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NCELA is operated under contract ED-04-CO-0094/0002 from the US Department of Education to The George Washington University. Our mission is to provide technical assistance information to state education agencies,

local education agencies, and others regarding the education of English language learners.

Judith WildeJudith WildeKeiraKeira BallantyneBallantyne

How to Access and Use How to Access and Use Federal Data on ELL Federal Data on ELL

StudentsStudents

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National Clearinghouse for English National Clearinghouse for English Language AcquisitionLanguage Acquisition

Funded by the U.S. Department of Funded by the U.S. Department of EducationEducation’’s Office of English Language s Office of English Language AcquisitionAcquisition

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What kind of data?What kind of data? Federal funding dollarsFederal funding dollars Counts of students and subgroups of Counts of students and subgroups of

studentsstudents English language and content area English language and content area

proficiencyproficiency Teacher capacityTeacher capacity State standards and assessments for State standards and assessments for

ELLsELLsand much more ...and much more ...


Who uses these data, and why?Who uses these data, and why?

Policymakers: to assess the needs of Policymakers: to assess the needs of ELLsELLs in their statein their state

Researchers: to frame & justify research Researchers: to frame & justify research on ELL educationon ELL education

Advocates: to educate policymakers & Advocates: to educate policymakers & other stakeholdersother stakeholders

ANYONE applying for grants or fundingANYONE applying for grants or funding


How can the data be used?How can the data be used?

To provide a snapshot of ELL education To provide a snapshot of ELL education in a statein a state

To look at differences and similarities To look at differences and similarities across statesacross states

CAUTIONCAUTION: Not all data are directly : Not all data are directly comparable across states. comparable across states. Know your Know your source!source!


Where do the data come from?Where do the data come from?

1.1. U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of Education •• Consolidated State Performance ReportsConsolidated State Performance Reports

2.2. Institute of Education Sciences Institute of Education Sciences •• National Assessment of Educational National Assessment of Educational

ProgressProgress3.3. NCELA NCELA

•• Title III State Information SystemTitle III State Information System...among other sources...among other sources


Data from Data from www.ed.govwww.ed.gov

Federal $$$: Federal $$$: Budget tablesBudget tables for Title IIIfor Title III

Consolidated State Performance Consolidated State Performance Reports (Reports (CSPRsCSPRs))


CSPRCSPR

““The required annual reporting tool for The required annual reporting tool for each State, the District of Columbia, each State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as authorized under and Puerto Rico as authorized under Section 9303 of the Elementary and Section 9303 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).Act of 2001 (NCLB).””


CSPR: WhatCSPR: What’’s available?s available?

CSPR forms as completed by the states CSPR forms as completed by the states are are availableavailable onlineonline

The Biennial Report to Congress on the The Biennial Report to Congress on the Title III State Formula Grant Program Title III State Formula Grant Program contains analyses of data from contains analyses of data from CSPRsCSPRs 20042004--0606 20022002--0404


CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs: What: What’’s in it?s in it? ELL dataELL data

Numbers designated & servedNumbers designated & served ContentContent area & ELP performancearea & ELP performance

FormerlyFormerly ELL (monitored students) ELL (monitored students) datadata Content area performanceContent area performance NumbersNumbers

Immigrant student dataImmigrant student data NumbersNumbers

State dataState data


CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs: Numbers: Numbers

How many students have states How many students have states designated as LEP (not collected for designated as LEP (not collected for 20062006--07)?07)? How many were served by Title III?How many were served by Title III?

How many immigrant students have How many immigrant students have states identified?states identified? How many were served by Title III?How many were served by Title III? Note: Immigrant Note: Immigrant ≠≠ ELLELL


CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs: Numbers: Numbers

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

2002–03

2003–04

2004–05

2005–06

2006–07

2007–08

# ELLsdesignated

# ELLs served

# Immigrantstudents

# Immigrantstudentsserved

Note: Number of students identified was not collected for 2006-07


CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs::12 Native Languages 200712 Native Languages 2007--0808

9,8779,877NavajoNavajo35,43635,436Philippine Philippine languageslanguages

11,57311,573PortuguesePortuguese39,56639,566Chinese Chinese languageslanguages

12,89612,896RussianRussian40,77440,774ArabicArabic16,06416,064SomaliSomali51,53651,536HmongHmong16,26616,266KoreanKorean85,41485,414VietnameseVietnamese

34,95834,958Haitian CreoleHaitian Creole3,757,0983,757,098SpanishSpanish

Note: “Arabic” includes varieties identified as Standard Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Lebanese Arabic, and Sudanese Arabic. “Chinese languages” includes Mandarin, Cantonese, and “Chinese.”


CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs: ELP: ELP

AMAO 1: Number and percentage of students AMAO 1: Number and percentage of students who are who are ““making progressmaking progress”” in English in English language proficiencylanguage proficiency

AMAO 2: Number and percentage of students AMAO 2: Number and percentage of students who are attaining English language who are attaining English language proficiencyproficiency

AMAO: Annual Measurable Achievement ObjectiveAMAO: Annual Measurable Achievement Objective


CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs::Content area performanceContent area performance


CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs: Program types: Program types

What What type(stype(s) of instructional ) of instructional program(sprogram(s) does the state use?) does the state use?

For programs using 2 languages, which For programs using 2 languages, which other other language(slanguage(s) are used?) are used?


CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs: Program types: Program types


CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs: Teachers & PD: Teachers & PD

255,049 certified or licensed teachers 255,049 certified or licensed teachers are employed in Title III programsare employed in Title III programs

States anticipate needing an additional States anticipate needing an additional 67,140 teachers over the next 5 years67,140 teachers over the next 5 years


CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs: Teachers & PD: Teachers & PD

States also report most common States also report most common topicstopicsand and participantsparticipants in PDin PD

The most common topic for PD is The most common topic for PD is teaching strategies for LEP studentsteaching strategies for LEP students

The most common participants in PD The most common participants in PD educating teachers about LEP students educating teachers about LEP students are are content area classroom teacherscontent area classroom teachers


National Assessment of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)Educational Progress (NAEP)

NAEP, NAEP, ““the Nationthe Nation’’s Report Cards Report Card”” Began 1964, first assessments 1969Began 1964, first assessments 1969 Student subgroups in grades 4, 8, 12Student subgroups in grades 4, 8, 12 Assessments are administered uniformly Assessments are administered uniformly

using the same sets of test booklets using the same sets of test booklets across the nationacross the nation

Provides a common metric for looking at Provides a common metric for looking at progress across yearsprogress across years


““MainMain”” NAEPNAEP Assesses public and private school students Assesses public and private school students

in math, reading, science, writing, the arts, in math, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, econ, geog, and US history at national civics, econ, geog, and US history at national levellevel Math, Math, rdgrdg, science, and writing also reported at state , science, and writing also reported at state

level, usually grades 4 & 8, in public schools only level, usually grades 4 & 8, in public schools only

Essentially the same from year to year, with Essentially the same from year to year, with only carefully documented changes only carefully documented changes ––primarily to match instructional practiceprimarily to match instructional practice

Latest advances in assessment technologyLatest advances in assessment technology


Long Term Trend AssessmentLong Term Trend Assessment

Assesses math and reading at national Assesses math and reading at national level onlylevel only

Every 4 yearsEvery 4 years LTTA began 1999LTTA began 1999 Assessments do not change to allow Assessments do not change to allow

for trend analysis for trend analysis but changes in 2004 but changes in 2004 make comparisons to previous tests difficultmake comparisons to previous tests difficult


NAEPNAEP NAEP information available from NAEP information available from

http://http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcardwww.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard// NAEP data available from NAEP data available from

http://http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nawww.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdataepdata//

NAEP LTTA information available from NAEP LTTA information available from http://http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/lttwww.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt//

NAEP LTTA data available from NAEP LTTA data available from http://http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/lttwww.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/lttdatadata//


NAEP LTTA: Highest math taken, NAEP LTTA: Highest math taken, 1717--yearyear--olds, 2008olds, 2008

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52

52

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nonELLGen math or prealgAlgebraGeometryAlgebra 2CalculusOther


LTTA Math: ELL, former ELL, LTTA Math: ELL, former ELL, nonELLnonELL –– 2008 only2008 only

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LTTA Math: ELL & LTTA Math: ELL & nonELLnonELL, , 2004 and 20082004 and 2008

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Title III State Information SystemTitle III State Information System(T3SIS)(T3SIS)

Available at Available at www.ncela.gwu.edu/t3siswww.ncela.gwu.edu/t3sis Title III contact for your stateTitle III contact for your state LEP DemographicsLEP Demographics StandardsStandards AssessmentsAssessments Technical Assistance NetworkTechnical Assistance Network


Questions?www.ncela.gwu.edu

Judith Wilde, Exec Dir: [email protected] Ballantyne, Asst Dir-PD:

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