EL Facts Trivia

____ of the student population in Texas public schools are English Learners.

• 20%

• 35%

• 15%

• 5%

Over ___ languages are spoken in Texas public schools.

• 50+

• 20+

• 120+

• 90+

____  of English Learners are also receiving Special Education services.

• 18%

• 8%

• 28%

• 98%

Texas serves just under 1 in ___ of the nation's English Learners.

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 5

In this setting, all teachers must be ESL Certified in an ESL Content-Based program, either in a self-contained classroom or departmentalized.

• Pull-Out ESL

• Content-Based ESL

• Dual Language

• Bilingual

This model can be implemented by an ELAR and ESL certified within the ELAR Classroom, through co-teaching of an ESL certified teacher and ELAR certified teacher, and/or through an additional ESL/ELAR course provided by an ESL and ELAR certified teacher.

• Content-Based ESL

• Pull-Out ESL

• Bilingual

• Dual Language

This designation refers to English learners whose parents or guardians have denied Bilingual and/or ESL program participation.  These students' English proficiency levels continue to be measured annually through TELPAS until they reach English proficiency.

• English learners with Parental Denial of services

• Alternative Language Programs

• ESL Program models

• Dual Language Immersion Program models

The terms English language learner (ELL) and ________ are used interchangeably and are synonymous with limited English Proficient (LEP) student.

• English Learner (EL)

• Student Athlete (SA)

• English Based Learner (ESB)

• English Start Training (EST)

The largest non- English language spoken in Texas public schools is...

• Vietnamese

• Arabic

• Spanish

• French

Texas annually assesses the English language proficiency of students who have been identified as English learners (ELs) in four language domains—listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This assessment program is called...

• STAAR

• TELPAS

• Las Links

• USA Test Prep