Federal: Identifying and Assessing All Potential EL'S
• School districts must have procedures in place to accurately and timely identify potential ELs.
• Home Language Survey (HLS) should be administered at the time of enrollment to gather information about a student’s language background and identify students whose primary or home language is other than English.
• School districts must then determine; through a valid and reliable test that assesses English language proficiency in speaking, listening, reading and writing, if students are English learners.