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Free Adult ESL Services.
Nassau ESL Classes

BIL-ESL: Parent Guides to Grade 3-8 Tests in 5 Languages Parent Guides to the new Grades 3-8 Tests in English Language Arts and Mathematics are on the OSA web site. These parent guides are available for downloading in 5 languages other than English: Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.
www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/parentguide/home.htm

Parent Notification Letters for the NYSESLAT testing.

Chinese version 
Korean version
Polish version
Spanish version

Parent Notification of ELL Sample Form Letter

Title III Consortium Parent Letters
English
Spanish

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Korean Assessments

Excerpts for ELA Grades 3-8 Assessments from SIRS Policy Manual - who takes the ELA and who does not

Foreign Language Assessment Directory free, searchable database with information on more than 150 assessments in over 60 languages other than English.  www.cal.org/CALWebDB/FLAD/

New York State Testing Program Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests School Administrator's Manual   http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/sam/ela06p.pdf

2006 NYSESLAT School Administrator's Manual (SAM)
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/nyseslat/home.shtml

NYSESLAT - Main Page:  http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/nyseslat

LAB-R Administration Workshop Presentation.

LEP/ELL Student Statewide Assessment Policy/Title I Requirements Memo, August 2006

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Part 154/Title III

CR Part 154 2007-08 Application. Directions and Word Document for Comprehensive Plan and Data/Information Reports
www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/3revisedpt154.doc
 
The Consolidated Application (Title III)
www.emsc.nysed.gov/titlei/ca0607/cover.htm

Title III Allocations
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/funding/cladcep/0607/titleIIIallocs0607rev8-9-06.htm

NYS Regulations for ELLs/LEPs

CR Part 117 Diagnostic Screening of Pupils
www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/pub/part117.html

Amendments to Commissioner's Regulations Related to NCLB www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/pub/
Part154Amendments.pdf

LEP Student Identification Chart (pdf)

Home Language Questionnaire
www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/pub/hlq.html

New York State Language Allocation Policy Based on Commissioner’s Regulations Part 154
Transitional Bilingual Education - Elementary School
Transitional Bilingual Education - Middle School
Transitional Bilingual Education - High School

Units of ELA Credit Awarded to LEP/ELLs Entering High School in Grades 9 and 10.

Units of ELA Credit Awarded to LEP/ELLs Entering High School in Grades 11 and 12

Teacher Certification - Intensive Teacher Institute
www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/iti.htm

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Reading First - Instruction of LEP/ELLs in Reading First Schools

ASCD for the Success of all Learners Meeting the Needs of Second Language Learners:  An Educator's Guide
www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm

The EMSC Report on Building Capacity to Improve the Performance of Limited English Proficient/English Language Learners. www.regents.nysed.gov/2004Meetings/.htm

ESL Report Cards developed by ESL teachers with BETAC
English -
   Grades:  Kindergarten, 1 & 2             Grades:  3-12
Spanish -   Report Cards/Final K2 ESL Report Card
                 Report Cards/Final ESL Report Card 3-12

Haitian -   
Grades:  Kindergarten, 1 & 2              Grades:  3-12

  Evaluating Foreign Transcripts (pdf format)

New York State Bilingual & ESL Network
www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/nysben.html

NYS TESOL Conference Information
www.nystesol.org/annualconf.html

NYSABE Conference Information
www.nysabe.org 

 NYSED Publications Order Form

Publishers' Addresses Available on Long Island Educational Sales Association Website
www.liesa.org/index.html

Sample Informal Interview Questions for CR Part 154 Screening Provided by Herricks School District and Parent Questionnaire

Sample Information Interview Questions Grades K-5

Sample Informal Interview Questions Grades 6-8

Sample Informal Interview Questions Grades 9-12

Parent Interview Questions

Trilogy of Language Arts Standards for LEP/ELLs

Resource Guide - The Teaching of Language Arts to Limited English Proficient/English Language Learners:  A Resource Guide for All Teachers is available at:
www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/resource/res.html

The ESL Learning Standards  www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/resource/ESL/standards.html

NYS Native Language Arts Standards
www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/resource/NLA.html

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LEP/ELLs with Disabilities

Special Education Guidelines for ELLs

Special Factors - Special Education ELLs that cannot test out of ESL, and need different services.

 Translation Services

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

English Language Arts   Translation of English terms into Spanish for coursework preparation for the NYS ELA Assessment Grades 3-8 by the Hempstead Public Schools   www.nassauboces.org/cit/NCLB/
BETAC/ELA_GLOSSARY_010207.pdf

English Language Arts Translation of English terms to Spanish for coursework preparation for elementary level by Mineola School District.  www.nassauboces.org/cit/NCLB/Docs/ELA_GlossElem-Span.pdf

English Language Arts Translation of English terms to Portuguese for coursework preparation for elementary level by Mineola School District. www.nassauboces.org/cit/NCLB/Docs/ELA-GlossElem-Port.pdf

English Language Arts Translation of English terms to Portuguese for coursework preparation for middle school level by Mineola School District. www.nassauboces.org/cit/NCLB/Docs/ELAGlossary-MidSchMINEOLA-Port.pdf

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