• English Language Development Standards comply with federal requirements for standards-based instructional and assessment planning for ELs.  Standards focus on social and instructional language, including productive and receptive language skills.

• Click on this for descriptors of the four language domains—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—and five levels of English language proficiency. These are based on the WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards. This is a valuable tool to help high school teachers differentiate as they develop lesson plans. 

• To comply with state and federal regulations including the BEC, ELD must be incorporated into all classes taught by non-ESL licensed teachers in which ELs are enrolled. These teachers are responsible for deliberately planning for and incorporating language instruction as well as supports, modifications, and accommodations needed to allow ELs to access the standards to which the course is aligned.                                                                                                                                                          

• Click on document for specific examples in multiple content areas of ways to assess ELs based on proficiency level. 

Protocols for EL Reclassification

Reclassification of ELs: Teachers and ELD staff will use PDE language inventories to collaboratively determine reclassification of ELs

For testing accommodations and instruction

Content Area Glossaries in multiple languages: High School math, social studies, English, and science