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MELLC Meeting February 3, 2o12

MELLC Meeting February 3, 2o12. Incorporating THE DART for ELLs into Administrator PresentationS. Presentation by Ann Feldman, ELL Director/ Milford Public Schools in collaboration with Jenny Klein (DESE) and Sonia Walmsley (Attleboro PS).

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MELLC Meeting February 3, 2o12

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  1. MELLC Meeting February 3, 2o12 Incorporating THE DART for ELLs into Administrator PresentationS Presentation by Ann Feldman, ELL Director/ Milford Public Schools in collaboration with Jenny Klein (DESE) and Sonia Walmsley (Attleboro PS)

  2. The State of the State:A Report on English Language Learners in Massachusetts MATSOL CONFERENCE, May 5-7, 2011 Office of English Language Acquisition & Academic Achievement Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

  3. State Statistics • ELLs currently constitute the only group of public school students whose numbers are growing in MA. • The number of districts enrolling at least one ELL has nearly doubled since 2000 (177 in 2000 to 324 in 2010) Source: MATSOL Conference 2011 / State of the State Slideshow / DESE

  4. K – 12 Students: All vs. LEP Source: National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (www.ncbe.gwu.edu)

  5. ELL Enrollment Statewide is Nearly 68,000* and Has Increased 51% Since 2000 This trend indicates that by 2021, 20% of all students K-12 will be ELLs Source: MATSOL Conference 2011 / State of the State Slideshow / DESE * As per the 2011-11 SIMS, there are 67,567 ELLs in the State

  6. What Do You Think the Olive Green Shaded States Represent?

  7. Answer: The olive green states (MA) are those where 20% of more of all children ages 0 – 4 live in households where a language other than English is spoken. Language Needs of School-Age Children Robert A. Kominski and Hyon B. Shin, U.S. Census Bureau; Karen Marotz, SUNY Albany Retrieved from U.S. Census Website. http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/paa2008/Language-Needs-of-School-Age-Children-PAA-2008.pdf

  8. More LEP Children are Native than Foreign Born Source: US Census, 2000. The figures refer to LEP students, ages 5 to 18, currently enrolled in school. 75% of LEP students in grades K – 5 are born in the US.

  9. Over 70 Languages are Spoken by ELLs in MA Percentage of ELLs by First Language 2010 Source: MATSOL Conference 2011 / State of the State Slideshow / DESE

  10. 2001 & 2010 MCAS ELA, Grade 10 – % of Students Testing P or A on MCAS What percentage of LEP students in the state tested P or A on ELA MCAS in 2010? Percent Proficient or Advanced Source: MATSOL Conference 2011 / State of the State Slideshow / DESE

  11. 2001 & 2010 MCAS Math – Grade 10 – % of Students Testing P or A on MCAS Percent Proficient or Advanced Source: MATSOL Conference 2011 / State of the State Slideshow / DESE

  12. THE DROP OUT RATE What was the drop-out rate of LEP students in 2010? Source: MATSOL Conference 2011 / State of the State Slideshow / DESE Sorted by highest rate in 2010 – Source MADESE SIMS 2011

  13. What was the percentage of increase in ELLs identified as also having a disability from 2001-2002 to 2010-2011 (ELL-SWD) ?

  14. Proportion of LEP and EP Students Assigned to SPED Programs Source: MATSOL Conference 2011 / State of the State Slideshow / DESE This increase coincided with what occurrence? “The number of ELLs identified as also having a disability doubled in MA (a striking increase of 115.4%) from 2001-2002 to 2010 to 2011.” From “An Imperative for Change” by Dr. Serpa, Lesley University

  15. Milford Public Schools Demographics

  16. We have 769 students who come from homes where English is not spoken (FLNE / based on the October 2011 SIMS). As of October, 2011, there were 273 English learners in our schools. Close to 200 of these students attend our two K – 2 schools, Brookside and Memorial (representing close to 20% of the total student population at those schools.) Milford’s Burgeoning Numbers

  17. English Learners, FLEPs, and SPED Students in Milford As of October 2011 (SY 2012), Milford had 673 Special Education students. 34 of these students are dually designated as ELL-SWDs. 14 out of our 273 English learners have been referred but not yet tested. 36 of our English learners who have been exited are on IEPs.

  18. Milford Public Schools- Home Languages Other Than English (as of September, 2011)

  19. Milford Public Schools Information found at: http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=01850000&orgtypecode=5&leftNavId=300& 20

  20. District Analysis, Review and Assistance Tools (DART) DETAIL FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

  21. General Information about the DART • One major goal of DART: to pull together data (SIMS, EPIMS, staffing information, financing information) in one place in order to access the general health of district at any one time. • The DART gives districts the ability to compare their district to other districts that look like theirs. You can look at trends from year to year. This is one-stop shopping for a high-level overview! • The DART is meant as a self-improvement tool – it wasn’t designed as a tool for compliance. We can use this data to have discussions with school committees, develop improvement plans, evaluate programs, etc.

  22. DART Detail for ELLs • You can get a District Overview of your district + 10 other districts chosen on the basis of enrollment characteristics (total number and percentage of English learners, % of low income students). Once the 10 are selected, the one that is highest performing relative to that group is highlighted in blue. (Note: this doesn’t necessarily mean that the chosen district is high performing in absolute terms). • You can look at your individual schools in the district to make comparisons related to the performance and demographics of your ELL population. • You can compare your district to the state and comparable district/s based on Title III allocations, whether or not they have an ELL director, the % of students in US schools for their 1st/2nd years, MCAS scores and SGPs, how students performed on the Open Response questions on the MCAS, MEPA performance levels, etc.

  23. Looking At General Data for Milford Public Schools Using DART Detail for ELLs (District Overview)

  24. Milford Public Schools 25

  25. Milford Public Schools Compared to the State, Milford has a very high percentage of Brazilian students speaking Portuguese. The LEP student to ESL teacher ratio is much lower in Milford vs. the state. 26

  26. Milford Public Schools Milford’s ELLs made a higher percentage of progress on the MEPA as compared with the State figures, yet the percentage of ELLs scoring proficient or higher on the MCAS ELA was 14% in Milford vs. 23% in the state. 27

  27. Looking At Individual School Data (Milford Public Schools) Using DART Detail for ELL (School Overview)

  28. Milford: Individual Schools' DataWoodland Elementary School #1(Note: This is a Grades 3 – 4 School Only)

  29. Milford: Individual Schools' DataWoodland Elementary School #2(Note: This is a Grades 3 – 4 School Only)

  30. Comparing School Data (Those Schools in Milford) Using DART Detail for ELLs (School Overview)

  31. MILFORD: COMPARINGBrookside AND Memorial Elementary SchoolS #1(Note: ThESE ARE BOTH K – 2 Schools)

  32. MILFORD: COMPARING Brookside AND Memorial Elementary SchoolS#2(Note: ThESE ARE BOTH K – 2 Schools)

  33. Comparing District Data Using Comparable Districts (District Overview)

  34. Why Compare Milford To Attleboro • Attleboro is the highest performing district with a similar demographic background (compared to Milford) • 10 other districts that we can compare Milford to are: • Barnstable • Marlborough • Medford • Norwood • Peabody • Stoughton • Watertown • West Springfield • Westfield Milford Attleboro

  35. Comparable Districts Barnstable Medford Marlborough Milford Norwood Stoughton Peabody Watertown Westfield W. Springfield

  36. District Overview: Comparing Milford to Attleboro 37

  37. District Overview: Comparing Milford to Attleboro • There is a greater percentage of ELLs Year 1 or 2 in Milford than there are in Attleboro. • Milford’s ELLs made a higher % of progress on the Spring 2011 MEPA than ELLs in Attleboro. • ELLs are scoring lower on the MCAS ELA than either the state or Attleboro.

  38. Comparing District Data Using Comparable Districts (Annual Snapshot)

  39. Annual Snapshot: Student Demographics

  40. Percentage of ELL students in Massachusetts Schools for the 1st or 2nd Year

  41. Staffing/Finance

  42. Comparing District Data Using Comparable Districts (Curriculum and MCAS)

  43. % of ELLs Scoring Proficient or Higher on MCAS(Curriculum and MCAS) • As stated previously, Milford lags behind the state/Attleboro on the # of students scoring proficient or higher on the ELA MCAS ONLY.

  44. Median ELL Student SGP (Curriculum and MCAS) • Although Milford lags behind the state/Attleboro on the # of students scoring proficient or higher on the ELA MCAS, the SGP is higher than the state’s in ELA, but we lag behind both Attleboro and the state in mathematics.

  45. % of ELLs Averaging 2 or Above on Open Response questions / MCAS (Curriculum and MCAS) • On both the ELA and Math MCAS tests, our ELLs have difficulties with open response questions compared with Attleboro. We are doing better than the state average in Math only.

  46. Comparing District Data Using Comparable Districts (Achievement Gaps)

  47. CPI Achievement Gaps: ELA • The graphs on this and the next slide show that there is still a significant achievement gap between the FELL/FLEP students in Milford and their mainstream peers. Attleboro has bridged that gap between FLEPs and their mainstream peers in both Math and ELA. Is this a reflection of their resignation policy?

  48. CPI Achievement Gaps: Math

  49. Comparing District Data Using Comparable Districts (MEPA and MCAS)

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