1. Hi! I’m Mariaand I am
an English Language
Learner(ELL) !

2. ELLs are the fastest
growingsegment of the public
school population!

3. 2015
The year ELL enrollment willreach 10 million

4. 2025
1 in 4 public schoolstudentswill be an ELL

5. Most ELL students are born in the USA
76% of Elementary ELL students are native born
56% of Secondary School ELL students are native born

6. 2 out of 3 ELL students come from low income families

7. 3 out of 4 ELL students are Spanish speaking

8. ELLstudents often have lower academic performance

9. ELL students often have higher rates of dropout

10. NCLB
& English Language Learners

11. Must meet same standards as all students

12. Ongoing assessment challenges for ELLs

13. Must meet English proficiency benchmarks
on statewide testing
(CRCT in Georgia for example)

14. Classroom challenges

15. Background often very different than teacher

16. Lack of resources

17. Lack of qualified teachers

18. Tested in English before they know the language
Especially in Math and reading!!

19. Teacher/student communication issues

20. Assessment challenges
How do we measurestudentneeds?
How do we measurelearning ?

21. Limited professional development
opportunities

22. Achievement outcomes

23. Only 29% ELL students scored at or
above basic reading level
* As opposed to non ELL students- 75% scoredat or abovebasic readinglevel

24. Instructional/test accommodations
differ across states (and districts)
* example:some allow use of bilingualdictionary duringtesting – some do not

25. Movement in place to extend the time an ELL student has to master the
English language before being tested in English in the core content areas
* Students currently given 1 year for mastery. Effort in place to extend to 3 years.

26. Movement in place to ensure that ELL students receive
all accommodations and services

27. National effort to improve teacher training
& professional development opportunities

28. The report for this presentation is available at:
http://xrl.us/ELLchallenges