Evaluating Programs for ELLs in Houston ISD Kevin Briand, Ph.D. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Evaluating Programs for ELLs in Houston ISD Kevin Briand, Ph.D. Senior Research Specialist Houston Independent School District 1

Outline • Demographics and background on HISD • Review of our programs • English proficiency for ELLs (TELPAS) • Academic achievement (STAAR) • ELL student exits • ELL dropouts and graduation • https://fileshare.edwires.org/public/1b4ccd 2

Tracking ELLs • NCLB required tracking of ELLs for 2 years after exit • ESSA extends this to 4 years post exit • What about after 4 years? • In addition, ESSA requires tracking the percentage of ELLs who have not become proficient by five years after placement/identification

Coding of ELL Students • Current ELLs as well as monitored (M1, M2) • We also track students who are beyond monitored, former ELLs (F) • Student rosters going back over 20 years allow us to build databases with history of student enrollment (e.g , for “former” ELLs, what their 1 st or last program?) • Count years of ELL participation • Also track retentions

Currently Used ELL Codes Program Placement Code Definition Y-L ELL in transitional bilingual program Y-P ELL in pre-exit of transitional Y-T ELL in two-way bilingual program Y-O ELL in one-way bilingual program Y-C Cultural heritage bil program (Vietnamese) Y-E/Y-X ESL program I-H/I-M Not served W-H ELL with parental waiver Exited ELL, 1 st -year monitored M-1 Exited ELL, 2 nd -year monitored M-2 F Exited ELL, >2 years after exit M-H, M-D, M-T, S-H, S-D-, S-T Older codes used for monitored ELLs (discontinued) F-H, F-D, F-T Older codes used for former ELLs (discontinued)

Example of ELL History File ELL status 2016 Current ELLs ID_num LEP16 LEP15 LEP14 LEP13 LEP12 LEP11 LEP10 LEP09 LEP08 LEP07 LEP06 LEP05 LEP04 LEP03 LEP02 LEP01 xxx WH WH WH WH WH WH WH WH YE xxx TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH IM IM IM IM xxx YX YX YX YX YX YX YX YX YE YE YP YB YB YB xxx TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH xxx YX YX YX YX YX YX YE YE YE YE YD YD YP YB YB YB xxx YX YX YX YX YX YX YE YE YE YE YE YE IM IM xxx YX YX YX YX YX YX YX YE YE YD YD YD YD YB YB YB xxx TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH IM IM IM MH YB YB xxx TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH TH xxx YX YX YX YX YX YE YE WH WH WH WH YE YE YB YB YB xxx YX YX YX YX YX YX WH WH WH WH WH WH WH WH WH IH Last 1 st Program Prog ELL status 2016 Exited ELLs ID_num LastProg 1stProg LEP16 LEP15 LEP14 LEP13 LEP12 LEP11 LEP10 LEP09 LEP08 LEP07 LEP06 LEP05 LEP04 LEP03 LEP02 LEP01 xxx YE YB FH FH FH FH FH FH FH FH FH MH MH YE YE YE YB YB xxx YP YD F SH SH MH YP YP YD YB YT YD xxx YX YE M2 M1 YX YX YX YX YX IM YE xxx YX YB F M2 MH YX YX YX YE YE YE YE YE YB YB YB YB YB xxx YE YE M2 M1 YE YE xxx YB YB FH FH FH FH FH FH FH FH FH FH FH MH MH MH YB YB xxx YE YE FH FH FH SH MH YE YE YE YE YE YE YE YE xxx YE YB FH FH FH FH FH FH FH FH FH FH MH MH YE YB YB YB

Achievement Data for Current & Former ELL Students English STAAR Are they showing academic progress? 22

STAAR 2016: % Passed by program by grade (English reading) 100 DL OB ESL HISD 88 80 73 69 71 Percent Met Standard 67 64 64 62 59 58 60 57 52 51 45 41 37 40 33 33 26 26 20 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grade Level • Dual language has higher passing rates • ESL is lower than both types of bilingual • Note decline with grade level (also HISD performance...)

STAAR: % Passed by program by year 100 DL OB ESL HISD 80 Percent Met Standard 71 70 69 66 66 64 57 60 55 55 54 54 53 38 37 40 34 31 20 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 Year • Dual language has higher passing rates • ESL is lower than both types of bilingual • Both bilingual now lower than district overall

STAAR: % Passed by program by year for exited ELLs Exited DL Exited OB Exited ESL HISD 100 93 92 92 91 89 88 87 87 87 86 85 84 80 Percent Met Standard 70 69 66 66 60 40 20 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 Year • Dual language has higher passing rates • ESL is comparable to other bilingual • All exited ELLs higher than district overall

ELL Student Exits How many students are exiting ELL status? How long does it take them? 26

State Exit Criteria Oral: Test at Fluent level Reading: Proficient on STAAR (in English) Writing: • Proficient on STAAR (in English) • Rating of Advanced High on TELPAS 27

ELL student exits 2003 to 2016 8,000 7,326 7,160 6,698 6,520 6,184 5,761 6,000 5,540 5,566 5,560 5,185 5,442 # Exits 3,923 4,000 3,176 2,518 2,000 0 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 Year • Usually 5,000 – 7,000 exit ELL status each year • The number of exits decreased in 2015-2016 by 49% compared to the previous year

Identifying Potential Exits: Part I HOUSTON ISD ELL Student Exit Criteria TELPAS Listening and Speaking Reading Writing or Oral IPT* Score (Listening & Speaking) Grade English Stanford 10 STAAR 1 TELPAS Listening and Speaking Advanced NA Total Reading and Total Language IPT** Writing 40 th percentile or above (both sections) High or Early Writing Stage IPT--FES (EWS) 2 TELPAS Listening and Speaking Advanced NA Total Reading and Total Language TELPAS Writing 40 th percentile or above (both sections) High or Advanced High IPT--FES 3 TELPAS Listening and Speaking Advanced English N/A TELPAS Writing High or STAAR Advanced High IPT--FES 4 TELPAS Listening and Speaking Advanced English N/A English High or STAAR STAAR IPT--FES 5 TELPAS Listening and Speaking Advanced English N/A TELPAS Writing High or STAAR Advanced High IPT--FES

Identifying Potential Exits: Part II CAMPUS Home Room Staff Current Local Student LEP current STAAR R STAAR R STAAR W STAAR W TELPAS W IPT TELPAS L TELPAS S TELPAS R Student Name IPT Oral LABEL Name Grade Id program language met language met rating Writing rating rating rating 162 Gregg ES xxxx yyyyy 05 ### YL E 1 3 3 3 4 162 Gregg ES xxxx yyyyy 05 ### YL E 1 4 4 4 3 162 Gregg ES xxxx yyyyy 05 ### YL E 0 4 4 4 2 162 Gregg ES xxxx yyyyy 06 ### YL E 0 3 3 3 3 162 Gregg ES xxxx yyyyy 07 ### YL E 0 3 3 3 3 162 Gregg ES xxxx yyyyy 08 ### YL E 1 3 4 3 3 162 Gregg ES xxxx yyyyy 05 ### YL E 1 4 4 4 3

ELL student exits by grade 2,000 2014 2015 2016 1,790 1,618 1,597 1,600 1,391 Number of Exits 1,200 877 819 800 621 612 530 475 493 451 456 446 288 175 400 246 291 297 294 288 299 265 248 174 191 182 177 166 150 128 127 120 95 90 53 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Grade Level • Most exits occur in grades 3 to 5 • Grades 3-7 saw declines, and these are the ones where STAAR accomodations coding affected results

K6 and K9 Cohorts: Definition • Start with students coded as ELL in kindergarten • Check their status 6 or 9 years later • Are they still ELL? Students are ELL in KG in 2010-2011 K6 Cohort Students who are still enrolled in 2016-2017 Students are ELL in KG in 2007-2008 K9 Cohort Students who are still enrolled in 2016-2017

K6 and K9 Cohorts: Results Percent of K Cohorts Not Exited by Grades 6 and 9 - PEIMS 60 55 54 53 53 50 K-6 K-9 50 47 46 45 45 44 40 40 Percent Still LEP 36 35 30 26 23 23 23 21 21 19 20 18 17 18 15 14 12 10 0 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 School Year • Roughly 45-50% of ELLs have not exited by grade 6, and 20-25% have not exited by grade 9

K6 Cohort: Why do ELLs not exit? 100% 17% 90% 29% 30% 80% 51% Advanced High 70% 62% 42% 60% Advanced 50% 40% 47% 40% Intermediate 35% 30% 31% 28% 20% 24% 21% Beginning 10% 13% 9% 10% 5% 3% 0% Listening Speaking Writing Reading Composite Score • ELLs who do not exit by grade 6 have weaker scores in TELPAS writing and especially reading

K9 Cohort: Why do ELLs not exit? 100% 7% 90% 25% 39% 80% Advanced High 56% 43% 60% 70% 60% Advanced 50% 57% 40% 44% Intermediate 30% 41% 34% 31% 20% Beginning 10% 16% 18% 9% 8% 9% 0% Listening Speaking Writing Reading Composite Score • ELLs who do not exit by grade 9 also seem to have particular problems with reading proficiency

K6 and K9 Cohorts: Program Effects 60 56.2 Dual Language 53.9 Other Bil 50 ESL 40 37.2 % Still ELL 27.9 30 20.2 20 14.0 10 0 K6 K9 Cohort • Fewer dual language students remain as ELL as compared to other bilingual students

Student Assessment Data Demographic Data At-Risk Factor s Student Action Plans

ELL Student Graduation and Dropouts 38

Percentage of Valedictorians and Salutatorians Who Were Ever-ELL (2007 to 2016), With Comparable Percentages for All Seniors Percentage of Vals/Sals and Seniors who were Ever-ELL (2007 to 2016) 100 Vals/Sals Only 80 All Seniors Percentage Ever-LEP 60 40 20 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Average Year Historical data shows that about 40% of vals/sals were ELL at some point while in HISD, similar to proportion for all district seniors