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ELL Assessment Overview

For audit purposes, all assessment pieces MUST include:

  • Full name of the student
  • Date of assessment
  • Name and signature of the assessor
  • ​Assessed Level based on ELL Standards

Please keep all assessment pieces in the yellow ELL designation file. Copies of originals are acceptable. Please include the tool used if appropriate (PM Benchmark sheet/NLPS Assessment/Grade Level (Teacher) Assessment).

Initial Assessment:

“Initial assessments of English language should include, but are not limited to, a combination of the following approaches:

  • a test of English language proficiency;
  • oral interviews (with students, parents);
  • reviews of students’ oral and unedited written language samples as appropriate; and
  • assessments of students’ reading and listening comprehension.”

Yearly Assessment:

​”A language proficiency assessment should be documented at least annually for English language learners to determine progress and eligibility for ELL funding.”

ELL Assessment Policy

Ministry ELL Planning Tool:

The Ministry of Education has developed a tool to facilitate a planning process and to determine the instructional support needs of ELL students. The ELL Instructional Support Planning Tool is a research-based approach that can be used as a model for instruction and support planning.  


NOTE: This tool is helpful to use when working with a more complex ELL student and is not a required compliance piece for all ELL students. Excellent for School Based Team.

Ministry ELL Planning Tool