Cobb County ESOL

ESOL Form Assistant 2012

NEW!  How to export the accommodations spreadsheets from the Form Assistant:

Follow these instructions to export the student accommodations spreadsheets to an excel file - Download Instructions

Remember: Technology services conducted an update to the query system. To save your files under the new system you must:

• Select and run your query.
• Click on the Excel icon on the bottom right corner of the screen.
• Save your file as a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file with the appropriate name.
• Open the file and click on "Save As" and "Excel Worksheet"

Important: DO NOT use the CSV values with your Form Assistant, only use your Excel files.

 

The ESOL Form Assistant can assist you in pre-populating the data on some ESOL mandated forms.

The current menu allows you to:

• Select and record Accommodations
• EL/TPC Forms (Pre-populates TPC forms)
• Student Monitor Forms (Pre-Populates Monitor Forms)

• ESOL Reports

            o   ESOL Student Schedule (Generates ESOL Students’ Schedule of classes)

            o   ESOL Student Grades (Generates ESOL students’ Grade report)

• Tools

            o   ESOL Student Accommodations Spreadsheets(Generates Student Spreasheets for Accommodations Forms - Export to excel to see the accommodation spreadsheets)

            o   Student Labels (Create and print student labels)

                    Condensed Label (Avery 5160 1" x 2" 5/8)

 

The Form Assistant is not required to complete the ELL/TPC forms for your students and may not contain all of the ESOL students currently enrolled at your school. It will only provide the data for the students who completed the ACCESS in Cobb during the Spring 2011 administration.

To use the Form Assistant download the following files (Updated 9/28/11):

• Form Assistant Instrucctions: Download 2012esol_form_assistant_user_manual
   
• Form Assistant  Download ESOL-Information-System-1.0  In order for the ESOL Form Assistant to work, you must have the following:

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  • A PC with Microsoft 2007/2010 and ACCESS 20072010 (Microsoft ACCESS, not the English proficiency assessment!)
  • Access to OnTrack for the local school (See your ESOL Administrator in order to get access to the system.)
  • Access to a double-side printing capable printer (Lexmark 250 classroom printer)

 

EL First Year Testing Deferment - 2012

 Rules for Deferment 2011 – 2012 from the GA DoE

According to the Georgia Student Assessment Handbook for 2011-12: 

• ELL students enrolling for the first time in a US school may receive a one-time deferment from content area assessments, other than mathematics and science, if their proficiency in English indicates that testing is not in the best educational interest of the student.

• This deferment does NOT apply to the math and science sections of state mandated tests regardless of the student’s length of time in a US school. (ITBS, GHSGT, CRCT)

• This deferment does NOT apply to any EOCT. If a first year EL is enrolled in a course requiring an EOCT, the student must participate in the EOCT, regardless of content area or number of months in country.

Per guidance from Cobb's Office of Accountability:
Students are not permitted to defer the CogAt.

Students who are eligible for a one-time deferment must meet the following criteria:

1. Be in the first year (12 months) of enrollment in a US school*;

2. Have a qualifying English language screening score, indicating eligibility for ESOL services or other state approved language assistance program services;

3. Participate in the state-adopted English language proficiency assessment; (ACCESS in the Spring 2012)

4. Participate in state mandated math and science assessments and any EOCT, if applicable.

Note: First year in a US school is defined as the first calendar year (i.e., twelve months). 

For more information go to the GADoE website and download the State Assessment Handbook.

ESOL Teachers: For ELs who qualify for a Deferment, please complete the Deferment From during the Testing Participation Committee meeting. This form must be completed prior to testing and be on file with the local school Testing Coordinator and the Local School Lead ESOL Teacher.

Click here for a copy of the Deferment Eligibility form: 

Download ESOL 1st Academic Year Deferment TPC-2012

 

*FYI: According to U.S. Ed, students who come to the United States from Puerto Rico, where Spanish is the primary language of instruction, would not be considered to have been enrolled in U.S. schools while in Puerto Rico.  Thus, EL students from Puerto Rico would be included in the definition of recently arrived students for purposes of testing deferment.

 

2011-2012 Testing Accommodations - Forms and Instructions

In certain situations the individual needs of ELs may warrant accommodations. Each local school must determine whether or not testing accommodations are needed for each EL. Any accommodation provided MUST be consistent with current instructional and assessment practice in the classroom. In order to determine the accommodations, a Testing Participation Committee must be convened. The committee must be comprised of a minimum of THREE members and must include the ESOL teacher who is providing language assistance services to the student. (For EL-Monitored students this is the local school lead ESOL teacher).

Every identified ESOL student MUST have the EL/TPC form on file annually. This includes kindergartners, ESOL-Monitored and ESOL-Waived students. The accommodations that are marked on the TPC form must be consistent with the accommodations provided to the student in the classroom in all classes on a daily basis. 

If the Testing Participation Committee has decided that the student needs no accommodations and can access all test material in the same manner as any native speaker of English, then this must be indicated on the form in the appropriate box.  (Caution!!!: Make sure that this decision from the committee can be justified to parents and the other classroom teachers.)

Accommodations Spreadsheet

Download instructions on how to submit your accommodations spreadsheet via BlackBoard here - Download Submission Instructions.

 

You may use the following excel file as a template to record the accommodations to be provided to students.

Download Esol-accomm-spreadsheet-2011-2012

Download Language Codes

 Updated 2/22/2012

Updates for the school year 2011-2012:

• Electronic word to word dictionaries (web-based, computer-based, hand-held) are NOT permitted for use on state assessments

Form Assistant:

We are working on completing the Form Assistant to allow you to select the accommodations and pre-populate the student information on the TPC, Parental Notification, Classroom Teacher Notification, and accommodations Spreadsheets for each assessment.

We will post all the information as soon as the Form Assistant is completed and released.

For best results, use Mozilla Firefox (Internet Browser)

1. TPC Form: 

Elementary:   Download TPC-ES

Middle:   Download TPC-MS

High:   Download TPC-HS

2. Parent Notification Form:

English:     Download Parent-TPC

Arabic:  Download PN-TPC-2012-Arabic

Chinese: Coming Soon

French: Download PN-TPC-2012-French

Japanese:  Download PN-TPC-2012-Japanese

Korean:  Download PN-TPC-2012-Korean

Portuguese:   Download PN-TPC-2012-Portuguese

Spanish:   Download PN-TPC-2012-Spanish

Vietnamese: Download PN-TPC-2012-Vietnamese

3. Classroom Teacher Notification Form:    Download Teacher-TPC

Remember... any EL who has also been identified by Special Ed to receive services, may also be entitled to accommodations that meet his/her linguistic needs. Ideally, the ESOL teacher's participation in the IEP meeting should address the linguistic issues and needs in addition to the needs based on the identified disability. Therefore, if all of the accommodations  have been determined in the IEP collaboratively between special ed and ESOL and are indicated in the IEP, then complete the TPC form and indicate that no accommodations are needed in the appropriate box. Additionally, write a note on the form "Special Ed has submitted all accommodations." However, if there are additional accommodations that would assist the Special Ed ESOL student in accessing the content of the test and the current accommodations in the IEP do not address the child's English language needs, then ESOL can add these additional accommodations via this form.

Remember to place a copy of the form in the student's perm file and retain a copy for the local school lead ESOL teacher. The Accommodations selected are test specific and must be in place all year in order to be legitimate accommodations on state-mandated tests such as the CRCT and GHSGT.

Parental Notification: Parents must be notified of the accommodations. This form does not need to be signed and returned. A parent signature is only required if the parent has participated on the Test Participation Committee. However, we want to make every effort to keep our parents informed. Therefore, after completing the TPC Form, complete and send home the Parent Notification of Accommodations Form and indicate the date sent home on the TPC Form. (There is no need to send home the actual TPC Form.)

Teacher Notification: Once the TPC form has been completed, all classroom teachers of the student MUST be notified of the accommodations that the committee has determined that the EL needs in order to access test material. The accommodations that are marked on the TPC form must be consistent with the accommodations provided to the student in the classroom in all classes on a daily basis.
Use the Teacher Notification form to inform all classroom teachers of the student. If the ESOL Program at your school has not already sent a copy of the Spring 2011 ACCESS Teacher Report to the classroom teachers, please make a copy of this report on the back of the Teacher Notification of Accommodations Form.

Word-to-Word Dictionaries

The State has approved the use of word-to-word dictionaries as a standard accommodation for ELLs on all standardized testing.

Keep in mind the following guidelines:

• The dictionary must be strictly word-to-word. (ie, no definitions, pictures or examples)
• NEW! This dictionary can NOT be electronic format.
• The dictionary is being used on a daily basis by the student on all classroom assessments throughout the year. Thus, the student must be issued the dictionary in order to ensure daily use.
• The local school must purchase and provide the dictionaries throughout the school year as well as for summer school, should the student attend.
• This accommodation, as all others, must be determined on a case by case basis and noted on the TPC form.

Questions regarding the use of this accommodation should be addressed to Janet Gaa, Office of Accountability.

The ESOL Department does not purchase word-to-word dictionaries. The decision to utilize this accommodation is the local school's responsiblity. The local school must ensure that students of ALL language backgrounds have equal access to this accommodation and therefore, purchase of word-to-word dictionaries is the responsibility of the local school.

Research on Testing Accommodations for English Learners

Historically, testing accommodations have been based on research from special ed populations. While most states offer testing accommdations for the English learner population, many of the accommodations do not specfically address the specific linguistic and cultural needs of the English learner population. Recently, many studies and reports have been produced on this topic. If you would like more information regarding accommodations and English learners, check out the list of studies and publications available through the Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center.

Accommodations - Implications for implementation

Prior to selecting accommodations for each ELL, carefully review the implications below:

Setting Accommodations

·      ESOL Classroom: Student assessments are delivered in a designated ESOL classroom. This would mean that tests given by the content area teachers in your building are now to be administered by YOU, the ESOL teacher, in YOUR classroom. In order for this to be valid, you would have to designate the ESOL classroom in your building for classroom teachers to send the students to you for all testing.

·      Small Group: Student assessments are delivered in a small group setting. The State does not provide a finite number for a small group. The Office of Accountability recommends using ESOL classroom maximum size to determine size of small group, therefore, if one test administrator is in the classroom the small group size for testing is

Grades 1 – 3: 14 students
Grades 4 – 8: 17 students
Grades 9 – 12: 21 students

·      Preferential Seating: Student must sit at the front of the classroom or at an established preferential seat in the classroom.

·      Individual or study carrel: Student assessments are delivered in an individual study carrel.

·      Individual Administration: Student assessments are delivered individually, only ONE student is tested at a time.

Presentation Accommodations

·      Explain or paraphrase directions for clarity in English only: Explain or paraphrase directions for clarity in English only. The directions should be paraphrased in simplified English and only in English. Only students with this accommodation marked on their TPC form can receive explanation or paraphrasing of directions. Providing the accommodation to other students will invalidate the test and must be reported as a testing irregularity, thus students with this accommodation will have to be separated from those without this accommodation.

·      Color overlays or templates: Students may use color overlays or templates for reading. 

·      Oral reading of test questions in English only: Assessment questions are read to students in English only. Only students with this accommodation marked on their TPC can receive the oral reading of test questions. Providing this accommodation to other students will invalidate their test and must be reported as a testing irregularity, thus students with this accommodation will have to be separated from those without this accommodation. Guidance for reading:  The questions and answer choices must be read in the order written on the test. The teacher should read the question, read each answer choice and repeat. Remember...in orde for this accommodation to be valid on test day, it must be occurring in the classroom on a daily basis on all assessments.

·      Oral reading of reading passages in English only: Assessment passages are read to students in English only. Essentially this accommodation exists to allow those students who have literacy issues that prevent them from having access to the text. The child would have these issues in the native language as well as in English. Do NOT select this accommodation solely based on the amount of time that the student has been in U.S. schools. This accommodation is CONDITIONAL for the CRCT. Please click here to read the guidelines regarding Conditional Accommodations. This accommodation is not permitted for any student in grades 1 - 2 on the reading passages of the CRCT.

·      Repetition of Directions in English only: Assessment directions are repeated to students in English only. On the CRCT, Graduation Test and EOCT the directions may be repeated to students as necessary. Therefore, this is not an accommodation that necessitates a separate testing environment for ESOL students.

Response Accommodations

·      Student marks answers in test booklet: Student marks answers in test booklet. A certified teacher in the presence of a test administrator transfers the answers to the answer document.

·      Student points to answers: Student points to answers, a certified teacher marks the answers on the answer document.

·      Verbal response in English only: Student responds in English, a certified teacher marks the answers on the answer document. This accommodation would necessitate a separate testing environment for the student. 

·      Word-to-Word Dictionary: Only words may be translated; definitions, example sentences and pictures are not permitted. The State permits the use of electronic translators provided that they follow the same guidelines indicated above. The local school test administrator must verify that the dictionary/translation device meets all of the requirements. This accommodation may not be used on the QCC-based GHSWT, and can only be used if it is observed in the classroom on a daily basis.

Scheduling Accommodations

·      Frequent monitored breaks: Students are provided frequent monitored breaks during testing. Students with this accommodation may require a separate testing environment as their breaks may interfere with the testing environment of students without this accommodation.

·      Extended Time: Students are provided extended time. If this accommodation is marked, the students classroom teachers also ensure that extended time be given to the student on assessments in the classroom on a daily basis. Students with this accommodation may have to provided with a separate testing during the administration of standardized assessments unless the school can provide a plan to maintain a secure, quiet testing environment for these students once the others without this accommodation complete the test. 

1.  By virtue of their English language proficiency, all English Language Learners (current ESOL students, ESOL Monitored and ESOL Waivered) are entitled to accommodations if those accommodations provide them with the ability to access testing material.

  2.  The State Assessment Handbook clearly states that the accommodations should be determined by a committee. This committee should consist of at least three persons, including the ESOL teacher, classroom teacher/s of the student, the counselor, an ESOL administrator. The committee may include the parent and the student as well. 

3. Accommodations reflected on the TPC Form and the spreadsheet must be in place on a daily place in the classroom on all assessments. The accommodations cannot be in place merely on the day of the standardized test if the accommodations have not been in place on a regular basis in the classroom.

  4.  Some of the accommodations necessitate a separate testing environment. If the accommodation would impact the testing environment for the other students in the room, then a separate testing environment is necessary. All students are entitled to "Repetition of Directions", therefore, this accommodation alone does not necessitate a separate testing environment. However, "Paraphrasing of Directions" is not permitted for all, thus, this accommodations would require a separate environment.

5. The parents and all teachers of the student MUST be made aware of the accommodations selected by the committee. Use the parent notification and teacher notification letters posted on the ESOL Blog. The State Department of Education no longer requires that parents sign the TPC form unless the parent is part of the Testing Participation Committee.

If  you still have questions regarding one or more of these accommodations, check out the Frequently Asked Questions section below on the Blog.

The Cobb ESOL Department provides the above guidelines in an effort to assist all local school ESOL teachers and administrators. However, bear in mind that the Office of Accountability is the final authority in all issues regarding testing. Please contact, Janet Gaa for issues related to high school assessments or Leanne Wood for elementary and middle school assessments, should you have specific questions regarding testing.

Remember...just because a student needs an accommodation does NOT mean he/she will know how to use it. Students will need training and practice in using accommodations.

Non-Standard Accommodation

Are you thinking of providing a non-standard accommodation on the ITBS or CogAt?

The designers of these assessments have determined that the use of these accommodations interfere with the construct of these tests. Utilizing a non-standard accommodation will result in having that student's scores pulled from the school's total.

Remember...in Cobb these assessments are primarily used for program placement. If you use this accommodation, these assessments can not be used for that child for consideration of placement into gifted services.

ESOL Teachers: Only mark this type of accommodation under the direction of your ESOL Administrator and with the approval of the Office of Accountability.

 

Conditional Accommodation

The Georgia Department of Education has defined conditional accommodations as "...more expansive accommodations that provide access for students with more severe disabilities who would not be able to access the assessment to demonstrate their achievement without such assistance. Conditional accommodations may only be provided to students who meet the specified eligibility criteria." Georgia  Student Assessment Program Student Assessment Handbook 2010 - 2011, p. 9.

The State maintains that conditional accommodations (such as reading the test) will be utilized sparingly. The use of any accommodation must be considered in light of a student's disability. Conditional accommodations may NOT be provided solely as a way to ensure proficiency. Caution must be exercised in considering whether a student requires a conditional accommodation. The ultimate goal of any accommodation is meaningful measurement of what the student has learned. (p. 127)

 

The one accommodation for the 2010 - 2011 school year that has been identified as a Conditional Accommodation is the "Oral Reading of Reading Passages" on the CRCT.

All of the following conditions must apply in order to warrant the accommodation:

1. The student is NOT in 1st or 2nd grade,
2. The student‘s English proficiency scores and experiences in the classroom indicate the student
cannot access, retain, or comprehend written text without the assistance of a reader; and
3. The student is not poised to exit language assistance services within the current school year. i.e., the student will not be placed on the Tier C of the ACCESS in the spring.

Keep in mind the following:

• Standard and conditional accommodations vary according to each test.
• Use of conditional accommodations must be coded on the test.
• The recommended accommodation must be identified on the ESOL student's TPC form.
• The accommodation must be practiced on a daily basis for each classroom assessment.

Questions regarding use of accommodations should be directed to the Office of Accountability. High schools should contact Janet Gaa and elementary and middle schools should contact Leanne Wood.

Accommodations Clarification

Accommodation Guidelines for ELL Students

Accommodation: an alteration in the administration of an assessment that allows students to participate for attaining the greatest measure of success.

In certain situations, individual needs of ELL students may warrant accommodations. Each local school should determine whether or not testing accommodations are needed for each student. Any accommodations offered must be consistent with current instructional and assessment accommodations made in the classroom. An accommodation is only accommodation if it is practiced on a daily basis in the classroom on all assessments throughout the year. Accommodations are determined by the English Language Learner (ELL) Testing Participation Committee which should be comprised of at least three members: ESOL teacher, administrator, counselor, school psychologist, content teacher. The ESOL teacher MUST be a member of this committee and is responsible for completing the TPC form.  The local school lead ESOL teacher must retain a copy of the form and place the original in the student's permanent file. The accommodation information for every ESOL student must be indicated on the accommodations spreadsheet and submitted to the District ESOL Lead for review and submission to the Office of Accountability.

Accommodations- FAQs

There are been several questions regarding the use of accommodations. Listed below are those that we feel we should share with you.

FAQs:

•    When is a separate testing room necessary?
The ESOL students would need to be removed from the regular ed testing environment and provided with a separate testing room IF the accommodation impacts the testing environment for the other students in the classroom who do not have that accommodation.

•    Repetition of Directions vs. Paraphrasing
On the CRCT, Graduation Test and EOCT the directions may be repeated to students as necessary. Therefore, this is not an accommodation that necessitates a separate testing environment for ESOL students. Paraphrasing of Directions, however, is an accommodation that is not permitted to occur in the regular testing environment and necessitates a separate testing environment for students with this accommodation. The directions should be paraphrased in simplified wording and only in English.

•    How do I Read to?: Questions/Reading Passages
There are two very different Read To accommodations. The Read To for Directions requires all questions and answer choices to be read to the students. All questions and answer choices should be read twice. The teacher should Read the question, read each answer choice and repeat. This accommodation does include the reading of the questions and answer choices on the Reading portion of the CRCT. In this scenario, the teacher must provide ample time for students to read the passage, ask that students look up when finished and then the teacher reads the question and answer choices.
The Read To for Reading Passages is a CONDITIONAL accommodation that should be used very SPARINGLY. This means that certain conditions must exist for this accommodation to be utilized. The conditions include the following:
•    The student can not be poised to exit ESOL this year.
•    The student can not have tested on Tier C of the ACCESS this year.
•    The Reading scores on the ACCESS can not have been 4.0 or above the previous year.
Essentially this accommodation exists to allow those students who have literacy issues access to the text. The child would have these issues in the native language as well as in English. Do NOT select this accommodation solely based on the amount of time that the student has been in U.S. schools.
For this accommodation the teacher reads the reading passage once and then reads the questions and answer choices twice.

It is important to note…The student can not be in grades 1 or 2. (The Read To accommodation for Reading is not permitted for any student in grade 1 or grade 2. This applies to students identified as Special Ed as well.)
•    How much time is Extended Time?
All students are allowed an additional 10 minutes. Therefore, Extended Time is in excess of this ten minutes. The DOE indicates that all students are allowed 45-70 minutes, as children must be allowed 45 minutes per section and can be allowed up to 70 minutes if they aren't finished.  An extended time accommodation would mean that the child could have more than 70 minutes per section.  (This only refers to grades 3-8; the CRCTs at grades 1-2 are paced by the teacher rather than being strictly timed.)

•    What is a small group?
While the State Assessment Handbook does not provide a finite number, our local Office of Accountability provides the following guideline…the small group size should not exceed the maximum class size of the specialized program. Therefore, if one test administrator is in the classroom the small group size for testing is
Grades 1 – 3: 14 students
Grades 4 – 8: 17 students
Grades 9 – 12: 21 students

Accommodations for Transfer Students

A student comes to your school from another school, what should you do about those ESOL TPC accommodations???

1. Review the information presented on the TPC form (if available) from the transfer school.
2. Review the student's progress and current needs as demonstrated to you and the classroom teachers.
3. Form your own Testing Participation Committee, review the accommodations needed for the student and complete a TPC form for your school, if you determine that different accommodations are needed. (Don't forget the Teacher Form and Parent Notification Form.)
4. Regardless of whether or not different accommodations are needed, please don't forget to update your accommodation spreadsheet accordingly and submit to your District Lead ESOL Teacher, who afterwards must submit your updates to the Office of Accountability.

ACCOMMODATIONS - Update

On Monday, February 16, 2009 Dr. Judi Jones, Chief Officer of Accountability & Research announced to all ESOL teachers in Cobb that the over- or under-accommodating of an ELL on mandated tests will render the student's test invalid and will impact the school's AYP.

ALL TPC Accommodations forms for ESOL and ESOL-monitored students must be reviewed by local lead ESOL teachers to ensure that the accommodations marked for the CRCT and the GHSGT are in accordance with State guidelines.

Test Administration Accommodations Guidelines from the State:

• Accommodations provide access for demonstration of achievement
• Allow participation
• Do not guarantee proficiency
• and therefore should not be selected solely as mean to help ensure proficiency
• Must be required by the student in order to participate in the assessment
• Must be provided during routine instruction and assessment in the classroom (both before and after the state tests are administered)

Key Considerations for Determining Accommodations for ELLs:

• the student’s level of English proficiency
• the student’s level of literacy in English
• the student’s level of native language proficiency
• the student’s level of literacy in native language

All local school lead ESOL teachers will receive a spreadsheet of Accommodations to complete for ALL ESOL Active, Monitor and Waiver students in their local school.

Guidance for Reading of Reading Passages:
The use of this conditional accommodation for the Reading CRCT must be restricted to grades 3 – 8 and may be considered when BOTH the following conditions apply:

The student’s English proficiency scores and experiences in the classroom indicate the student cannot access, retain, or comprehend written text without the assistance of a reader;  and
The student not poised to exit language assistance services within the current school year.
Students poised to exit:  Tier C or any student approaching a performance level  of 4.
Consider ACCESS reading score – if 3 or higher, this accommodation is probably not appropriate.

CRCT Accommodation Update

Information has been sent recently to local school test administrators regarding accommodations for the CRCT. I want to make sure that you are aware of this information and the fact that many of you will have to update TPC forms.

The State has sent out clarification governing the use of the 'read to' accommodation for ESOL students.

1. The 'read to' accommodation can NOT be used for grades 1 and 2.

2. Although the 'read to' is not restricted for use in grades 3 - 8, it is HIGHLY discouraged. The ESOL teacher must seriously consider the rationale governing the decision to use this accommodation. (No ESOL student who is at a Tier C in ACCESS would qualify for this accommodation.)
The use of this conditional accommodation for the Reading CRCT may be considered when the following conditions apply:
● The student’s English proficiency scores and experiences in the classroom indicate the student cannot access, retain, or comprehend written text without the assistance of a reader;
● The student is not poised to exit language assistance services within the current school year. Text must be read word-for-word exactly as written.
The test administrator may not provide assistance to the student regarding the meaning of words, intent of test items, or responses to test items.  The test administrator may not rearrange the order of text (e.g., read the questions before reading the passage). The test administrator may read test text to a small group provided all students have the same test form number. When a small group setting is used, the passage may be read once and each test item may be read twice. Each student must have a test book and must be instructed to follow along in their test booklet as the test administrator reads the text.

Additionally, the Georgia Student Assessment Program Handbook provides further guidance regarding conditional accommodations:
Such accommodations must be
1. used sparingly.
2. not be provided solely as a way to ensure proficiency.

Also, keep in mind, in order to utilize any accommodations for ESOL students, a TPC form must be completed and on file at the IWC and in the child's permanent record prior to testing AND these accommodations MUST be occurring on a daily basis in the classroom on all assessments. We can not "read" the CRCT to a child, if we haven't been reading every and all assessments daily in the classroom to that child.

Please, review all of your TPC forms and ensure that you are following the above guidelines. Should yo uneed to make changes, please, make sure that the new copy is on file at the IWC and in the perm file.

If you have any questions or need additional clarification, please contact Margaret McKenzie, ESOL or Leanne Wood, Office of Accountability.