Testing Students Identified as Limited English Proficient

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Policies and Procedures for Testing Students Identified as Limited English Proficient (LEP)

• State Board of Education Policies for Testing Students Identified as Limited English Proficient (pdf, 12kb)

• Guidelines for Testing Students Identified as Limited English Proficient (pdf, 425kb)
  Policies and procedures publication for testing students identified as limited English proficient

• Exit Standards and Students Identified as Limited English Proficient (LEP) (pdf, 495kb)
  Information regarding the exit standards and students identified as limited English proficient can be found in the Exit Standards Implementation Guide

 

• Spring 2008 IPT Score Validation: Memo to LEA Superintendents and Charter School Directors (pdf, 345kb)
  Includes information regarding the Spring 2008 IPT score validation process and a sample parent letter that LEAs may use in explaining the delay in score reporting

 

• IPT Achievement Level Information
  Information regarding achievement levels Novice Low through Superior for the North Carolina IPT

World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium
In June 2008, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved the adoption of the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium English language proficiency standards beginning with the 2008–09 school year. The WIDA Consortium is comprised of states who share English language standards and assessments that are aligned to those standards.

Additional information regarding the WIDA Consortium, its standards, and assessments can be found on the Consortium’s home page at http://www.wida.us/index.aspx

• WIDA Placement Test (W-APT ™)
  The WIDA Placement Test or W-APT is the assessment used in North Carolina for initial identification and placement of students identified as limited English proficient (LEP).
  
  Federal and state policies require that all K-12 students identified as language minority students through the Home Language Survey process upon initial enrollment be assessed for limited English language proficiency. The state instrument for identification of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students is the WIDA Access Placement Test (W-APT). The identification and the subsequent placement of LEP students in ESL services are guided at the state level by the NCDPI Curriculum, Instruction & Technology Division.
  
  Additional information regarding the W-APT can be found at http://www.wida.us/assessment/w-apt/index.aspx or on the NCDPI Curriculum, Instruction, & Technology Division website at http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/esl/

 

• Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for ELLs®) Information
  The ACCESS for ELLs is the annual assessment used in North Carolina to satisfy federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements for Title III.

The following link includes the number of items, tier placement, English language proficiency levels, and other information related to the ACCESS for ELLs: http://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESS/background.aspx. Additional information regarding the ACCESS for ELLs can be found at http://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESS/index.aspx

• North Carolina Checklist of Academic Standards (NCCLAS)
  Information on the North Carolina Checklist of Academic Standards (NCCLAS)

English as a Second Language

• NCDPI Curriculum and School Reform Division
  NCDPI Curriculum and School Reform Division/ESL page providing information and instructional resources for students identified as limited English proficient

Testing Students Identified as Limited English Proficient Advisory Committee
The purpose of the Testing Students Identified as Limited English Proficient Advisory Committee is to provide recommendations to the NCDPI regarding issues, policies, procedures, and guidelines related to the assessment and accountability of students identified as limited English proficient.