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APPENDIX E: Entrance Protocol

Entrance Protocol:
K-12 Grade Students qualify if they meet one of more of the following criteria listed in the chart
Grade Level Home Language Survey
Pre-K All Pre-K students qualify as LEP based on identifying a language other than English on the Home Language Survey. This applies to
school-based, non-profit programs that support children ages 3 to 5 years old.
Kindergarten All kindergarten students qualify as LEP based on identifying a language other than English on the Home Language Survey before
(before December 1 st . These students must be tested on the W-APT which includes only the Listening and Speaking domains before
December 1 st . These results will be used to place the student within the continuum of alternative language services provided
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December 1 ) within the LEA.
Grade Level W-APT Reading
Student scores below grade level as defined by the assessment.
Kindergarten W-APT: -AIMSWeb-both CBM and MAZE subtests
(after December Student scores below Exceptional (29) on -DIBELS Next
1 ) listening and speaking or scores below 13 on -Discovery Education Assessments
st
Reading or Scores below 15 on Writing. -DRA2: Developmental Reading Assessment version 2
First Grade *Kindergarten W-APT is reported in raw scores -Fountas & Pinnell
(before *First Grade (before December 1) W-APT is -MLPP: Michigan Literacy Progress Profile
December 1 )
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reported in raw scores -NWEA: Northwest Evaluation Association
First W-APT: -Star Early Literacy
Student scores below 5.0 on one or more domains The LEA will review local writing
(listening, speaking, reading and writing). assessments to determine each
student’s proficiency in writing.
NO ROUNDING
Second
Use the hand scoring guide or online calculator. If available,
the previous year’s WIDA domain specific information from
another district or sate may be used in place of the W-APT.
All protocol requirements apply.
Grade Level W-APT Reading (& Writing)
The student scores not proficient or partially proficient on one or more
of the previous year’s state standardized ELA assessments, or below
grade level as defined by the state-approved assessment listed. If the
State Assessments are not available, administer one of the state-
approved reading assessments used for evaluating entrance eligibility.
Third -Discovery Education Assessment
Fourth -DIBELS Next
Fifth -Discovery Education Asessmnet
Sixth -DRA: Developmental Reading Assessment version 2
Seventh -Fountas & Pinnell
-NWEA: Northwest Evaluation Association The LEA will review
local writing
-QRI-5: Qualitative Reading Inventory assessments to
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Eighth W W-APT: -Scantron Performance Series (6 -8 ) determine each
student’s proficiency
Student scores below 5.0 on one or more domains -SRI: Scholastic Reading Inventory (6 -8 ) in writing.
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or (listening, speaking, reading and writing). -Star Reading
Ninth -Discovery Education Assessment
NO ROUNDING -DRA: Developmental Reading Assessment version 2 (6 -8 )
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-Fountas & Pinnell (6 -8 )
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Use the hand scoring guide or online calculator. -NWEA: Northwest Evaluation Association
The LEA will review
local writing
Tenth -QRI-5: Qualitative Reading Inventory assessments to
If available, the previous year’s WIDA domain specific -SRI: Scholastic Reading Inventory determine each
information from another district or sate may be used in student’s proficiency
in writing.
place of the W-APT. All protocol requirements apply. -Scantron Performance Series
-Star Reading
ELA Reading
Eleventh State Assessment (ACT/SAT)
(or Michigan’s Alternative Content Assessments as applicable)
ELA Reading
Twelfth State Assessment (from previous year)
(or Michigan’s Alternative Content Assessments as applicable)

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