EQAO


 * EQAO **

According to "Supporting English Language Learners: A Practical Guide for Ontario Educators Grades 1-8":

**//"English language learners should participate in the Grade 3 and Grade 6//** **//provincial assessments in reading, writing, and mathematics, and in the Grade// //9 provincial assessment in mathematics, when they have acquired the level of// //proficiency in English required for success." (page 41).//**

In Grand Erie, we suggest that the level of proficiency in English required for success in EQAO is Stage 2. Generally, when a student has reached Stage 2 in Reading and Writing, they are able to manage the material presented in the EQAO assessment with accommodations. Every student is unique, however, and comes to us with individual needs so we recommend having a conversation about your grade 3 and 6 ELLs with your ELL Itinerant Teacher and your administrator to determine the student's readiness to participate in the assesement.

This is one of the steps that you should take as a classroom teacher before the assessment. For further information regarding preparing for the EQAO assessment, please see the [|Administration Guide, Spring 2011.]

The [|Guide for Accommodations, Special Provisions and Exemptions, Spring 2011] outlines the specific special provisions our ELLs may receive, as well as the accommodations that students in the early stages of language acquisition are allowed during the assessment. **Unlike students with special education needs, our ELLs DO NOT NEED AN IEP TO RECEIVE THESE SPECIAL PROVISIONS OR ACCOMMODATIONS.** They do, however, need to be acknowledged as being an English Language Learner in the EQAO SDC (Student Data Collection System), which is the responsibility of your administrator.