NCEO - Synthesis Report 66 - English Language Learners with Disabilities in State English Language Proficiency Assessments: A Review of State Accommod

2008

This report documents states participation and accommodations policies for English Language Learners (ELLs) with disabilities on their English Language Proficiency (ELP) assessments. The states online policies from Spring 2006, after state verification, showed that 31 states addressed accommodations for ELLs with disabilities. Of these 31 states, 13 states allowed the exclusion of a student based on his or her disability characteristics for one or more domains of the ELP assessment. Most often, ELLs who were deaf/hard of hearing or who had visual impairments or blindness were allowed to be excluded. Ten states allowed exclusion based on severity of disability. For participation, three states allowed partial or full exclusion for students needing to participate in an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards. The summary of findings suggests a number of promising practices and issues to be addressed.

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