1. Home Language Survey Review Responses from Spring
Work toward a common set of criteria to implement with policy
Review CCSSO documents
Work as a collaborative group to generate a common set
Present to Committee of Practitioners fro approval

2. How many questions comprise your county Home Language Survey (HLS)?1
10% 2 3 5% 4
29% 5
14%
more than 5
33%

3. Top 5 Home Language Survey Questions
What Language(s) does your child speak at home?
What was the first language your child learned to speak?
Does the student speak a language other than English?
How many years has this student attended an English- speaking School?
Please describe the language understood by the student (check one).a. Understands only the home language and NO English. b. Understands most of the home language and some English. c. Understands the home language and English equally. D. Understands mostly English and some of the home language.

4. Do you conduct any additional or clarifying follow-up to the HLS questions in order to identify students for screening?
76 % - yes and 24 % - no
Follow- up with parents for clarification
Some follow up with secretaries or office staff who enrolled
Screening
Review of records

5. Of the HLS questions provided above, which question most often triggers a language screening?
Does the student speak a language other than English?
Is the primary or native language of the student English? Yes or no
What language did your child learn when he/she first began to speak?
What language does your son/daughter use most frequently at home?

6. Which question has the least impact on the decision to administer a language screening?
What languages?
How many years has the student attended an English-Speaking school?
Has the student ever lived where another language was spoken?
What is the student’s country of origin?
If available, in what language would you prefer to receive information from the school?
Does either parent or guardian speak a language other than English in the home? If yes, what is that language?

7. Range of Accuracy in HLS in initially identifying students for Services
Lowest: 15% Highest: 100% State Average: 65%

8. Range of “False Positive” reported
Lowest: 0% Highest: 67%
Of those identified to receive ESL services, how many were later discovered to be “false positives”

9. Activity Read your assigned CCSSO document
Discuss as a table the key ideas
Based upon the readings, as a table generate proposed HLS questions that seek to accurately identify an ELL. Use a separate note pad for each question.