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Program Monitoring and Evaluation

Since Minnesota also has state standards for student achievement, program evaluation will also be based at least in part on how well EL students are progressing towards statewide expectations for all students. Other program components which should be evaluated may include the effective use of technology, teacher instruction, materials, and coordination with the grade level or subject matter curriculum.

OCR Policy: Districts are required to modify their programs if they prove to be unsuccessful after a legitimate trial. As a practical matter, recipients cannot comply with this requirement without periodically evaluating their programs.

At the end of each school year the district EL committee will conduct an overall evaluation of the EL Program. The following items will be reviewed by the committee as a whole to determine how effective the program has been during that school year.

	The program’s effectiveness with respect to identification, the assessment process, exiting, monitoring, staffing, parental notifications, and adequacy of instructional materials and staff development
	The rate of students’ progress toward full proficiency in English
	How well students in the EL program are keeping up with their peers in all curriculum areas
	How well EL students are able to participate successfully in all of the school’s programs as measured by graduation rates, academic achievement, awards, honors, sports and other extracurricular activities
	Comparison of state assessment test scores of exited students and non-EL students
	Whether students in the EL program have access to all of the district’s programs including vocational and special education.
	Whether students in the EL program are being retained or are dropping out at rates similar to non-EL students

Information sources may include MCA test results, language proficiency test scores, teacher observations or feedback, local assessments such as the NWEA or SEL, parental observations or feedback, records of program participation, grades in core classes, and retention and graduation rate data.

Where this program evaluation shows deficits in the EL programming, the district will make modifications accordingly. Recommendations made as a result of this program evaluation will be implemented within a reasonable amount of time after the evaluation by the district EL committee.