Cross-division convenings and joint review sessions to strengthen a state education agency's internal collaboration on multilingual policy¶

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Description¶

R15CC fostered stronger ties between CDE's Multilingual Support Division, Assessment Development and Administration Division, and Analysis, Measurement & Accountability Reporting Division to cultivate shared responsibility for the English Learner Roadmap. Support included "regular convenings with the three division directors to facilitate discussions, provide expert input, and foster coordinated messaging," culminating in a co-hosted webinar series and joint review of ELPAC reclassification thresholds.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Recognition that the intersection of multilingual programs, assessment, and accountability is essential for informed reclassification decisions

Constraints¶

• Division directors noted the divisions are siloed because they do not report to the same people in the department

Target Learners¶

• State education agency division staff and leaders

Target Learning Goals¶

• Coordinated, cohesive state support for local educational agencies serving English learners

Related Strategies¶

• Facilitate a multi-session collaborative workgroup to co-develop state guidance
• Multi-layered, multi-year rollout combining guidance resources, webinars, workshops, and training-of-trainers to build local capacity for a new assessment tool
• Reduce institutional barriers through cross-department coordination, low-barrier review models, and faculty-based outreach

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Strengthening English Learner Reclassification in California. (2024). Region 15 Comprehensive Center at WestEd, U.S. Department of Education grant #S283B190053. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cgf