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Palm Springs Unified outlines reclassification steps for English learners and flags state bill to simplify criteria
Summary
EL programs coordinator Dr. Ricardo Arraiza told the board about the districtreclassification process, supports for long-term ELs and said a state assembly bill referenced in the presentation would simplify reclassification to rely primarily on the ELPAC assessment beginning in a future school year.
Dr. Ricardo Arraiza, the districtEL programs coordinator, presented the Palm Springs Unified board with the districtprocess for reclassifying English learners and described supports aimed at increasing reclassification rates.
Arraiza said reclassification currently uses four criteria: a score of 4 on the ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessment for California), an academic measure such as STAR or SBAC performance, teacher consultation that the student can succeed without targeted ELD, and parent consultation. "When the student meets all those four criteria, we no longer provide designated ELD," Arraiza said, adding…
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