EL AT-A-GLANCE

How are EL students identified and

what does it mean?
● Students can be bilingual and not identified as EL.
● EL students are identified through a process at each school.
● WIDA Assessments determine eligibility for EL support and programs.
● EL students may need language support to access the same content as their
peers.
What is the ELL and WIDA Testing
Process? Families and Teachers
Contacted (30 day mark)
Families can opt out of services but NOT
WIDA ACCESS in February
Parent HL Survey on WIDA Screener Test
Registration (4 First 30 school days!
Questions) 4.5 or higher = not eligible ELL In Class and Pull Out Support
“yes” to 1 question= screen 4.4 or lower = eligible for ELL (Varies by campus)
services

May/June WIDA ACCESS WIDA ACCESS Test

January-February
Scores Arrive 4.5 or higher= exit ELL services
*Sent out with families in May or hold 4.4-4.0 = potentially can exit
until start of next school year 3.9 and lower= continue next year
 EL Students Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QKYPpE4hQZIpOt-2kx9kaaO2SItqYTfTFqYHU1I
uNcE/edit?usp=sharing
Five Practices To Support Literacy Instruction
and Intervention for ELL Students
1. Focus on vocabulary instruction
related to content
2. Activate prior or background
knowledge
3. Provide sentence
frames/structures/word banks
4. Utilize and model how to use graphic
organizers for reading
comprehension and writing
5. Cooperative reading opportunities
Show What You know!!