Testing Conditions for LEP Students
Minnesota Rules, Table of Chapters
3501.0100 TESTING CONSIDERATIONS FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT (LEP) STUDENTS.
Subpart 1. Scope. This part applies to individuals whose first language is not English and whose test performance may be negatively impacted by lack of English language proficiency.
Subp. 2. District process. Each district shall establish a process for determining whether individual students whose first language is not English shall take basic requirements tests under standard test conditions, with language accommodations, with language translation of the mathematics test, or be temporarily exempted from testing. Parents of LEP students, teachers of LEP students, and district personnel responsible for testing shall be involved in establishing this process.
Subp. 3. Temporary exemption. A student may be temporarily exempted from participation in testing if the student has been enrolled for three or fewer years in a school in which the primary language of instruction is English. If the student is temporarily exempted, the exemption shall be reviewed annually according to the process in subpart 2.
Subp. 4. Test of reading. Language accommodations and language translations to basic requirements tests shall not be applied to the testing of reading. Students shall demonstrate English language competence in the testing of reading.
Subp. 5. Language translations. A district may translate the mathematics test into a language other than English.
Subp. 6. Learning opportunities. Part 3501.0110 applies to students granted considerations under this part.
STAT AUTH: MS s 121.11
HIST: 20 SR 2375; L 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3
Current as of 10/27/03
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