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Reclassification of ELs in Special Education with Severe Cognitive Disabilities

Reclassification of ELs in Special Education with Severe Cognitive Disabilities. Magdalena Ruz Gonzalez Project Director III. Suggested by CELDT Guidelines. 1. Assessment of Language Proficiency using an Objective Assessment Instrument 2 Teacher Evaluation

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Reclassification of ELs in Special Education with Severe Cognitive Disabilities

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  1. Reclassification of ELs in Special Education with Severe Cognitive Disabilities Magdalena Ruz Gonzalez Project Director III

  2. Suggested by CELDT Guidelines • 1. Assessment of Language Proficiency using an Objective Assessment Instrument • 2 Teacher Evaluation • 3. Parental Opinion and Consultation • Student’s Score on an Assessment of Basic Skills such as CAPA

  3. “In accordance with with federal and state law, the local IEP may address the individual needs of each English learner with a disability using multiple criteria…” p. 21 CELDT 2012-2013 Guidelines

  4. Federal Guidelines as it relates to ELs in Special Education • Assessments with pupils of limited English proficiency shall be administered in thechild’s native language or mode of communication, unless clearly not feasible todo so (EC 56320, EC 56001) • No single procedure is used as the sole criterion for determining an appropriateeducational program for an individual child (EC 56320, EC 56001)

  5. Primary Language Assessment Criteria • In keeping with the research of Ortiz, Genesse, Damico, Hamayan, Sanchez-Lopez, Garcia, Marlar, Rueda, Gottieb, Cummins: Assessment of Language Proficiency using an Objective Assessment Instrument in L1 and L2 across all language domains as determined by the IEP

  6. And Back to Cummins! The Linguistic Interdependence Model

  7. Maybe we need OCR Cases…. • Worcester Public School District Case Summary • What were the issues • What were the agreements?

  8. Q & A

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