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Division reports ACCESS proficiency gains in elementary but notes gaps, Afghan SAS grant support ends this year
Summary
Charlottesville City Schools told the school board on Nov. 6 that elementary English learners met the states ACCESS growth expectations, but middle and high school ELs lag behind; staff highlighted temporary SAS grant supports for Afghan students and higher chronic absenteeism among ELs.
Charlottesville City Schools officials updated the board on Nov. 6 on services for multilingual learners, reporting division-level enrollment shifts, ACCESS language-proficiency results and temporary grant-supported programming for recently arrived Afghan students.
"This year is the first year we have to meet our standard of quality related to our students' language proficiency level," English learner director Dr. Vautz told the board, explaining that ACCESS growth now factors into state accountability. Divisionwide, the elementary band exceeded the VDEs growth expectation (57% at the…
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