ESOL Syllabus

Assessments

WIDA W-APT (Wida Access Placement Test) is given to K5 students and students new to the state who have an additional language other than English written on the Parent Home Language Form. Students are screened and placed in appropriate services. Students receiving a score of 27 or higher on the W-APT are not considered LEP (Limited English Proficient) and are placed on a monitoring status.

WIDA - ACCESS (Accessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State) is given to all ESOL students each Spring. Scores are sent home in the fall. Students receive a score 1-6 indicating level of English proficiency. ESOL students receive a composite score as well as a score for the domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Level 1 - Entering

Level 2 - Emerging

Level 3 - Developing

Lever 4 - Expanding

Level 5 - Bridging

Level 6 - Reaching

When a student reaches 5 or above on all 4 domains at grade 3 or above, he/she is placed in a monitoring status for two years and is not considered LEP.

ESOL students take the same standardized tests as their peers. However, LEP students entering US schools for the first time after July 1 of that academic year qualify for exemption from the ELA portion of the standardized state test given in Spring. ESOL students may be eligible to receive oral administration on some of these standardized tests as deemed appropriate and reasonable by the classroom teacher and ESOL teacher.

Grading Procedures

The ESOL teacher does not assign grades. An ESOL student performing below grade level and is receiving accommodations and/or modifications to class assignments and assessments may receive comment that reflects a modified curriculum was us on their progress reports.