OAR 581-022-2120
Essential Skill Assessments for English Language Learners

(1)

Definitions. As used in this rule:

(a)

“Assessment option” means an assessment approved to assess proficiency in the Essential Skills for the purpose of earning a high school diploma or a modified diploma.

(b)

“English Language Learner” (ELL) means a student who meets the definition of “Limited English Proficient” found in Title IX, Part A, Section 9101.25 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).

(c)

“Essential Skills” means process skills that cross academic disciplines and are embedded in the content standards. The skills are not content specific and can be applied in a variety of courses, subjects, and settings.

(d)

“Qualified Rater” means any individual who is:

(A)

Trained to a high degree of proficiency in scoring the assessment administered to the student; and

(B)

Endorsed by the school district or public charter school, consistent with local school board policy, as proficient in the student’s language of origin for the purposes of accurately scoring the student’s work in the student’s language of origin.

(2)

Consistent with OAR 581-022-2115 (Assessment of Essential Skills), school districts and public charter schools must adopt a policy whether to allow ELL students to demonstrate proficiency in all required Essential Skills in the students’ language of origin.

(3)

If a school district or public charter school adopts a policy allowing ELL students to demonstrate proficiency in the Essential skills in the students’ language of origin under Sections 2 and 3 of this rule, that policy must include the following:

(a)

Development of a procedure to provide assessment options as described in the Test Administration Manual in participating ELL students’ language of origin.

(b)

Development of a procedure to ensure that locally scored assessment options administered in an ELL student’s language of origin are scored by a qualified rater.

Source: Rule 581-022-2120 — Essential Skill Assessments for English Language Learners, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=581-022-2120.

581‑022‑0102
Definitions 581‑022‑0103
State Standards for the 2019-20 School Year 581‑022‑0104
State Standards for the 2020-21 School Year 581‑022‑2000
Diploma Requirements 581‑022‑2005
Veterans Diploma 581‑022‑2010
Modified Diploma 581‑022‑2015
Extended Diploma 581‑022‑2020
Alternative Certificate 581‑022‑2025
Credit Options 581‑022‑2030
District Curriculum 581‑022‑2045
Prevention Education in Drugs and Alcohol 581‑022‑2050
Human Sexuality Education 581‑022‑2055
Career Education 581‑022‑2060
Comprehensive School Counseling 581‑022‑2100
Administration of State Assessments 581‑022‑2110
Exception of Students with Disabilities from State Assessments 581‑022‑2115
Assessment of Essential Skills 581‑022‑2120
Essential Skill Assessments for English Language Learners 581‑022‑2130
Kindergarten Assessment 581‑022‑2205
Policies on Reporting of Child Abuse 581‑022‑2210
Anabolic Steroids and Performance Enhancing Substances 581‑022‑2215
Safety of School Sports – Concussions 581‑022‑2220
Health Services 581‑022‑2223
Healthy and Safe Schools Plan 581‑022‑2225
Emergency Plans and Safety Programs 581‑022‑2230
Asbestos Management Plans 581‑022‑2250
District Improvement Plan 581‑022‑2255
School and District Performance Report Criteria 581‑022‑2260
Records and Reports 581‑022‑2263
Physical Education Requirements 581‑022‑2265
Report on PE Data 581‑022‑2267
Annual Report on use of Restraint and Seclusion 581‑022‑2270
Individual Student Assessment, Recordkeeping and Reporting 581‑022‑2300
Standardization 581‑022‑2305
District Assurances of Compliance with Public School Standards 581‑022‑2310
Equal Education Opportunities 581‑022‑2312
Every Student Belongs 581‑022‑2315
Special Education for Children with Disabilities 581‑022‑2320
Required Instructional Time 581‑022‑2325
Identification of Academically Talented and Intellectually Gifted Students 581‑022‑2330
Rights of Parents of TAG Students 581‑022‑2335
Daily Class Size 581‑022‑2340
Media Programs 581‑022‑2345
Auxiliary Services 581‑022‑2350
Independent Adoptions of Instructional Materials 581‑022‑2355
Instructional Materials Adoption 581‑022‑2360
Postponement of Purchase of State-Adopted Instructional Materials 581‑022‑2370
Complaint Procedures 581‑022‑2400
Personnel 581‑022‑2405
Personnel Policies 581‑022‑2410
Teacher and Administrator Evaluation and Support 581‑022‑2415
Core Teaching Standards 581‑022‑2420
Educational Leadership — Administrator Standards 581‑022‑2430
Fingerprinting of Subject Individuals in Positions Not Requiring Licensure as Teachers, Administrators, Personnel Specialists, School Nurses 581‑022‑2440
Teacher Training Related to Dyslexia 581‑022‑2445
Universal Screenings for Risk Factors of Dyslexia 581‑022‑2500
Programs and Services for Talented and Gifted Students 581‑022‑2505
Alternative Education Programs 581‑022‑2510
Suicide Prevention Plan
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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