NHDOE Title III & EL Newsletter

2021-22 Academic Year | October 2021

EL and Title III Newsletter

The NHDOE is committed to providing Technical Assistance to support local educational

agencies serving NH's English learners.

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Important Updates for ESOL Data Stewards

Re: Fall ESOL Database Updates

The ESOL database, in the NHDOE i4see system, has been updated with the 2021 ACCESS scores.
Students' EL status has also been updated based on 2021 ACCESS performance.
The ESOL roster HAS NOT been rolled over to reflect students' current school assignments for the new school year.
LEAs have until the end of October to submit their Beginning of Year (BOY) enrollment report.
NHDOE will use the BOY data to "roll-over" the ESOL roster to reflect this year's enrollment.
It is recommended that users wait until this roll-over happens to verify rosters and make any needed changes to the ESOL database.
When the roll-over happens, an email notification will be sent out to notify users.
This delay will not affect any required ESOL reporting deadlines.

If you have additional questions or experience issues managing your data in the ESOL database, please submit a Help Desk ticket.

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Assessment Updates

Save-the-Date:

2022 ACCESS Testing Window

February 1, 2022 - March 25, 2022

All NH districts will be required to administer the ACCESS Online test beginning with the 2022 testing cycle. If your school has not previously administered the online version of the test, please be sure to check in with your district's technology coordinator to make sure the DRC Insight testing app is set up on student devices. A DRC Insight Technology User Guide and Site Technology Readiness Checklist, along with other helpful resources can be accessed in the WIDA Secure Portal.

In addition, WIDA is hosting a live webinar on November 9th from 2:00-3:00 PM EST: "Pre-Testing: Technology Coordinator Support for Test Administrators." More information is available in the WIDA Secure Portal > Webinars.

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Title III Updates

The second and final round of Title III allocations will be loaded into GMS the week of October 18, 2022. The application period for the 2021-2022 grant cycle is now closed.

The NHDOE will now begin to work on distributing the remaining Title III funds through reallocation. Reallocations should begin to post in the GMS system for all 2021-22 grantees in early November.

Resource Share

Members of the WIDA research team, in partnership with classroom teachers, developed a series of resources to help Math & Science educators support English learners in the content classroom. The resources center EL students as collaborative meaning-makers in STEM classrooms.

There has been an increase in requests lately from NH educators looking for resources and ideas to share with colleagues in content classrooms or those that support co-teaching models. The resources available through the WIDA Doing and Talking Math & Science project are a helpful start. Please explore and share what is available through the link below. The NH Statewide EL Educator's Community of Practice will also be talking more about these resources and ways to support EL students in the content classroom over the next few months.

If anyone else has other resource you would like to share with the Statewide EL educator's network, please contact Wendy Perron to be added to an upcoming agenda.