ESL Foundational Tools Vetting Sheet

Directions: Use this vetting sheet to evaluate your tools against the Day 1
Ready Bar so that you know you’re on your way to being Day 1 Ready for your
kids! 

Big Goal in ESL

Yes or Criteria What that looks like
No?
Y Ambitious/Feasible • 1.5 years of growth in reading as
N measured by Fountas and Pinnell or
the DRA
• 1 year of WIDA growth in
listening, speaking, and writing
 Measure growth in listening,
speaking, and writing using 6-
point WIDA scale

Y Identifies source of • Assessing Comprehension and

summative Communication in English for
N
English Language Learners (better
known as the ACCESS)
o Disclaimer: W-APT is best
to use as a diagnostic, but
not preferred as a source
for summative

ELA Unit 1 Plan

Yes or Criteria What that looks like
No?
Y Clear, measurable • Grade-level ELA standards
objectives that are broken down into measurable chunks
N
aligned to grade-level that contain Bloom’s-aligned verbs
appropriate curriculum
• Objectives provide educator
(PG County, DCPS,
with clear picture of how to assess
Montgomery County,
students’ mastery on formative
etc.)
assessments (e.g., daily exit slips,
class work, quizzes, etc.)
Y Feasible • Appropriate pacing
N  Recommendation: Look at
Becca Baneman’s tools on
the DC ESL Wiki to get an
 idea of how she differentiates
pacing and daily instruction
depending on her students’
language level
Y Logically sequenced • Educator spirals objectives that
objectives he/she needs to touch upon at
N
various points throughout the unit
• Objectives cover scope and
breadth of the standard (e.g., they
reach highest level on Bloom’s
taxonomy and full scope of content
that the standard outlines)

ELA Unit 1 Assessment

Yes or Criteria What that looks like
No?
Y Identifies vetted assessment to • Fountas and Pinnell
track reading growth relative to (F/P) or DRA2
N
diagnostic data

ELA Draft LTP

Yes or Criteria What that looks like (links
No? included)
Y Identify vetted set of grade- • PGC ELA/Math curricula
level appropriate standards
N • DCPS ELA/Math curricula
that will ground curriculum in.
• MCPS ELA/Math curricula

ELA Tracker
Yes or Criteria What that looks like
No?
Y Tracks students’ • First tab opens up to Fountas and
growth in reading Pinnell or DRA Tracker (just make sure to
N
pick which one you want to use to track
reading and then stick with it)
• Reveals growth relative to big goal of
1.5 years of growth in reading
Y Tracks students’ • Second tab opens up to 6 points tracker
growth in listening, • Reveals growth in Listening, Speaking, and
N
writing, and speaking Writing on 6-point scale relative to students’ ELP
 on 6-point scale starting point.
• When analyzing data, CM understands that
each point of growth that students achieve in
LSW = 1 year of WIDA growth
o Disclaimer: To determine if students
made Sig Gains and reached Big
Goal at the end of the term you have
students for, round up to nearest
whole numbers
 e.g., 0.8 of growth in 6-points
tracker = 1 year of WIDA
growth
Y Excel • CM uses 2 tabs (first tab on reading,
second tab on LSW) in an excel tracker to
N
measure growth in reading, listening, speaking,
and writing
Y All Classes • Each goal class/course needs to be in a
Accounted for tracker
N
o If you have more than one roster
of English Language Learners,
your tracker accounts for all of
these
o If you have only one set of
students, all English Language
Learners from that set should be
accounted for