A Review of 50 States' Online Largescale Assessment Policies: Are English Language Learners with Disabilities Considered? ELLs with Disabilities Report 5

The results of this assessment policy review indicated that only a few states have formally considered the large-scale assessment needs of English language learners with disabilities. In fact, only one state (Texas) had a separate policy that addressed the inclusion of English language learners with disabilities in large-scale assessment programs when the review was conducted. While other states referred to this unique subgroup of students in large-scale assessment policy, these references tended to be written generally in such a way that practitioners did not have enough guidance in making large-scale assessment decisions for English language learners. Overall, states had better developed policy for identifying English language learners with disabilities.