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Mount Diablo Unified reports 6,000 multilingual learners; district pilots OPTEL, recommends shift from i-Ready to STAR for reclassification
Summary
The district told the board it serves about 6,000 multilingual learners (plus 2,000 monitored reclassified students), highlighted 1,645 long-term English learners and outlined pilot plans for the OPTEL teacher observation tool and moving basic-skills comparisons from i-Ready to the statewide STAR test.
Mount Diablo Unified School District staff presented data and next steps on multilingual learners at the board’s April 16 meeting, saying the district serves roughly 6,000 English learners (TK–12) plus about 2,000 students monitored after reclassification and is piloting new evaluation and reclassification practices for the coming year.
The department described several subgroup counts and program details: about 1,146 students are dually identified (English learner plus special education), 1,853 are labeled “newcomers” (students born outside the U.S. who have been in U.S. schools three years or less), 799 are at risk of becoming long-term English learners (LTELs), and 1,645 were identified as LTELs under the district’s alignment with state reporting (students in the district for seven years or more who have not reclassified).
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