Or. Admin. Code § 581-022-2120 - Essential Skill Assessments for English Language Learners
(1) Definitions. As
used in this rule:
(a) "Assessment option"
means an assessment approved to assess proficiency in the Essential Skills for
the purpose of earning a high school diploma or a modified diploma .
(b) "English Language Learner" (ELL) means a
student who meets the definition of "Limited English Proficient" found in Title
IX, Part A, Section 9101.25 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
(NCLB).
(c) "Essential Skills "
means process skills that cross academic disciplines and are embedded in the
content standards . The skills are not content specific and can be applied in a
variety of courses, subjects, and settings.
(d) "Qualified Rater" means any individual
who is:
(A) Trained to a high degree of
proficiency in scoring the assessment administered to the student;
and
(B) Endorsed by the school
district or public charter school , consistent with local school board policy,
as proficient in the student's language of origin for the purposes of
accurately scoring the student's work in the student's language of
origin.
(2)
Consistent with OAR 581-022-2115, school districts
and public charter schools must adopt a policy whether to allow ELL students to
demonstrate proficiency in all required Essential Skills in the students'
language of origin.
(3) If a school
district or public charter school adopts a policy allowing ELL students to
demonstrate proficiency in the Essential skills in the students' language of
origin under Sections 2 and 3 of this rule, that policy must include the
following:
(a) Development of a procedure to
provide assessment options as described in the Test Administration Manual in
participating ELL students' language of origin.
(b) Development of a procedure to ensure that
locally scored assessment options administered in an ELL student's language of
origin are scored by a qualified rater.
(4) Consistent with section (22) of OAR
581-022-2115 Assessment of
Essential Skills , the requirements established by sections (2) and (3) of this
rule are waived through the end of the 2027-28 school year.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 329.075 & ORS 326.051
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 329.045, ORS 329.075 & ORS 329.485
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