Reclassification Criteria

Pennsylvania law requires ELD students to meet the following criteria to be reclassified in an ELD program for the 2018-2019 school year: 

1. For kindergarten students- overall composite proficiency level score of 5.0 on the ACCESS for ELLs Kindergarten assessment (accountability score). 

2. For grades 1-12 students-overall composite proficiency level score of 5.0 on the ACCESS 2.0 (Tier C) Grades 1-12 assessment.  

3. Completed Reclassification form indicating use of academic English is at or above native peer level in the four language domains (Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing).  

*Students will continue to be monitored by the ELD teacher for a period of 2 years after they exit the ELD program.