● Review reclassification criteria changes in SY 2018-19 ● Share preliminary reclassification outcomes for SY 2018-19 ● Present and seek approval of standard reclassification criteria for SY 2019-20 SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Under California Education Code 313(f), a school district shall utilize multiple criteria to determine whether to State reclassify a pupil as proficient in English, including, but not Requirements limited to, all of the following: for English Learner Criterion 1: Assessment of English Language Proficiency Reclassification Criterion 2: Basic Skills in English Criterion 3: Teacher Evaluation Criterion 4: Parental Opinion and Consultation
Timeline of Changes in SY 2018-19 Aug Nov Dec May 2018 2018 2018 2019 Proposed SFUSD Sets New State Board of Department of Justice Reclassification Reclassification Criteria Education Approves Required SFUSD to Criteria Presented to New Cut Scores for Change Criteria Various Stakeholders ELPAC Mid-Year To reclassify, students must Students must have have overall ELPAC level of DELAC, Community School districts will use overall ELPAC level of 4 3 with subscores of 3 or Advisory Committee for new cut scores starting with subscores of 3 or higher. CDE directed Special Education, Lau with the 2018-2019 higher. 2018-19 cut districts to set their own IOC, various working ELPAC results scores to were proficiency level pending groups across the (available during the retroactively applied to further guidance from CDE. district summer of 2019). 2017-18 ELPAC results (only in SFUSD due to Lau Consent Decree).
Source: Illuminate Reports, 2018-2019
Is ELPAC Overall Level 4 an appropriate cut score? Source: Illuminate Reports, 2017-2018 to 2018-2019
# of ELs Total # of ELs in % ELs reclassified reclassified ‘18-‘19 (CDE) (as of May 22, 2019) Chinese 688 4,604 15% Preliminary Spanish 379 6,464 6% Reclassification Vietnamese 57 363 16% Outcomes for 2018-2019 Arabic 21 214 10% Filipino 40 269 15% Other 276 3,426 8% Languages 1,295 15,340 8% Note. ~250 pending forms Source: RPA Tables, 2018-2019
2018-2019 Reclassification Criteria Proposed 2019-2020 Reclassification 8 (as of January 2019) Criteria Criterion 1: English Language Proficiency Criterion 1: English Language Proficiency ● ELPAC overall score of 4 with 3 or higher on ● ELPAC overall score of 4 (2019 cut scores set by CDE) subscores (2019 cut scores set by CDE) ● No subdomain scores of “beginning” Criterion 2: Basic Skills in English ● Fountas & Pinnell English Assessment (Gr. K-5) ● Reading Inventory (Gr. 3-12) NO CHANGES ● Smarter Balanced Assessment, English Language Arts/Literacy (Gr. 3-8, 11): 2.5 Criterion 3: Teacher Evaluation ● For Gr. K-5 SBRC average of 2.5 or higher in English Language Arts (ELA) OR English Language NO CHANGES Development (ELD) ● For Gr. 6-12 grade of C or better in ELA OR ELD ● If average or grade fall below the above, teacher evaluation required for Gr. K-12 Criterion 4: Parent/Guardian Opinion and Consultation NO CHANGES ● Parent/Guardian receives notification and may contact school with questions (parent may waive out)
Action to Approve SFUSD’s SY 2019-20 Reclassification Criteria Standard Reclassification Criteria (see slide 8): Criterion 1: English Language Proficiency (state-determined) ❏ Criterion 2: Basic Skills in English ❏ Criterion 3: Teacher Evaluation ❏ Criterion 4: Parent/Guardian Opinion and Consultation ❏
Questions? Catalina Rico Director Professional Growth and Development RicoC@sfusd.edu Q. Tien Le EL Policy and Research Multilingual Pathways Department LeQ@sfusd.edu
Recommend
More recommend
