Standardized administration procedures for HLS: training, translation, documentation, and exception handling¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

Session participants reached consensus on administrative procedures for HLS delivery. These include standardized annual training for administrators, simple-to-use oral scripts and FAQs for written forms, accurate translation of all forms and scripts delivered by fluent speakers, electronic storage of responses in the district data system tied to the individual student, collecting Tier 1 responses once while allowing Tier 2 and 3 updates, and procedures for exception scenarios such as contradictory forms. The paper also notes that conducting the HLS online may allow options such as frequency-of-use scales.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Administrative procedures should reflect whether delivery is central (district office) or local (school site), and should specify next steps in the EL identification process

Constraints¶

• Procedures should coordinate with disability and gifted screening before or concurrently with the ELP screener to avoid false positives

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students potentially identified as English learners and school staff administering enrollment surveys

Target Learning Goals¶

• Reliable, consistent collection of home language information at enrollment

Claims¶

• Preliminary analyses of the 2003 Puerto Rico data led to changes in administration and translation procedures for the 2005 assessment [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Decision-rule guidelines for interpreting HLS responses, including weighted thresholds and preponderance-of-evidence profiles

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Robert Linquanti and Alison L. Bailey. (2014). Reprising the Home Language Survey: Summary of a National Working Session on Policies, Practices, and Tools for Identifying Potential English Learners. CCSSO. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED565756