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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
Overview of OELL:
Accomplishments,
Challenges & Next Steps
School Committee Meeting
June 24, 2015
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
OELL Vision
All English Language Learner students (ELLs) will graduate as life-
long learners and engaged global citizens with the capacity to
demonstrate critical thinking and 21st century skills to succeed in
postsecondary and/or career pathways.
Our ELLs will be empowered with a foundational knowledge of
bilingual and cultural literacy skills to become future leaders and
agents of positive change in the workforce and their communities.
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SY14-15 First Language of ELLs in K2-12
Asterisk indicates that BPS offers a language specific ELL program for those linguistic communities. Data for K2-12
students as of January 5, 2015 “allwithtests” file from BPS OIIT.
Language #
Spanish* 9,372
Haitian* 1,308
Cape Verdean* 1,152
Chinese* 837
Vietnamese* 807
Portuguese 295
Arabic 260
Somali 256
French 128
Other 985
Total 15,400
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
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SY14-15 Distribution of ELLs by ELD Level (K2-12)
Data for K2-12 students as of January 5, 2015 “allwithtests” file from BPS OIIT. *As of this data file, there are 77 LEP
students with a “blank” ELD level; these students are included as ELD Level 1 in this table.
*In addition, there are 4 students coded as LEP with ELD 6 or P. These students are excluded from this table.
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
Long-Term Strategy to Sustain Success
★ Conduct consistent program
evaluations to inform program
improvements
★ Provide technical assistance and
school visits
★ Sustain a cadre of highly effective
staff
★ Supports with WIDA and ESL
curriculum
★ Provide consistent monitoring
support
★ Provide consistent training on the
requirements of the DOJ Agreement
★ Provide high quality Supplemental
Programming to ELLs to equip
students with college readiness and
career skills
Establish and track measurable benchmarks
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
Supplemental Services for ELLs
Collecting Parental Input to Inform Supplemental Services Offerings
ELL Program Choice Recommendations for Parents
Workshops and Programs for Parents and CBOs
Supporting ELL Students and Families
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
Key SY14-15 Accomplishments
➔Students: Increased the portfolio of supplemental (summer/after-
school) programs for ELLs with a focus on STEM and 21st century career
skills. To increase participation, we are identifying programs where ELL
students are already attending, and working with the CBO to
incorporate ESL into the programming, or to replicate their
programmatic structure and content.
➔Teachers: Partnered with WIDA to create a customized and
advanced WIDA PD Blended Course to support teachers of ELLs in
creating lessons that include robust language objectives,
scaffolds/supports for differentiation, and appropriate assessments,
that are aligned with Common Core and WIDA ELD standards. WIDA
has been encouraging other states to replicate this blended learning
model.
➔Families: Dispatched our Newcomers Assessment & Counseling
Center staff to Welcome Centers on Saturdays to better
accommodate families during peak ELL assessment time.
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
RETELL Training (2012- 2015)
RETELL Overview SY 12-13 SY 13-14 SY 14-15 TOTAL
RETELL Teacher Courses Offered (Full, Long, Short)
12 35 32 79
RETELL Admin Courses Offered No courses
offered 9 5 14
Total Teachers Successfully Completed RETELL (DESE 3/31/15 file)
177 765
385 (Does not include
Spring 2015 registrants)
1327 (Does not include
Spring 2015 registrants)
Total Admin Successfully Completed RETELL (DESE 3/31/15 file)
0 147 Data not yet
provided by DESE
147 (Does not include
SY 14/15 registrants)
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s
RETELL Initiative aims to improve the academic achievement of ELLs.
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
Reporting ELL Services to the US Department
of Justice: December Para. 54 vs. April Para. 54 Reports
December 2014 Logic Rules:
If the ESL Instructional Type was
not in compliance, no other
components of ESL were counted
as being in compliance.
April 2015 New Logic Rules-- the “flat panel”
approach
Each component of ESL-- method, teacher
certification, minutes, and grouping-- are considered
independently. This allows us to pinpoint the nature
of any ESL service shortfalls.
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learners
District Overview of ESL Compliance: “Flat Panel” View April 2015 Paragraph 54 Report
ELL students with:
Approved ESL
Instructional
Method
All Teachers
Teaching ESL Who
Are ESL Certified
Appropriate Amount
of ESL
Total LEPs Total % Total % Total %
Elementary 7,359 5,531 75% 6,014 82% 6,340 86%
Secondary 5,807 3,932 68% 4,786 82% 4,494 77%
Total 13,166 9,463 72% 10,800 82% 10,834 82%
The “Flat Panel” view of ESL compliance equally weights the four components of ESL-- Delivery
Method, Teacher Certification, Amount of ESL, and Grouping*-- to reflect the level of ESL services students
are receiving.
The four panels, displaying these components of ESL, are independent of each other and allows District to
identify areas of concern to apply specific remedies.
*April 2015 Paragraph 54 report. ESL Grouping data is not presented here. Total excludes 17 schools reported separately/not
included in reporting due to in-district charter school status, lack of use of SIS for scheduling, and/or alternate forms of ESL
instruction (e.g., dual language).
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learners
ESL Minutes: Deeper Dive How many of the requisite ESL minutes are students receiving by ELD level*?
* Students with a “blank” ELD are not included in this chart.
82% of all
LEPs
receive
the
requisite
ESL
minutes.
12% of all
LEPs
receive
some, but
not all of
the
requisite
minutes.
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
2014 MCAS ELA Performance
Source: MA DESE DART for ELLs (October 2014), http://www.doe.mass.edu/apa/dart/. Data
excludes in-district charter schools.
Total tested
Warning/
Failing Needs Imp.
Proficient or
Higher
Level 1 97 69% 25% 6%
Level 2 419 76% 21% 3%
Level 3 1,437 54% 39% 7%
Level 4 2,300 25% 57% 19%
Levels 5&6 1,897 7% 49% 44%
6,553 33% 45% 21%
2,608 4% 29% 67%
Non-ELL,Non FELL 16,299 15% 28% 57%
25,460 18% 33% 49%
All MCAS tested students
ELL
Formerly ELL
All Students
2014 MCAS ELA Achievement Levels
Only ELL students tested in both MCAS and ACCESS
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
2014 MCAS Math Performance
Source: MA DESE DART for ELLs (October 2014), http://www.doe.mass.edu/apa/dart/
Total tested
Warning/
Failing Needs Imp.
Proficient or
Higher
Level 1 107 71% 25% 6%
Level 2 423 72% 21% 3%
Level 3 1,451 58% 39% 7%
Level 4 2,295 33% 57% 19%
Levels 5&6 1,896 12% 36% 52%
6,611 39% 33% 28%
2,613 9% 33% 58%
Non-ELL,Non FELL 16,355 24% 28% 48%
25,579 26% 30% 44%
Formerly ELL
All Students
Only ELL students tested in both MCAS and ACCESS
AC
CES
S
Pro
fici
ency
Leve
ls
All MCAS tested students
ELL
2014 MCAS Math Achievement Levels
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
OEL
L Constructing DOJ Services Report for SY 15-16
School 1...School 130
A B SY 14-15
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SIS Form
Course Catalog
PeopleSoft
Principals will be able to access their school’s report of ELL services compliance online,
updated daily.
SY 15-16
Data Warehou
Data Warehouse
Report 55
Report…n
Report 54
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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of English Language Learning
DOJ Services Report on Data
Warehouse: SY15-16