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Next Generation MCAS info: http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/nextgen/default.html

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Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs) complement the MCAS year-by-year test scores. They measure change in achievement over time rather than grade-level achievement results in any one year. Growth scores are available for schools, districts, and students taking the standard MCAS test in grades 4-8 and 10 in English language arts and mathematics. Letter to Educators Explaining the Growth Model

MCAS Student Growth Percentiles Tutorial Series. Narrated tutorials explaining the basics of student growth percentiles. Tutorial 1 - The Basics of the Growth Model Tutorial 2 - Understanding Growth on the MCAS Parent Report Tutorial 2 - Spanish Version Tutorial 2 - Portuguese Version Tutorial 2 - Haitian Creole Version Tutorial 2 - Chinese Version Tutorial 2 - Vietnamese Version RTI for English Language Learners Bilingual Parent Resources: MATSOL Tiered Instruction, Intervention, and the Special Education Referral Process for ELLs Boston Students & Families Directory ELL Technology and APPs: Directory of Speech-Language Pathology Assessment Instruments Special Education Parent Information Parent's Notice of Procedural SafeguardsEnglish and Translated Versions: http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/mtss.html Disabilities: http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/links.html

Memorandum on Specific Learning Disability - Eligibility Process/Forms Policy and Guidance http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/policy.html

Individualized Education Program - IEP http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/iep/

IEP Translated Forms and Glossaries Translated IEP Forms and Notices http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/iep/tforms.html

Translation Glossaries: The Individualized Education Program (IEP) related forms/notices and the Parents' Rights Brochure have been translated into sixteen (16) languages. To further assist districts in providing translated information to parents, a translation glossary is available in each of the languages. Each translation glossary lists seventy-nine (79) English terms and their foreign language equivalents as used throughout the translated documents. You will find terms such as accommodation, developmental delay, general curriculum, initial evaluation and positive behavioral supports and agency names such as Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and Bureau of Transitional Planning within each glossary. By providing these glossaries to individuals completing district-level translations, school districts will ensure that parents receive documents translated in a consistent manner.
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Complaints & Compliance http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/cc.html Training: http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/training.html

Summer Reading Lists: http://www.malden.mec.edu/parents.cfm?subpage=1046888

http://www.doe.mass.edu/ell/TransitionalGuidance.pdf

http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/participation/ell.pdf

MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Mental-Health/Documents/MH_ScreeningChart.pdf

Evaluation of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist as a screening tool for the identification of emotional and psychosocial problems http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182980/

TITLE III: http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg39.html Schools' Civil Rights Obligations to English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents

The obligation not to discriminate based on race, color, or national origin requires public schools to take affirmative steps to ensure that limited English proficient (LEP) students, now more commonly known as known as English Learner (EL) students or English Language Learners (ELLs), can meaningfully participate in educational programs and services, and to communicate information to LEP parents in a language they can understand. The following materials include information for students and parents, OCR guidance and resources for education officials about their obligations to EL students and LEP parents, and added resources with related information. For Students and Parents For Education Officials OCR Policies Self-Evaluation Materials Enforcement Activities Related Resources U.S. Department of Education Resources U.S. Department of Education Funded Resources and Partnerships Other Resources
 * Fact Sheet, Ensuring English Learner Students Can Participate Meaningfully and Equally in Educational Programs (Jan. 2015) [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (443K)
 * Translations: [|Cambodian] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (541K), Chinese [|simplified] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (605K) and [|traditional] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (629K), [|Hmong] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (372K), [|Korean] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (396K), [|Laotian] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (650K), [|Spanish] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (271K), [|Russian] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (689K), [|Tagalog] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (437K), [|Vietnamese] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (660K)
 * Fact Sheet, Information for Limited English Proficient Parents and for Schools and School Districts that Communicate with Them (Jan. 2015) [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (547K)[|Pamphlet, Provision of an Equal Education Opportunity to Limited-English Proficient Students (Aug. 2000)]
 * Translations: [|Cambodian] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (116K), Chinese [|simplified] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (559K) and [|traditional] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (576K), [|Hmong] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (439K), [|Korean] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (343K), [|Laotian] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (484K), [|Russian] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (573K), [|Spanish] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (194K), [|Tagalog] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (427K), [|Vietnamese] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [|PDF] (547K)
 * [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/languageicon.gif caption="http://www2.ed.gov/images/languageicon.gif" link="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/howto-index.html"]] [|Resources Available in Other Languages]
 * [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/languageicon.gif caption="http://www2.ed.gov/images/languageicon.gif" link="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/howto-index.html"]] [|Resources Available in Other Languages]
 * [|Dear Colleague Letter, English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents (01/7/2015)] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [| PDF] (503.28K)[|Memo, Obligations to National-Origin Minority Students (09/27/1991)] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]][| PDF] (7.86M)
 * Translations: Chinese [|simplified] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [| PDF] (672.70K) and [|traditional] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [| PDF] (731.61K), [|Spanish] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [| PDF] (553.20K), [|Tagalog] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [| PDF] (651.50K), [|Vietnamese] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]] [| PDF] (696.35K)
 * [|Memo, Language Minority Investigations (12/03/1985; reissued 04/06/1990)] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]][| PDF] (206K)
 * [|Memo, Language Minority Compliance Procedures (09/11/1984]) [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]][| PDF] (5.83M)
 * [|Memo, Discrimination on the Basis of National Origin (05/25/1970]) [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]][| PDF] (605K)
 * [|Memo, Discrimination on the Basis of National Origin (05/25/1970]) [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]][| PDF] (605K)
 * [|Office of English Language Acquisition English Learner Toolkit]
 * [|Programs For English Language Learners (Nov. 1999)] [[image:http://www2.ed.gov/images/ed_gl_download.gif align="top" caption="download files"]][| PDF] (732K) - Resource Materials For Planning and Self-Assessment: (1) [|Overview], (2) [|Developing EL Programs], (3) [|Program Evaluation], (4) [|Glossary], (5) [|Resources List]
 * [|OCR’s Recent EL Case Resolutions] and [|OCR’s Success Stories]
 * [|U.S. Department of Justice Recent EL Cases and Settlements]
 * [|Department Notice of Language Assistance]
 * [|Office of English Language Acquisition]
 * [|Title III – English Language Acquisition Grant Program]
 * [|Guide to U.S. Department of Education Programs] (federal funding)
 * [|Civil Rights Data Collection] (school and district equity data)
 * [|National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition] (NCELA)
 * [|Equity Assistance Centers] (technical assistance)
 * [|LEP.gov] (federal interagency website on limited English proficiency)
 * U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
 * [|Educational Opportunities Section]
 * [|Federal Coordination and Compliance Section] (includes LEP resources)

Jennifer McCabe, M.Ed. ELL Instructional Coach Malden Public Schools