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When Students Enter the Simsbury Public Schools
When Students Enter the Simsbury Public Schools
Parents/guardians fill out a home language survey upon registration. If a student has been receiving English Learner services in another district, those services will continue in Simsbury.
Parents/guardians fill out a home language survey upon registration. If a student has been receiving English Learner services in another district, those services will continue in Simsbury.
In order to ensure consistent entrance procedures, each district in Connecticut must ask the same three questions on the Home Language Survey. The three questions are:
What is the primary language spoken in the home, regardless of the language spoken by the student?
What is the language most often spoken by the student?
What is the language the student first acquired?
If one or more responses to these questions indicate a language other than English, the student must be assessed with an English language proficiency screener to determine English Learner status.
Students Who Qualify for Services
Students Who Qualify for Services
All students who qualify for English Learner services are mandated to take an annual proficiency assessment, the LAS Links Assessment, between January and March. The LAS Links Assessment is given in English and measures students' proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
All students who qualify for English Learner services are mandated to take an annual proficiency assessment, the LAS Links Assessment, between January and March. The LAS Links Assessment is given in English and measures students' proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
More information about the LAS Links Assessment is available here.
Exiting the Program
To no longer qualify for the program, students must score:
An overall 4 out of 5 or higher on the LAS Links Assessment.
A 4 or a 5 on BOTH the reading and writing subtests.
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