K-12 ELL ID Process

"School districts are required to implement an identification process to determine if a student is an English Language Learner when a student initially enrolls or reenters a New York State (NYS) public school. The identification process must commence no later than the date of the student’s initial enrollment or reentry in a NYS district. The process must be completed and a determination made within 10 school days of initial enrollment or reentry into a NYS public school after two years."


 (NYSED Screening and ID Document, pg. 2)

Overview of the Process

ELL ID MAP.pdf
ellidchartrev.pdf
ELL_Screening_Handout_with_Guiding_Questions_and_Links_updated_2_2020.pdf

Key Terminology

Key Terminology.pdf
units-of-study-glossary-updated.pdf

Document Your Process

Required Documentation Checklist

Section 2: Home Language Questionnaire (HLQ)

 

hlq_english_12.1.20-a.pdf

Home Language Questionnaire (HLQ) in 43 Languages 

(Click on the Languages below):

Albanian  ● Amharic ● Arabic ● Bengali ● Bulgarian ● Burmese ● Chinese Simplified  ● Chinese Traditional  ● Dari ● English ● French ● Fulani ● German ● Haitian Creole ● Hausa ● Hebrew  ● Hindi ●  Hmong ● Igbo  ● Italian ● Japanese ● Karen ● Korean  ● Marshallese ● Maay Maay ● Nepali ● Pashto ● Polish ● Portuguese  ● Punjabi ● Romanian  ● Russian ● Somali ● Spanish ● Swahili ● Tibetan ● Ukrainian ● Urdu ● Uzbek  ● Vietnamese ● Yiddish ● Yoruba ● Zulu 

Section 3: Individual Interview

 

Interview Steps for Qualified Personnel: 

1. Review all available relevant information about student’s educational and personal background before the interview.


2. Introduce yourself, help student to feel comfortable.


3. Use age and grade level appropriate screening questions. 


4. View or collect work samples. (For those students that you do not have a “good read on”.)


5. Use information to determine if student will take the NYSITELL.

Individual Interview Guidance.pdf
Communicative Competence.pdf

Section 4: Students with Disabilities & LPT

 

Language Proficiency Team (LPT):

Commissioner's Regulations Subparts 154-2 and 154-3.pdf
LPT Meeting
LPT - Parent and Guardian Questionnaire.pdf
LPT_Guidance_Document_Flowchart.pdf

Section 5: NYSITELL

 

ELL Descriptors (4).pdf

To access the forms in additional languages, click here.

Section 6: SIFE

 

sifeflowchart9_20_16.pdf
en_-quest_sife.pdf

Section 7: Program Placement & Programming

 

enl-k-8-units-of-study-table-5-6-15.pdf
enl-9-12-units-of-study-table-5-6-15.pdf

Section 8 & 9: Exit Criteria

 

understanding-nyseslat-score-report-2017.pdf
NYSESLAT Administration Checklist
nyseslat-sam-2022.pdf
ELL Exit Criteria.pdf
guidanceformerellsseptember2015.pdf