English Language Learning
Robin M. Lisboa, Division Administrator
Email: rlisboa@isbe.net
Phone: 312-814-3850
Fax: 312-814-8636
The Division provides leadership, advocacy and support to districts, policymakers and citizens by promoting equitable access to language support services for students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who have been identified as English Language Learners. These services will assist them to become lifelong learners, able to contribute to and function in a multicultural and globally competitive world.
Hot Topics
- Updated FY10 English Proficiency Screening Information for Preschool
- 2009-2010 Immigrant Education Program Report
FY10 State Bilingual Directors' Meeting – September 30 & October 1, Springfield, IL
- Agenda
- Presentations
- AMAO Workshops Registration Form
- WIDA Workshops for 2009-2010
- Updated Information Regarding FY10 Screening for Pre-K/K Students (Updated 9/2/09)
- Registration Guidance: Residency, Immigrant Pupils, Homeless Pupils, and School Fees & Waivers
- Home Language Surveys and Parent Notification Letters
- National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy (NCIIP) Language Portal
- WIDA MODEL™ Screening for Kindergarten (Updated 5/22/09)
- SAT and ISAT-LM Comparison Examples
- 2008-09 ELL Assessment Accommodation Presentation (updated 1/12/09)
- Assessing ELLs in 2008: Five Year Plan, Recommendations and Related Resources
- No Child Left Behind - Title III Report Card Information / English Language Learners - Testing Letters
(The Illinois State Board of Education has drafted several documents that districts may download and use for communicating to a variety of constituencies about the change in testing for our English Language Learners)
