Policy and Accountability Requirements: Survey for Reflection and Action

A mission statement that:

1. aligns the district's/school's policies, programs, and practices with all local, state, and Federal mandates
2. clearly articulates the district's/school's stance on languages other than English.

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Procedures ensuring that ELLs have access to all programs and services that are available to all students, and that ELLs' needs are considered in all aspects of district/school programming (e.g., curriculum, instruction, assessments, promotion and retention, special needs services).

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Procedures governing the uses of languages in the school system, including issues of:

• language choice
• translators and interpreters
• languages of tests.

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Defining criteria of the type(s) of program(s) that is/are implemented in the district/school, such as:

• sheltered content-area instruction (SI)
• specially designed academic
• instruction in English (SDAIE)
• English-as-a-second-language (ESL)
• English language development (ELD) bilingual education (transitional bilingual education, dual language education),
• heritage language programs

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Procedures that enable the identification of students who are eligible for ESL/bilingual/heritage language services.

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Procedures for the allocation of languages for instructional purposes at every grade level (i.e., how much English as well as instruction in the primary/partner language is included at different stages of language proficiency in each type of program).

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Procedures governing the assessment and placement of ELLs in appropriate program(s).

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Procedures for the recruitment, retention, and professional development of all teachers, administrators, and staff who
work with ELLs.

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Procedures governing all aspects of program implementation from placement to proficiency, including: testing accommodations

• exit criteria based on multiple measures
• promotion and graduation requirements
• ways to address ELLs' special needs.

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Procedures governing the collection, analysis, and use of standardized and alternative assessment data on English language development.

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Procedures governing the collection, analysis, and use of standardized and alternative assessment data on home language development (when home language development is a goal of the program).

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Procedures governing the collection, analysis, and use of standardized and alternative assessment data on the academic achievement of ELLs in the language(s) used for instructional purposes.

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Procedures for informing parents of all aspects of program development, implementation, and evaluation.

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Procedures for the ways that summative and formative data are used to inform instruction, program, and professional development and to determine the effectiveness of different types of programs for ELLs.

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Procedures for articulating with community-based organizations and institutions of higher learning to support all aspects of program development, implementation, and evaluation.

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Procedures governing program monitoring and evaluation.

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Procedures governing how components of the language policy and implementation plan are reviewed and revised on a regular basis.

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Procedures for how individual schools and the school district overall can obtain the resources they need to make implementation of the language policy a reality.

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