Weekly Update
Wayne Township LAP 11/15/19
Which Grades Use a Writing Booklet for ACCESS testing?
Grades 6–12 Writing tests are administered online.
Indiana WIDA ACCESS Checklist
The Indiana Online ACCESS Checklist for 2019-2020 will help you keep track of what needs to be done to make sure your school is ready to administer the WIDA ACCESS test in January.
Teaching Social Studies with Secondary English Learners
Immigrant Welcome Center
Please let your families know about the Immigrant Welcome Center. The staff there can help newcomer families with learning English, legal issues, and locating housing, health care, employment, and transportation. The staff speak over 40 languages and can help immigrant families find resources in Indianapolis. Their brochure is available to download in five languages here.
Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese - Top Languages Spoken by ELs in the Us
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition recently released a fact sheet, Top Languages Spoken by ELs in the US, that lists the languages other than English most commonly spoken by ELs across the country.
Helping EL Families Understand College Admission Letters
In this article from the Hechinger Report, Alejandra Acosta explains why understanding college admissions letters may be difficult for students and families whose first language is not English.