Do LEP students continue to take the RPTE evem after they achieve the advanced high level?
Yes, the federal government wants us to use RPTE, not TAKS, to report the highest level of English language proficiency. Federal NCLB regulations also require that all LEP students are assessed annually in English language proficiency (ELP) in reading (as well as listening, speaking, and writing) until they are no longer LEP. Therefore, LEP students who reach the advanced high level on RPTE but do not meet exit criteria will take RPTE the following year. The simple rule to remember is that LEP students take both the RPTE and Texas Observation Protocol (TOP), regardless of their performance as long as they are designated as LEP and have not been exited from the bilingual/ESL program.
