Timeline:      Within thirty (30) days for beginning of the year students

                    Within two (2) weeks of a student’s enrollment in school

 Initial Language Assessment Procedure and Timeline Guidelines:                           

• All students with a Primary or Home Language Other Than English (PHLOTE) will be administered the Arizona English Language Learner Assessment (AZELLA).

• PHLOTE students in the following grades will be administered the AZELLA:

• Kindergarten: Pre-literacy AZELLA: Listening, Speaking, Pre-reading,  Pre-Writing
• Grades 1-2:  Primary AZELLA: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing Conventions, Writing
• Grades 3-5:  Elementary AZELLA: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing Conventions and Writing
• Grades 6-8:  Middle School AZELLA: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing Conventions and Writing.

• Students in K-8 who score at or above the test publisher’s score for proficiency on the composite Performance Level will be identified as Fluent English Proficient (FEP).

• Students in K-8 who do not score at or above the test publisher’s score for proficiency on the composite Performance Level will be identified as an English Language Learner (ELL).

• Parents will be notified within ten (10) days of assessment results.