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= = =Welcome to the ELL and ELL with LFS Identification Criteria Committee Site!= = =

This is the home page of the committee site. RIDE will post ongoing project updates and instructions to this page.

__**Purpose of this Site:**__
A great deal of the work can be conducted independently prior to the meeting in February; however, RIDE encourages collaboration among committee members throughout the process. Members from the same school district should find time to share ideas and discuss their ongoing research. For the larger group, this Wikispaces site has been created to facilitate collaboration.

To engage in discussion within the committee, use the **"Discussion"** tab found at the top of this window. This tab will take you to an active forum where you can post questions, comments, and findings, as well as respond to questions, comments, and findings from other committee members.

The "**Research Documents"** link to the left will take you to key documents that will assist your work. Various documents have been uploaded by RIDE and other members that relate to either identification criteria for ELLs or ELLs with limited/interrupted formal schooling. Please feel free to upload documents that you think other will find useful as well.

If you have questions about navigating through or using this site, please contact Bob Measel at robert.measel@ride.ri.gov or at (401) 222-8480

This committee is being formed to accomplish two tasks: 1.) Develop statewide criteria for the identification of ELLs 2.) Develop statewide criteria for the identification of ELLs with limited formal schooling
 * __Project Outline:__**

__**Project Timeline:**__ Dec 6th – Committee members are selected and notified Dec 6th – Feb 21st – Committee members will:
 * Research information regarding identification procedures for ELLs (procedures in other states as well as best practice information identified by researchers in the field)
 * Research information regarding identification procedures for ELLs with limited formal schooling (procedures in other states as well as best practice information identified by researchers in the field)
 * Review research and information provided by RIDE regarding identification of ELLs and ELLs with limited formal schooling
 * Collaborate with each other online and/or by e-mail to pose questions and present ongoing findings
 * Develop draft criteria based on a RIDE worksheet (to be provided)

Feb 23rd (tentative)
 * Convene meeting of committee to synthesize work and draft final criteria. //T// //his meeting will depend on participant availability//

Mar 7th
 * Final criteria is approved by RIDE and published

__**First Steps:**__
The first task for committee members is to begin researching information regarding the identification of ELLs and ELLs with limited/interrupted formal schooling. Compile this information for sharing and for reference. You should try to use the project worksheet to accomplish this. The worksheet provides guiding questions to create draft criteria, which should help keep us all on the same track. Please feel free to share with others additions and/or changes that you make to the worksheet.