How are students placed in ELL programs?
Every parent enrolling a child in DCPS must complete a home language survey. If the survey indicates that the child might qualify for ELL services, the district then assesses the child’s English proficiency in the four domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing through the English language screener proficiency test (IPT, W-APT or K-WAPT). The school will provide a welcome letter (see below) to families indicating additional steps to follow. Parents and guardians of children who qualify for ELL services have the legal right to be informed, in a language they can understand, about the available programs and services. They can then choose the program they believe best fits their child’s needs. Students who score a Level 1 to Level 4.9 on the screener test are eligible for services and will participate in the annual language proficiency test, ACCESS for ELLs™ each spring until they score an ELP level 5, which indicates the student should exit the program. Students who score a lev
