1. Bridging a Graduation Pathway: Evaluating Foreign Transcripts
Presented By:
Joanne L. Newby & Phoenicia L. Grant
DeKalb County School District
JN / PG
Welcome everyone
Introduce yourself
3. State Purpose
© 2013 P. L. Grant and Associates, LLC and Newby and Associates, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

2. Icebreaker PAIR SHARE THINK JN / PG “Icebreaker”
Think Pair Share Activity: (Discussion of KEY Points ONLY)
*** Break into 3: Introduction pg 2, Local Discretion pg3, and Earning a Diploma pg 4
Think: Read the article pages 2-5 in your resource guide.
Pair: Discuss your reaction to the article with a partner.
Share: We will share reactions in 5 mins.
SHARE

3. Overview Demographics & Targeted Population
DIWC Data Collection/ EL Programs
International Educational Systems
International Transcript Evaluation
Future Implications
PG “Overview”

4. DCSD Demographics
An English Learner (EL) is a student whose primary home language is other than English who receives ESOL services.
Total EL Students in DCSD- 11,110
Primary Home Language Other Than English (PHOLTE) is a student whose primary home language is other than English.
Total PHLOTE Students in DCSD- 24,240
11% of DCSD
PG “DCSD Demographics”
DCSD serves nearly 101,00 students. 24% of our students
have a primary home language other than English
and 11% receive ESOL services.
24% of DCSD

5. Top Ten Languages
PG “Top Ten Languages In U.S.”
Spanish 2. Chinese 3. Tagalog (TA/GU/LOG) Philippines 4. Vietnamese 5. French 6. German 7. Korean 8. Arabic
9. Russian 10. Italian
Mandarin is referred to as Standard Chinese or simplified Chinese,
the most common form of Chinese spoken by 960 million people in China
( Please note: there are 100s of languages spoken by people from Myanmar,
but Burmese is the official language spoken by 2-3 of the population.
Karen is an indigenous language spoken by roughly 2.6 million people in Myanmar.)
* One of the top ten languages in United States according to the U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

6. Data: Concern & Population
Graduation Rates
The national graduation rate in the United States is 81%
National Center for Education Statistics (2014)

7. DIWC Registration Gray Client logged in Red Client left Pink
Final placement completed
Turquoise
Pre-Placement Complete/Ready for Testing
Green
Registration Complete
Blue
Student is Testing
Yellow
Testing complete/
Ready for Final Placement
DIWC Registration
All students new to DCSD registering in k-12 who meet one of the following 3 criteria must register at the DIWC:
Primary home language is other than English (PHLOTE)
First language is other than English
Born outside of the United States

8. EL Programs in DCSD LAB Program 13-20yr w/ ≤ 6yrs of education
W-APT CPL 1.0 – 1.9: Intensive English
W-APT CPL 2.0 – 4.9: ESOL Services
W-APT CPL ≥ 5.0: NO ESOL Services
LAB Program
13-20yr w/
≤ 6yrs of education
7th Grade LAB
W-RAT Score
≤ 3.0
8th Grade LAB
EL services are determined by the W-APT- WIDA ACCESS Placement Test CPL-Composite Proficiency Level
LAB program is for our SLIFE (Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education). Our district has the largest Refugee population in the South Eastern part of the US due to having 5 resettlement agencies in our district.

9. International Education Systems
The term education system generally refers to public schooling, not private schooling, and more commonly to kindergarten through highschool programs. Schools or school districts are typically the smallest recognized form of “education system” and countries are the larges

10. Country Categorization Chart
French Education
System
United Kingdom Education
Honduras
Guatemala
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Ivory Coast
Haiti
Senegal
Togo
France
Jamaica
India
Nigeria
Singapore
Uganda
Central American Education System

11. Countries Where English is the Instructional Language
Zambia
Cyprus
Cameroon
Australia
England
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
Tanzania
Gambia
South Africa
Uganda
Kenya
Guyana
Liberia
Jamaica
Countries Where English is the Instructional Laguage
Malawi
Rwanda
Belize
Sierra Leone
Countries Where English is the Instructional Language

12. Countries with 10 or 11 Year Education System
Graduate after 10th grade
Myanmar (Burma)
Armenia
Mongolia
Philippines
Graduate after 11th grade
Jamaica
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Eritrea
Iran
Colombia
Guatemala
Honduras
Egypt
Sudan
GPC (Georgia Perimeter College) International Admission Requirements by Country provides a list of Secondary Credentials used to determine whether students have graduated in their native country. We also use several of resources indicated on page 23.

13. Over 1,100 International Transcripts Evaluated from over 158 countries/166 languages each school year

14. Essential Information
Essential Questions
Essential Information
School Year
Country
Grade Level
Grading Scale
Courses
Hours Per Week
See Page 7 in Resource Guide
What school year did the student attend/complete school and what is the US equivalent school year?
What country did the student attend school?
What grade level did the student complete?
Does the translated transcript provide a grading scale? (If not, see resource list)
Can the courses taken be converted into the Georgia state curriculum?
How many hours per week did the student attend each class? (≥ 4 hours to receive credit)

15. Education System in Mexico

16. Transcript Evaluation Jargon

17. Essential Question Scavenger Hunt Scavenger Hunt
Use your highlighter to locate the answers to the Essential Questions (see next slide)

18. Essential Information
Essential Questions
Essential Information
School Year
Country
Grade Level
Grading Scale
Courses
Hours Per Week
What school year did the student attend/complete school and what is the US equivalent school year?
What country did the student attend school?
What grade level did the student complete?
Does the translated transcript provide a grading scale? (If not, see resource list)
Can the courses taken be converted into the Georgia state curriculum?
How many hours per week did the student attend each class? (≥ 4 hours to receive credit)

19. Scavenger Hunt Key Formative Assessment:
Were you able to find answers to all of the essentials questions? (No. Hours per week not on transcript/Grading scale is not on transcript)

20. Q & A