OVERVIEW
OF LEP/ESL/ELL REQUIREMENTS
Students
of limited English proficiency (LEP) may demonstrate that they have
attained state minimum levels of proficiency in Language Arts Literacy
and Mathematics through completion
of the SRA process in
•
English with appropriate accommodations and by meeting
the English fluency standard of 530 on the Maculaitis (MAC) II (N.J.A.C.
6A:8-5.1[f]), or
•
Their native language. Native language
translations of the SRA are available in Arabic, Chinese, Gujarati,
Haitian-Creole, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and
Vietnamese.
NOTE:
Administering the SRA in the native language translation may
involve an ESL teacher, a Bilingual teacher or one of the translation
services [link].
If
a LEP student requires a SRA in a language that has not been translated,
the student may
use
the English version of the PAT and an English-to-native language dictionary,
or
the SRA PAT must be translated by a professional translation service
at the local school district's expense. The New Jersey Department
of Education may provide reimbursement of translation expenses, upon
which the translated version becomes the property of the department.
DURING
THE SRA PAT
The ESL or the Bilingual teacher may perform
the following activities with the native language versions of
the SRA PATs:
•
explain the process and clarify
instructions,
•
proctor to maintain the integrity
of the assessment, and
•
translate/interpret student responses
to the content certified teachers on the student's SRA panel. (The
content certified teachers will then score the student's work based
on this translation/interpretation.)
The ESL or the Bilingual teacher may perform
the following activities with materials prepared in English:
•
assist
with the selection of the tasks to be administered,
•
explain the process and clarify/translate
the instructions,
•
proctor to maintain the integrity
of the assessment,
•
assist the student in using a bilingual
dictionary,
•
translate/interpret student responses
to the content experts if the student uses English materials but
responds in the native language.
SCORING
THE SRA PAT
The ESL or Bilingual teacher assists the
SRA panel in their evaluation and scoring of the student's PATs.
If the ESL or Bilingual teacher is also
certified in the content area, then he or she may also serve as
one of the two individuals scoring the PATs. ?????????
SUBMITTING
SCORES
SRA student profiles for LEP students must
be submitted to the county office by March 1 of each year, even
if the English fluency standard has not been achieved on the Maculaitis
II.
MEETING THE GRADUATION
REQUIREMENT
School districts may not award a diploma
until the student meets the English fluency standard and the county
office has approved the profiles based on evidence submitted by
the school district.
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