Who We Are and What We Do
Working with the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and the Bureau of Special Education (BSE) PaTTAN provides a full array of professional development and technical assistance targeted to improving student results. Our specialized and focused work on the EL Initiative is to ensure English Learners with dis/abilities receive appropriate, asset-based supports to maximize their academic achievement and language acquisition. We provide technical support and training for schools to ensure they have culturally and linguistically responsive practices in place to identify needs, address disparities, improve access to equitable services, and produce better outcomes for Multilingual Learners.
You DO NOT want to miss this!
Address Issues in reliability and validity in assessment, testing, and evaluation.
And how to use educational questions to guide assessment decisions, Data-based decision-making and collaborative teaming.
Field test materials start arriving at sites as early as February 7, 2023!
Contact the WIDA Client Services Center at help@wida.us or (866) 276-7735 with any questions about the Alternate ACCESS Field Test
Tool of the Month: MULTITIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS: LITERACY IMPLEMENTATION RUBRIC
This rubric is intended to be used by individuals or teams who are responsible for monitoring school-level fidelity of a multitiered system of supports (MTSS)
for English learners, including MTSS, bilingual, literacy, and English language development specialists or coaches; school principals; and teacher leaders.
https://mtss4els.org/files/resource-files/Lit-Imp-Rubric_2021.pdf
