SWIMMING THROUGH THE

OLPT PROCESS

LAS LINKS & ITBS

OBJECTIVESCONTENT OBJECTIVE:

• TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY USE LAS LINKS AND ITBS MATERIALS TO IDENTIFY AND PLACE STUDENTS WITH A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH.

LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE:

• TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO VERBALIZE UNDERSTANDING OF OLPT AND ITBS ADMINISTRATION/SCORING PROCEDURES.

HLS

• HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY• WHITE = STUDENT’S PERMANENT

FOLDER

• PINK = TEACHER

• SCAN AND EMAIL TO BE/ESL OFFICE.

TESTING MATERIALS

• CD PLAYER OR COMPUTER WITH SPEAKERS

• LAS LINKS TESTING LOG SHEET

• LAS LINKS STUDENT PROFILE SHEET

• LAS LINKS STUDENT ANSWER BOOK

• LAS LINKS STUDENT BOOK

• LAS LINKS LISTENING CD

• LAS LINKS EXAMINER’S GUIDE

• LAS LINKS INTERPRETATION GUIDE

OLPT TESTING LOG SHEET

STUDENT PROFILE SHEET

STUDENT ANSWER BOOK

STUDENT BOOK

INTERPRETATION GUIDE

EXAMINER’S GUIDE

PRE-FILL DOCUMENTS

• USE THE HLS & GRADEBOOK TO COMPLETE THESE DOCUMENTS BEFORE TESTING

• LAS LINKS TESTING LOG SHEET

• LAS LINKS STUDENT PROFILE SHEET

• LAS LINKS STUDENT ANSWER BOOK

TESTING

• APPROXIMATELY 20 MIN FOR COMPLETION OF TEST

• LISTENING CAN BE GIVEN IN APPROPRIATE AGE GROUPS.

• SPEAKING IS ALWAYS GIVEN INDIVIDUALLY.

WRAP UP

1. SCORE THE TEST.

2. SCAN AND EMAIL THE LOG SHEET RESULTS TO ROSAELIA CHAVEZ IN BE/ESL OFFICE.

3. ADMINISTER ITBS IF APPLICABLE.

Since you scored a 4 or 5on the oral, now it’s time

to take the ITBS.

ITBS• WHEN TO ADMINISTER –

• STUDENT SCORES 4 OR 5 ON THE ORAL

• HOW TO GET IT

• EMAIL CATHY DUNLAP AT THE TESTING WAREHOUSE

• PROVIDE HER THE NAME, ID#, GRADE, SEX, AND DOB OF STUDENT

• THINGS TO REMEMBER

• TESTING TAKES TIME!!

• EACH SECTION IS TIMED AND WILL TAKE MOST OF THE DAY TO ADMINISTER

• SCORING TAKES TIME!!

• GET IT ADMINISTERED AND RETURNED TO TESTING AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF LPAC MEETING

IOWA TEST OF BASIC SKILLS

• READING %

• LANGUAGE ARTS %

LET’S TEST!

SPEAKING• STUDENT AND TEACHER FACE EACH OTHER

• STUDENT HAS LAS LINKS STUDENT BOOK.

• TEACHER HAS STUDENT ANSWER BOOK (PG 1-5).

• READ INSTRUCTIONS ALOUD.

• TEACHER MARKS ANSWERS IN STUDENT ANSWER BOOK.

• C – CORRECT I – INCORRECT NR – NO RESPONSE

• TEACHER TRANSCRIBES STUDENT STORY.

• WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING THE STUDENT SAYS FOR THE STORY (PG5).

• MAY RECORD STUDENT STORY AND THEN TRANSCRIBE IT LATER.

LISTENING

• STUDENT HAS BOTH LAS LINKS STUDENT BOOK (PG 4-9) & STUDENT ANSWER BOOK (PG 7).

• TEACHER HAS LAS LINKS EXAMINER’S GUIDE (PG18- PG 19).

• TEACHER PLAYS CD AND CAN FOLLOW ALONG IN EXAMINER’S GUIDE.

SCORING

• TEACHER HAS LAS LINKS TESTING LOG SHEET, STUDENT PROFILE SHEET, STUDENT ANSWER BOOK & INTERPRETATION GUIDE.

• USE STUDENT ANSWER BOOK TO COMPLETE THE SPEAKING “NUMBER CORRECT” SECTION 2 OF THE STUDENT PROFILE SHEET.

• USE THE INTERPRETATION GUIDE (PG 119---) TO SCORE THE LISTENING PORTION OF THE STUDENT ANSWER BOOK.

• TRANSFER THE LISTENING SCORES TO THE LISTENING “NUMBER CORRECT” SECTION 2 OF THE STUDENT PROFILE SHEET.

… SCORING …• TRANSFER THE “TOTAL SPEAKING” & “TOTAL LISTENING”

(SECTION 2) TO THE “OVERALL SCORE” SECTION 3 OF THE STUDENT PROFILE SHEET.

• USE THE INTERPRETATION GUIDE (PG 98--) TO COMPLETE THE SPEAKING AND LISTENING ‘PROFICIENCY LEVELS’ COLUMN.

• TRANSFER THE “TOTAL SPEAKING” & “TOTAL LISTENING” (SECTION 2) TO THE “ORAL” SECTION 4 OF THE STUDENT PROFILE SHEET.

• USE THE INTERPRETATION GUIDE (PG 99--) TO IDENTIFY THE ‘ORAL SCALE SCORE’ BOX.

• WRITE THE LEVEL OF THE SCALE SCORE ABOVE THE ‘ORAL SCALE SCORE’ BOX.

… SCORING

• EVALUATE THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING AND LISTENING SCORE TO DETERMINE IF ITBS TEST IS NECESSARY OR IF STUDENT QUALIFIES FOR THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM.

• COMMENTS TO BE WRITTEN IN THE ‘COMMENTS’ SECTION MAY INCLUDE: “QUALIFIES FOR ESL, ITBS NEEDED OR SPANISH TESTING RECOMMENDED.”

• USE STUDENT PROFILE SHEET TO COMPLETE THE LAS LINKS TESTING LOG SHEET.

• SCAN AND EMAIL LAS LINKS TESTING LOG SHEET TO ROSAELIA CHAVEZ AT THE BE/ESL OFFICE.

ITBS TESTING PROCEDURES

THE SCORE ON THE LAS LINKS WILL DETERMINE IF THE ITBS WILL BE ADMINISTERED.

IF THE STUDENT IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE ITBS, FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES BELOW:

• THE CAMPUS WILL CONTACT THE TESTING WAREHOUSE BY EMAIL TO CATHY DUNLAP ASKING FOR THE ITBS TEST, MAKING SURE TO INCLUDE THE NAME, GRADE, ID #, DOB, AND SEX.

• ADMINISTRATION OF THE ITBS SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT BY A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL FOLLOWING THE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ATTACHED IN THE RETURN EMAIL FROM CATHY DUNLAP.

• CATHY DUNLAP WILL NOTIFY THE CAMPUS OF A STUDENT’S SCORE PLACED IN ONEDRIVE. RECEIPT OF SCORE RESULTS CAN TAKE UP TO 48 HOURS, DEPENDING ON THE RIVERSIDE COMPANY. .

ADMINISTERING THE ITBS

• FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY CATHY DUNLAP

• INSTRUCTIONS CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON SHAREPOINT UNDER “TRAININING”

IDENTIFICATION AND PLACEMENT

•OLPT TESTING MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN FIRST 5 DAYS OF ENROLLMENT.

•ALL TESTING RESULTS AND PREVIOUS DISTRICT DOCUMENTATION MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR THE LPAC MEETING WHICH MUST BE HELD BEFORE END OF THE 20 DAY LPAC WINDOW.

ALMOST DONE

FILING• LAS LINKS STUDENT ANSWER BOOK AND PROFILE SHEET MUST

BE FILED IN THE ORANGE ESL FOLDER INSIDE THE STUDENT’S PERMANENT FOLDER ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

• ITBS, IF ADMINISTERED, IS FILED IN THE ORANGE ESL FOLDER ON THE RIGHT SIDE AFTER LPAC.

• LAS LINKS TESTING LOG SHEET IS FILED IN TEACHER’S PERSONAL FILES AFTER USE IN THE LPAC.

• HTTP://WWW.ECTORCOUNTYISD.ORG//DOMAIN/14 (BILINGUAL/ESL

DEPT. ON ECISD WEBSITE) CLICK ON “LPAC FOLDER ARRANGEMENT VIDEO.” ENTER SAME DISTRICT LOG-IN (USERNAME AND PASSWORD) AS DIRECTED. CLICK ON VIDEO LINK TO WATCH.