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STATE OF
MAINE
Department of Education
Special Projects Leadership Team
English as a Second Language & Bilingual Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
2000-2001 DATA
COLLECTION REPORT
ON LANGUAGE
MINORITY STUDENTS
ENROLLED IN
MAINE SCHOOLS
Prepared by:
Dr. Barney Bιrubι, ESL/Bilingual Education Specialist
under I.A.S.A. Title VII
for:
U.S. Department of Education
Attn: Mr. Harry Logel
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
600 Independence Avenue
Switzer Building, Room 5090
Washington, D.C. 20202
and for:
Maine Educators and Residents
MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Special Projects Leadership Team
J. Duke Albanese, Commissioner
Judith Lucarelli, Deputy Commissioner
Yellow L. Breen, Special Projects
Leadership Team Director
Barney Bιrubι, Ph.D., Project Director
I.A.S.A. Title VII (Bilingual
Education and ESL)
Published with 100% I.A.S.A. Title VII
Federal Funds
Printed Under Appropriation No.
013-05A-5010-16
The Maine Department of Education
assures equal education
opportunity and equal
employment/affirmative action, regardless
of race, color, national origin,
marital status, age, or handicap.
Inquiries or complaints may be
directed to:
Affirmative Action Coordinator
Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Tel:
(207) 624-6836
TDD:
(207) 624-6800
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
U.S. Department of Education
Authorization Mr. Harry Logel, Project Officer
Office of Bilingual Education and
Minority Languages Affairs
Lau Survey (EF-I 283)
Administration .. Mr. J. Duke Albanese, DOE Commissioner
Ms. Judith Lucarelli, Deputy Commissioner
Mr. Yellow. L. Breen, Special Projects Team Director
Dr. Barney Bιrubι, IASA Title VII Project Coordinator
Lau Survey
Distribution .. Ms. Mae L. Ames, Staff Assistant
Lau Survey
Collection and Analysis Ms. Kathy Kunces, Consultant
Database Analysis Mr. Dennis Kunces, Consultant
Maine Educational Assessment Dr. Horace Maxcy, Maine Educational
Assessment Consultant
Ms. Sally Rindfleish, Project Assistant at
Measured Progress, Inc.
Language Proficiency
Assessments . Dr. Barney Bιrubι, Specialist IASA Title VII
Report Preparation .. Dr. Barney Bιrubι, ESL/Bilingual Education Specialist
Mr. Dennis Kunces, Technology Consultant
Ms. Mae L. Ames, Project Staff Assistant
Table of Contents
Part
I: Summative Data
Summative
Results (EFI 283)
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Annual Enrollments of K-12 Language Minority Students, 1985-2001 .
Methods Used to Identify K-12 Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students . ....
Teachers of LEP Students, 2000-2001 . .
Native
Languages Spoken by Children in ME Public Schools (by grade level)
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Native Languages Spoken by Children in ME Non-Public Schools.(by grade level) ....
Assessments Used to Reclassify Former LEP Students as Non-LEP (Public Schools) ...
Methods Used to Reclassify Former LEP Students as Non-LEP (Public and Non-Public Schools Combined
School Districts With School Committee-Approved Lau Plans ... .
Number of LEP Students by District, Per Grade Level (Public) . ..
Number of LEP Students by District, Per Grade Level ...(Non-Public)
Demographics on Children of Limited English Proficiency in ME Public Schools .
Demographics on Children of Limited English Proficiency in ME Non-Public Schools... .
Count of Former LEP Students Reclassified as Non-LEP .. ..
Credentials for Teachers of LEP Children in ME Public Schools . ...
Credentials for Teachers of LEP Children in ME Non-Public Schools. . .
State Subsidy for Local Costs for ESL/Bilingual Education Instruction 2001-02 ..
Language Minorities Performance on the ME Educational Assessment. 2000-01 .
2000-2001 ME Educational Assessment-Results by Level of English Fluency
Glossary of Terms Used in EFI
283
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