district shall provide a program for each student whose dominant language is not English for the purpose of facilitating the student’s achievement of English proficiency and the academic standards under…
MoreEnglish: ELLs must be tested to determine English proficiency and placed in the appropriate English as a Second Language (ESL) program. Planned instruction must be provided by a qualified ESL…
More…162.) 10 Historical PSSA results are available on the PDE website. See PA DEP’T OF EDUC., 2011-2012 PSSA and AYP Results, http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_ assessments/7442 (last visited Sept. 17, 2015). 15 Students…
More…lnspeotlon(s) Incident On.Site Inspections Dates and Department Representatives On-Site 07/0312014: Daniels, Michael: Dietz, Andrew Off-Site tnapecdon Dates and Inspectors, If Appllcable Other Detalls Partial or Full Trlggera: Random Indicators: Child…
MoreFor a meeting of the Student Achievement and Support Committee of the Philadelphia school board, ELC provided an overview of the rights of English learners and limited-English-proficient parents, followed by…
More…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…
More…skills have the right to receive English language instruction as English learners. English learners have many protections, including the right to learn English (with language instruction such as English as…
More…of students with disabilities and English Learners (or “ELs”), immigrants and limited English proficient (“LEP”) parents. These diverse stakeholders have raised significant and similar concerns regarding barriers that prevent equitable…
More…16, 2017 to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission on how the city’s schools can better meet the needs of students learning English, parents with limited English proficiency, and immigrant families….
More…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…
More…Philadelphia who had never been identified as needing special education services due to his limited English proficiency. This student became the named plaintiff in ELC’s 1986 class-action suit, Y.S. et…
More…{Page 17} Appendices A – List of special education expert panel participants……………… {Page 36} B – Organizations responsible for this report ………………………….. {Page 37} C – Websites and other sources…
More…English language proficiency or disability. • 27 states, including Maryland, New Jersey, and New York, use a factor for English language learners. • 25 states, including Maryland, and New York,…
Moregroups, teachers, administrators and other professionals regarding the needs of English Language Learners (or ‘ELs’), immigrants and limited English proficient parents. These diverse groups have raised significant and similar concerns….
More…City Councilmember Helen Gym and the School District of Philadelphia. It raises a number of issues related to the educational needs of immigrant students, students learning English, and their families….
More…addition to Christ’s high school classroom in Delaware County’s William Penn School District, where she’s taught students who are learning English for 11 years. But new textbooks are just the…
More…in Biology; and 74.1% of students scored Proficient or Advanced in Literature. These figures represent students’ best scores to date at the end of Grade 11 for 2013- 2014. 7….
More…I am a staff attorney at the Education Law Center, a non-profit legal advocacy organization which works to ensure access to a high quality students with disabilities, English language learners,…
More…Under federal and state law, school districts are obligated to provide students whose primary language is not English with appropriate bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) instruction and…
More…science. Pennsylvania students in grades 3 through 8 are assessed for proficiency in English language arts and math, as well as in science and technology. Students in grades 4 and…
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