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INTRODUCTION
For the Students: English Language Learners
(ELLs) may demonstrate proficiency
in required SRA content areas through completion of
the SRA process in their native language, and/or in
English with appropriate accommodations. (N.J.A.C.
6A:8-5.1[f]). If ELLs take
the SRA PATs in their native
language, then they must also meet the English fluency standard
of 530 on the Maculaitis
(MAC) II.
For the Teachers: If translated versions of the SRA PATs
are not available, then the SRA PAT may be translated by certificated
world language teachers, by certificated ESL teachers, by certificated
bilingual teachers, by faculty from four-year colleges and universities
or community colleges, or community members with four-year college
degrees who are not related to the student. Another
option may be for the school district to consider one of the
translation services listed in Appendix
J or any other reputable translation service.
ELIGIBILITY
To
be eligible for an SRA in his or her native language, an
ELL
• must have
scored below the state established cut-off score on the
Idea Proficient Test (IPT), the
Maculaitis Language AssessmentProgram (MAC II) or the Language Assessment
Scales (LAS) and have either:
1. participated in a Bilingual, English as a Second
Language, or English Language Services program for two
consecutive years or less prior to the date on which the
HSPA is to be administered;
OR
2. attended school in the United States for three consecutive
years or less prior to the date on which the HSPA is to
be administered.
Please
contact Ms. Raquel Sinai, Coordinator of Bilingual/ESL
Education, Office of Specialized Populations, at 609-633-6889
or raquel.sinai@doe.state.nj.us if
you have questions regarding the eligibility requirements
for ELLs.
DURING THE SRA Process
The ESL or the Bilingual teacher may assists
the SRA panel in their evaluation and scoring of the student’s
PATs. If the ESL or the Bilingual teacher is not a certificated
English or mathematics teacher or a reading specialist,
then they may serve as a third SRA panel member.
The ESL or the Bilingual teacher may perform the following activities for
translated SRA PATs:
• explain the process and clarify instructions;
• proctor to maintain the integrity of the
assessment;
• score student responses to the language
arts literacy PATs as the third panel member if not a certified secondary English
teacher or reading specialist;
• translate/interpret student responses
to the English and/or reading content certified
teachers on the student’s SRA panel so they may score the
student’s responses;
and
• translate/interpret student responses
to the mathematics content certified teachers
on the student’s SRA panel so they may score the student’s
responses.
The ESL or the Bilingual teacher may perform the following activities with
materials prepared in English:
• assist with the selection of the PATs
to be administered (some reading passages have been marked by an asterisk by
the SRA LAL Test Development Committee as most appropriate for ELLs);
• 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; and
• score student responses if the student
responds in a native language to the language arts literacy PATs as the third
panel member if not a certificated secondary English teacher or reading specialist.
SUBMITTING
SCORES
SRA student profiles for ELLs must be submitted to the county office by March
31 of each year, even if the English fluency standard of 530 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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