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SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Review reclassification criteria changes in SY 2018-19
• Share preliminary reclassification outcomes for SY

2018-19

• Present and seek approval of standard reclassification

criteria for SY 2019-20

State Requirements for English Learner Reclassification

Under California Education Code 313(f), a school district shall utilize multiple criteria to determine whether to reclassify a pupil as proficient in English, including, but not limited to, all of the following: Criterion 1: Assessment of English Language Proficiency Criterion 2: Basic Skills in English Criterion 3: Teacher Evaluation Criterion 4: Parental Opinion and Consultation

Timeline of Changes in SY 2018-19

Aug 2018 SFUSD Sets New Reclassification Criteria To reclassify, students must have overall ELPAC level of 3 with subscores of 3 or

• higher. CDE directed

districts to set their own proficiency level pending further guidance from CDE. State Board of Education Approves New Cut Scores for ELPAC School districts will use new cut scores starting with the 2018-2019 ELPAC results (available during the summer of 2019). Nov 2018 Department of Justice Required SFUSD to Change Criteria Mid-Year Students must have

• verall ELPAC level of 4

with subscores of 3 or

• higher. 2018-19 cut

scores to were retroactively applied to 2017-18 ELPAC results (only in SFUSD due to Lau Consent Decree). Dec 2018 Proposed Reclassification Criteria Presented to Various Stakeholders DELAC, Community Advisory Committee for Special Education, Lau IOC, various working groups across the district May 2019

Source: Illuminate Reports, 2018-2019

Is ELPAC Overall Level 4 an appropriate cut score?

Source: Illuminate Reports, 2017-2018 to 2018-2019

Preliminary Reclassification Outcomes for 2018-2019

# of ELs reclassified Total # of ELs in ‘18-‘19 (CDE) % ELs reclassified (as of May 22, 2019) Chinese 688 4,604 15% Spanish 379 6,464 6% Vietnamese 57 363 16% Arabic 21 214 10% Filipino 40 269 15% Other Languages 276 3,426 8% 1,295 15,340 8%

• Note. ~250 pending forms

Source: RPA Tables, 2018-2019

2018-2019 Reclassification Criteria (as of January 2019) Proposed 2019-2020 Reclassification Criteria

8 Criterion 1: English Language Proficiency

• ELPAC overall score of 4 with 3 or higher on

subscores (2019 cut scores set by CDE)

• No subdomain scores of “beginning”

Criterion 2: Basic Skills in English

• Fountas & Pinnell English Assessment (Gr. K-5)
• Reading Inventory (Gr. 3-12)
• Smarter Balanced Assessment, English Language

Arts/Literacy (Gr. 3-8, 11): 2.5 Criterion 3: Teacher Evaluation

• For Gr. K-5 SBRC average of 2.5 or higher in English

Language Arts (ELA) OR English Language Development (ELD)

• For Gr. 6-12 grade of C or better in ELA OR ELD
• If average or grade fall below the above, teacher

evaluation required for Gr. K-12 Criterion 4: Parent/Guardian Opinion and Consultation

• Parent/Guardian receives notification and may

contact school with questions (parent may waive out) Criterion 1: English Language Proficiency

• ELPAC overall score of 4 (2019 cut scores set by CDE)

NO CHANGES NO CHANGES NO CHANGES

Action to Approve SFUSD’s SY 2019-20 Reclassification Criteria

Standard Reclassification Criteria (see slide 8): ❏ Criterion 1: English Language Proficiency (state-determined) ❏ Criterion 2: Basic Skills in English ❏ Criterion 3: Teacher Evaluation ❏ Criterion 4: Parent/Guardian Opinion and Consultation

Questions?

Catalina Rico Director Professional Growth and Development RicoC@sfusd.edu

• Q. Tien Le

EL Policy and Research Multilingual Pathways Department LeQ@sfusd.edu