Schools and Districts

General Information

NYS Office of Bilingual Education 

NYSED English Proficiency Levels

 Description of reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills at beginning, intermediate, advanced and proficient levels, taken from the NYS Learning Standards for English as a Second Language

Translator/Interpreters by Language

A list of Translators/Interpreters for use by Districts, updated yearly.

Glossaries Translated by the State
 

Identification & Placement 

LEP Identification Chart

Flow chart describing the NYS process for legally identifying new LEP students

Home Language Questionnaire 
Form required of all parents upon registration of their child in a new district; also available in several other languages

LAB-R Ordering Memo
Procedures for ordering, receiving & storing the LAB-R

LAB-R Cut Scores Memo
SED memo with charts showing how to place students in ESL programs according to their LAB-R score

LEP Time Requirements

Chart showing the amount of ESL time required for students at various proficiency and grade levels; also shown by NYSESLAT score

Individual Learning Plan Sample Ideas
Student Profile, Student Academic Profile and Student Individual Learing Plan

Regulations

CR Part 154 Regulations 2007 -

Full text of the NYS Commissioner’s Regulations, Part 154 pertaining to the education of limited English proficient (LEP)/English language learners (ELL), last revised in 2007

 Assessment

NYS Office of State Assessment 
 

Accommodations for ELLs

Description of accommodations allowed on State tests for LEP students

NYSESLAT Information 

LAB-R Information

Miscellaneous

Sample Parent Letter – 154 New

 Sample wording schools can use to notify parents of their child’s placement in an ESL program, as required by CR Part 154

Sample Parent Letter

 Sample wording schools can use to notify parents of their child’s placement in an ESL program

 This notice is very important. It will affect the education of your child. Please have it translated

 Translated into 23 languages for use by districts.

Ten Ways Parents Can Promote Language Learning at Home

For parents. Available in several other languages

Evaluating Foreign Transcipts, The A - Z Manual

Additional resource for assising in evaluating foreign transcripts

Magenta Book - Learning Standards for English as a Second Language  ww.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/resource/ESL/standards.html