days of the student’s first official school day" https://osse.dc.gov/page/english-learners-els Also worth knowing is that parents have the right to decline these services for their children. [/quote] The test is called ACCESS and has four parts--reading, writing, speaking, and listening. If you pass the test first time you are labeled "not an ELL". Scores are 1-6 and 6 is considered tested out. Say you first test and get a 3, then the next year test out, you have two years of "monitoring" to make sure you make progress. You can also get testing accommodations for this time. Eventually you "exit" monitoring and are done. In DCPS there is no curriculum or set model. I was an ELL teacher and it was basically "here's what they need to know, do something." In the suburbs of MD there was actually a curriculum and solid pull out services. [/quote]
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