These assessments are used to determine whether or not a student is identified as an English language learner and are also used to aid the English Transition Program building coordinator in making placement recommendations for new students. Such exclusion may occur at the recommendation of the building English Transition Program coordinator. If the student s primary home language is Spanish, the ETP building coordinator or other trained, bilingual, licensed staff also administers the Woodcock-Mu oz Language Survey in Spanish. The WMLS surveys a student s likely ability to have success in grade level academic tasks in English.
Current policies are in accord with current state guidelines.
Initial and subsequent language assessments will be used as tools to determine student eligibility for statewide assessment participation. English Transition Program building coordinators should check the most recent assessment administration manuals available from the Oregon Department of Education to determine current guidelines for English language learner participation in Oregon statewide assessments. Kindergarten students are evaluated for English language proficiency using the Pre-LAS 2000. On the student registration form, as well as on the Home Language Survey, the school documents previous educational experiences of English language learner students. The Woodburn School District is also working continually to consolidate data, including prior educational experience, into a single, districtwide, demographic and assessment information database.