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Wyoming
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As of the 2007-2008 school year, Wyoming's schools were home to more than 2,300 English language learners (ELLs), which marks a 31.7% increase from the 1997-1998 school year (NCELA, 2010). The top five languages or language groups spoken by ELLs in Wyoming are Spanish, Japanese, Persian, Russian, and German (EPE, 2009).
Wyoming is a member of WIDA (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment) and joined WIDA in 2009. WIDA is a consortium of states dedicated to the design and implementation of high standards and equitable educational opportunities for English language learners which offers states programming for identifying and annually assessing the English language development of its English learners.
State ELL Resources
State Agency: Wyoming Department of Education
ELL Website: Title III Website
ELL Manual: WDE Active ELL Identification and Reporting Guidebook
ELL Identification
Home Language Survey: Information about the Home Language Survey can be found on pgs. 2-3 of the WDE Active ELL Identification and Reporting Guidebook.
Placement Exam: WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test
ELP Standards & Assessment
ELP Standards: WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards
ELP Assessment: WIDA-ACCESS ACCESS for ELLs
ELL Instruction
Wyoming does not restrict programming so long as it is scientifically proven and effective. ELL Program Type Definitions include:Â
- Two-Way Immersion/Dual Language
- Transition Bilingual Education
- ESL pullout
- Content-Based, ESL
- Sheltered English Instruction
- Structured English Immersion
- Heritage Language
- SDAIE
- Native Language Literacy
See pages 8-9 of the WDE Active ELL Identification and Reporting Guidebook and the Guideline for Assessing Strategies for more information.
Statewide Standards-Based Assessment
Assessment: Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students (PAWS)
ELL Accommodations: Available on the PAWS website
Additional Information
NCLEA: Title III Information
WIDA: Wyoming Contact Information
Intermountain TESOL, an affiliate of International TESOL, provides professional development for ESL teachers in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.
Wyoming Education Association is a National Education Association State Affiliate that regularly lobbies legislators for the resources schools need, campaigns for higher professional standards for the teaching profession, and files legal actions to protect academic freedom and the rights of school employees.
Wyoming State Parent Information Resource Centers
The purpose of the Parent Education Network, Wyoming State PIRC, is to strengthen partnerships between families and schools and to implement effective parental involvement policies and programs to increase academic achievement for students in Wyoming.
References
Editorial Projects in Education (EPE). "Most Common Non-English Languages Spoken by ELL Youths, by State." Perspectives on a Population: English-Language Learners in American Schools (Education Week's Quality Counts 2009 Report). Pg. 13. Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2009/01/08/index.html. January 2009.
Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students. Wyoming Rate of EL Growth (1997/98-2007/08). Compiled July 2010 and retrieved from http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/t3sis/state/wyoming/data.
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