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AMAO – Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives. AMAOs are annually by the Maryland State Department of Education that specify the percentage of ESOL students yearly who are expected to progress toward English language proficiency (AMAO I), attain English language proficiency (AMAO II), and demonstrate adequate yearly progress in reading and math at the county level (AMAO III).
AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress. Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, each state establishes a definition of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) to use each year to determine the achievement of each school district and school in reading and mathematics. States are to identify for improvement any school that does not meet the state's definition of AYP for two consecutive years. Adequate yearly progress is designed to ensure continuous improvement each year toward the goal of 100% proficiency in 2014.
Core Text – Core tests are the textbook series that support the ESOL Instructional Guides.
ELL – English Language Learner. An ELL is a student who uses a language in addition to or other than English.
ELL Plan – The ELL Plan is an accommodations documentation for ELLs in the ESOL program. It is required in Grades 2-12 for all levels of ESOL proficiency.
ELP – English Language Proficiency. ELP is the degree to which a student is able to use standard American English as a language of instruction.
ELP Programs – ELP Programs are curricula developed to prepare a student to able to use standard American English as a language of instruction.
Adopted ELP Programs – Adopted English Language Proficiency Programs identify published programs that have been purchased for schools with Teacher’s Guides, Student Books, Assessments, and other instructional materials. A curriculum has been adopted for the beginning and intermediate levels of ESOL for middle school and high school.
ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages. This term is used to identify the programs, staff and students served by the Division of ESOL/Bilingual Programs.
ESOL Assessments – ESOL assessments are designed to measure the English language proficiency (ELP) of ESOL students at all proficiency levels in grades prek-12. ESOL assessments include common tasks, formative assessments, unit assessments, post-assessments, and final exams that have been centrally developed. ESOL assessments may also be created by teachers or purchased from publishers. Students must complete ESOL assessments regardless of the instructional pathway being implemented. ESOL Measurement Topics and/or ESOL Rubrics should accompany these ESOL assessments for scoring purposes, and should be used to provide feedback to ESOL students. All centrally developed ESOL assessments have been aligned to the Maryland State Department of Education’s ESOL Voluntary State Curriculum.
Essential Questions – Essential questions are focus questions for a unit of study.
Indicators – Indicators are observable behaviors that demonstrate a student's mastery of the content and skills which students are expected to learn during the course of each thematic unit. These indicators reference the Montgomery County Public School English/Language Arts Framework.
LAS Links – Language Assessment System Links. LAS Links is the state-mandated test of English language proficiencyadministered to grade K – 12 ESOL students annually each spring. LAS Links results are used to demonstrate the progress MCPS and Maryland State ESOL students are making towards proficiency in English. Assessment results are used by ELL Teams to help make decisions as to each student’s participation in the ESOL program.
LAS Links Placement Test - LAS Links Placement Test is the state-mandated test of English language proficiencyadministered to grade K – 12 ELLs entering MCPS. Assessment results are used by ELL Teams to help make decisions as to each student’s participation in the ESOL program.
LEP – Limited English Proficient. An acronym used at the federal level to describe English language learners who participate in the ESOL program.
NCLB – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. NCLB expands the scope and frequency of student testing, revamps accountability systems and guarantees that every teacher is qualified in their subject area. It requires states to made demonstrable annual progress in raising the percentage of students proficient in reading and math.
Pathway – A pathway is the instructional sequence the teacher chooses to address the goals, essential questions, and common tasks outlined for the unit.
preLAS - PreLAS is the test of English language proficiencyadministered to pre-kindergarten ELLs upon entry to MCPS and to pre-kindergarten ESOL students each spring. Assessment results are used by ELL Teams to help make decisions as to each student’s participation in ESOL programs.
RELL – Reclassified English Language Learner. An RELL is a student who has exited the ESOL program within the last two years.
RELL Plan – The RELL Plan is an accommodations documentation for ELLs who have exited the ESOL program within the last two years. It is required in Grades 2-12 for all RELLs.
Supplementary Text – A supplementary text is a text which relates to the literary focus of each unit, but is not a core text.
TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language. The results of the TOEFL are used for college admissions. |
