This page includes assessment tools for identification and placement of SIFE.

The SIFE Pre-Screener Questionnaire is a tool designed to help identify MLLs/ELs who are potentially SIFE. The questionnaire must be completed with help from a trusted interpreter that speaks the language of the student/family. It is critical that the family is informed in a language they can understand, that the answers will help inform the most appropriate programming for the student and will not be used against enrollment decision.

This questionnaire should be conducted after the Home Language Survey (HLS) and ELP Screening has been completed. The questionnaire should be conducted by an MLL/EL teacher or administrator in the students’ primary language with an interpreter.

Please click the following link to access the questionnaire on Google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11zHtMbsUQBzoYrHKdsM1TC7lWgIfelH3?usp=sharing

In order to get to know and better support the SIFE, this inventory can be used by the teachers. The inventory should be conducted in the students’ primary language with an interpreter.

Please click the following link to access the questionnaire on Google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11zHtMbsUQBzoYrHKdsM1TC7lWgIfelH3?usp=sharing

The Language and Life Skills Inventory will allow teachers to assess the language and life skills of SIFE and work toward building skills needed.

Please click the following link to access the questionnaire on Google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11zHtMbsUQBzoYrHKdsM1TC7lWgIfelH3?usp=sharing

A SIFE Achievement Plan (SAP) should be used to monitor the progress of a student’s linguistic and academic progress. Developing the SAP would require assessing a student’s ELP, literacy and numeracy skills, and considering the student’s access to rigorous standards-based curricula.

This plan should be created by a qualified professional such as the MLL/EL teacher, the general education classroom teacher, or a trained school administrator. Monitoring should be done at regular intervals i.e. quarterly or every semester.

Please click the following link to access the questionnaire on Google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11zHtMbsUQBzoYrHKdsM1TC7lWgIfelH3?usp=sharing

NLAA is available in English, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Oromo, Somali, Spanish & Swahili. This assessment was developed by Kendall King and Martha Bigelow (Second Language Education, University of Minnesota).

Please click the following link to access the assessment:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B64uvB4u-xaVaFh2QXhzLXUxSzQ/view