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Download full textCame, Deb; Taylor, Kathe – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2019
Washington is one of 36 states in the country that allows students to earn high school credit based on demonstrating subject area competency instead of completing hours of classroom instruction. Washington law (Revised Code of Washington [RCW] 28A.230.090) delegates to the State Board of Education (SBE) the responsibility of establishing…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Criterion Referenced Tests, Formative Evaluation, Equivalency Tests
Kristin Percy Calaff; Emily Scott; Michelle Matakas – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2024
Multilingual learners (MLs) are students whose primary language is not English and are eligible for English language development services through the Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program (TBIP). Eligible MLs receive TBIP services until they become proficient in English. During the 2022-23 school year, 149,357 students were identified as…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Transitional Programs, State Programs, English Language Learners
Randall, Katie Weaver – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2021
English learners (ELs) are students whose primary language is not English and are eligible for English language development services through the Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program (TBIP). Washington state's TBIP has existed since the passage of Senate Bill 2149 in 1979, and is codified in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Chapter…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Transitional Programs, State Programs, English Language Learners
Peer reviewedGreenberg Motamedi, Jason – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2015
This Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest descriptive study examines how long it took English learner students to gain English proficiency and reclassify as former English learner students at elementary schools in seven Seattle-area school districts. Analyzing test scores of 17,733 students, the study found that the average time to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Classification, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Gallardo, Veronica Maria; Randall, Katie Weaver – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2020
English learners (ELs) are students whose primary language is not English and are eligible for English language development services through the Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program (TBIP). Washington state's TBIP has existed since the passage of Senate Bill 2149 in 1979, and is codified in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Chapter…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Transitional Programs, State Programs, English Language Learners
Greenberg Motamedi, Jason; Singh, Malkeet; Thompson, Karen D. – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2016
How long does it typically take English learner students to develop English language proficiency? And how does this time vary by student characteristics such as English proficiency at entry to kindergarten, gender, and home language? The answers to these questions can provide valuable information to districts and schools. Regional Educational…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Characteristics, Classification, Language Proficiency
Patty Finnegan; Mea Moore; Katie Weaver Randall – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2019
English learners (ELs) are students whose primary language is not English and are eligible for English language development services through the Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program (TBIP). Eligible ELs receive TBIP services until they become proficient in English. During the 2017-2018 school year, 136,357 students were identified as ELs, a…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingual Education Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkAoki, Michele Anciaux – Modern Language Journal, 2013
Bridid M. Burke poses an interesting question: Is requiring high-stakes language proficiency tests really going to improve world language education? In her article, Dr. Burke shares testimonials from "several promising student teachers" [whose] dreams of being French, German, or Spanish teachers [were] crushed" based on not…
Descriptors: Role, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Garrett, Terry; Randall, Katie Weaver – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2018
Washington state's Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program (TBIP) has existed since the passage of Senate Bill 2149 in 1979, and TBIP is codified in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 28A.180. The bill, called "The Transitional Bilingual Instruction Act," recognized that "classes which are taught in English are inadequate to…
Descriptors: Correlation, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Bilingual Education Programs
Weigle, Sara Cushing – ETS Research Report Series, 2011
Automated scoring has the potential to dramatically reduce the time and costs associated with the assessment of complex skills such as writing, but its use must be validated against a variety of criteria for it to be accepted by test users and stakeholders. This study addresses two validity-related issues regarding the use of e-rater® with the…
Descriptors: Scoring, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Automation
Acosta, Barbara D.; Rivera, Charlene; Willner, Lynn Shafer – George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, 2008
Charged by the U.S. Department of Education, The George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education (GW-CEEE) developed a Guide for state education agencies (SEAs) to use to improve state assessment policies for accommodating English language learners (ELLs). As a foundation for the Guide, GW-CEEE designed two studies, the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Best Practices, State Departments of Education
Reed, Daniel J.; Bowles, Melissa – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2008
Dr. Charles W. Stansfield is widely recognized as one of the most important figures in contemporary language testing. He is respected and relied upon by leading language professionals in education, government agencies, academia, and the private sector. During his 40 years of working with languages, he has been a secondary school teacher of…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Applied Linguistics, Educational Testing, Language Tests
