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[quote=Anonymous]We started out a bilingual household (Spanish/English) and so all my kids were evaluated when they were in K.  They ALL received a level 5.  Two of them were as fluent in English as any other kid and when I asked the teacher how they could be eligible for bridging services when they were as good as any kid coming from an English only environment, she told me that kindergartener's don't ever score higher than a 5 and they would not be receiving any services.  Instead, the ESL teacher would work with their general ed teacher on strategies for working with kids whose first language was not English and some of whom were LEP.  I think they were tested again in 1st grade and scored 6 which meant they were considered fluent English speakers and not in need of any interventions/targeted teaching strategies.

My youngest has a language based communication disorder and his verbal scores are so low on the WISC that he's considered LEP.  We rarely spoke Spanish to him because it was evident from an early age that he had language challenges (also has apraxia/MERLD) and we focused on English and sign language.  He is eligible for ESL services but they occur the same time as his pull out education services - which isn't an issue for us because he doesn't need ESL services.[/quote]

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