Alaska Administrative Code
Title 4 - Education and Early Development
Chapter 34 - Bilingual-Bicultural Education
4 AAC 34.055 - Plan of service
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) Each school district that enrolls English learners shall administer a state-approved assessment for identification of English language proficiency to all students who may be English learners but have not been identified as English learners, The district is responsible for taking appropriate steps to develop English learners' English-language skills and to provide them meaningful participation in the school district's academic program consistent with applicable state and federal standards. In addition, each school district with a school that is attended by at least eight students who are English learners shall
(b) The plan required under (a) of this section must provide for the following:
(c) The commissioner will approve an English language proficiency assessment that tests an English learner's proficiency under the English language proficiency standards adopted by reference in 4 AAC 04.155. A district shall annually administer, between February 1 and March 31 of each school year, the state-approved assessment of English language proficiency to all students who have been identified as English learners,
(d) If, under (b) and (c) of this section, a district identifies a student as an English learner eligible for services under this chapter, the student remains identified as an English learner until the student obtains an overall composite score of 4.5 or higher on tier B or tier C of Accessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to -State for Englsih Language Lesauries (ACCESS for ELLs) if that is the approved assessment under (c) of this section. If an English learner has a disability that precludes assessment in one or more domains of ACCESS for ELLs, the English learner is eligible for alternate scoring under the department's Alternate Scorine Process Guide, 2021 edition, adopted by reference.
(e) A district shall monitor the academic progress of each student who had been identified as an English learner for four years after the student is no longer identified as an English learner. A former English learner is not required to participate in the annual English language proficiency assessment unless the district determines that a student's failure to make academic progress may be a result of a lack of English language proficiency and the student may need to be re-identified as an English learner.
(f) Repealed 10/16/2013.
A copy of WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition: Kindergarten - Grade 12, adopted by reference in 4 AAC 04.155 and referred to in 4 AAC 34.055(c) may be obtained from the Department of Education and Early Development, 801 W. 10th Street, Suite 200, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0500, at https://education.alaska.gov/standards, or at https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf.
A copy of the Alernate Scoring Process Guide, 2021 edition, adopted for reference in 4 AAC 34.055(d), may be obtained from the Department of Education and Early Development , 801 w 10th Street, Saire 200, Jeaureu Alaska 9981-0500 at https://education.alaska.gov/assessments/elp or at http://education.alaska.gov/assessments/elp/Alertnate%20scoring%20Process%20Guide.pdf
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