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How to Access and Use Federal Data on ELL StudentsTRANSCRIPT
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 ...
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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
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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!
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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
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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))
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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).””
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.”
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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
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CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs::Content area performanceContent area performance
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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?
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CSPR for CSPR for ELLsELLs: Program types: Program types
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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
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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
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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
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““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
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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
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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//
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NAEP LTTA: Highest math taken, NAEP LTTA: Highest math taken, 1717--yearyear--olds, 2008olds, 2008
6
3
8
7
23
16
52
52
8
20
3
1
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
ELL
nonELLGen math or prealgAlgebraGeometryAlgebra 2CalculusOther
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LTTA Math: ELL, former ELL, LTTA Math: ELL, former ELL, nonELLnonELL –– 2008 only2008 only
224252
279247
276298
245283
307
050
100150200250300350400450500
age 9 age 13 age 17
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scor
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ELL
former ELL
nonELL
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LTTA Math: ELL & LTTA Math: ELL & nonELLnonELL, , 2004 and 20082004 and 2008
222245
280
224252
279241
280306
223
283307
050
100150200250300350400450500
age 9 age 13 age 17
Mat
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ale
scor
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ELL 2004
ELL 2008
nonELL 2004
nonELL 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
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Questions?www.ncela.gwu.edu
Judith Wilde, Exec Dir: [email protected] Ballantyne, Asst Dir-PD: