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Chapter Eight Long Descriptions

Long descriptions for complex figures in chapter eight of the California Practitioners’ Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities.

Figure 8.1

Figure 8.1 titled “Sample IEP Team Chart—Assessment Data”, is a screen shot of a tool that IEP teams may use to review and summarize a student’s strengths and weaknesses on assessments to help make decisions regarding exiting the student from special education.

The chart includes columns in a table format from left to right entitled “Overall ELPAC Score ELP Level; Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, English Language Arts/English, Math; California Science Test (CAST); Spanish Reading/Language Arts; Screening/Progress Monitoring; and Benchmark Assessments.”

The table row under the column headers has blank spaces to record specific information about a student’s strengths and weaknesses under each header.

Return to the California Practitioners' Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities (PDF; 6MB)

 

Figure 8.2

Figure 8.2, titled “Sample IEP Team Chart—Anecdotal Data”, is a screen shot of a tool that IEP teams may use to review and summarize anecdotal information about a student’s strengths and weaknesses to help make decisions regarding exiting the student from special education.

The chart includes columns in a table format from left to right entitled “Progress on IEP Goals Academic Functional; Other Curriculum-Based Measurement Data; Progress on Standards (Report Card); Teacher(s) Input; Anecdotal Data; and Other.”

The table row under the column headers has blank spaces to record specific information about a student’s strengths and weaknesses under each header.

Return to the California Practitioners' Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities (PDF; 6MB)

 

Questions: Patrick Garcia-Smith | PGarciaSmith@cde.ca.gov | 916-322-5101 
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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