English Learners Program Goal

Mukilteo School District shall provide an English language program to assist Multilingual Learners in attaining English proficiency, develop high levels of academic achievement in English, and achieve the same high standards in the same challenging state academic standards that all students in the district are expected to meet.

Instructional programs for Multilingual Learners shall be evaluated regularly to determine whether progress is being made toward removing language barriers and to identify instructional changes that need to be made.

Program Evaluation

The District Multilingual Learners Instructional Specialist, along with the Director of Multilingual Education and Student Supports, shall monitor student access to equal educational opportunities, both instructional and extracurricular. Annually, the following data elements will be used:

• Scores on the Washington Smarter Balanced Assessment
• Scores on the i-Ready (K-8) assessments
• Scores on WIDA ACCESS for ELLs
• Grades in content courses
• Reclassification and exit rates
• Graduation and dropout rates for grades 9-12
• Participation rates in advanced courses (honors, Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB)) and participation in gifted and talented services.
• Enrollment rates in preschool, magnet, and special programs
• Enrollment rates in Special Education services
• Mobility and attendance rates
• Participation in extracurricular programs
• Suspension and expulsion rates
• College and career readiness
• Professional learning records
• Student to ML teacher staffing ratios

Data elements will be utilized to continuously improve the district’s ML program by comparing the performance of current MLs, former MLs, and never-MLs. The evaluation shall include an analysis of:

• ML program implementation
  • unnecessary segregation
  • modification of programs when performance data indicates MLs are not reaching proficiency within a reasonable period of time
  • MLs not participating in standards-based, grade- appropriate instruction
• Staffing and professional learning
  • walkthrough tools
  • effectiveness of professional learning
• Student performance (English language acquisition)
  • student English language proficiency levels
  • achievement of language proficiency within a reasonable period of time
• Student performance (academic content)
  • comparable access to opportunities that lead to college and career readiness
  • mastery of grade level content
  • longitudinal performance in the content areas
  • graduation, drop-out, and retention rates