• Ohio Department of Education LAU Resource Center for English Learners

• Guidelines for Identifying English Learners

• Ohio English Language Proficiency Screener (OELPS)

• Characteristics of Programs Serving EL Students in Ohio

• Ohio English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards

• Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment (OELPA)

EL EXIT CRITERIA

A student is reclassified (no longer English learner) when the student has attained a performance level of Proficient on the OELPA. The Proficient performance level is defined as domain/test level scores of 4s and 5s in any combination across all four domains (listening, reading, writing and speaking). Students in grades K - 12 are eligible for reclassification if the student receives a performance level of Proficient.

In OELPA, there are three overall performance levels: Proficient, Emerging and Progressing. The performance levels are determined as follows: 

• “Proficient” students are those scoring any combination of 4’s and 5’s across all four domains
• “Emerging” students are those scoring any combination of 1’s and 2’s across all four domains
• “Progressing” students are those scoring any combination across the four domains that does not fall into Proficient or Emerging