Staff’s Capacities and Commitments

System leaders build district and school staffs’ capacities and commitments to make informed decisions in a number of ways including:

using data (e.g. data related to ELL initial assessment and progress) from all available sources to assist decision making in the central office
insisting on the use of the best available research and other systematically collected evidence to inform decisions wherever possible
building the system’s capacity and disposition for using systematically-collected data to inform as many decisions as possible

Resources

ESL/ELD Programs and Services: Policies and Procedures for Ontario Elementary and Secondary Schools (2007) Policy 2.8 On-going Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting pp. 27-28 Policy 2.9 Identification and Involvement of ELLs in Large Scale Assessments p. 29	PDF

EQAO – Guides for Accommodations, Special Provisions and Exemptions These guides provide information and directions to assist principals and teachers in making decisions about accommodations for students with special education needs, special provisions for English language learners and exemptions for students writing the Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics.	Web Page

Primary Division (Grades 1-3) and Junior Division (Grades 4-6) Grade 9 Mathematics Grade 10 OSSLT