How will reporting for ESL (English as Second Language) Learners be accommodated?
Students who have English as second or additional language (ESL) needs, are those students who do not speak English as their home language. They may have migrant/refugee backgrounds or be Australian Indigenous students. These students will access all learning areas as for their same age-cohort. Limited facility with Standard Australian English may limit access to assessment tasks for some of these students. Use of the five achievement ratings for reporting achievement in learning areas may be delayed for the initial 12 months of schooling for these students also accessing intensive ESL support, (note that this does not apply to students in Far North Queensland accessing the Bound for Success Curriculum). This delay is for reporting achievement ratings twice yearly only; students must still be assessed in each of the learning areas throughout the assessment period. They must still receive the Standard report twice yearly with all fields completed except for the achievement rating. ESL l
