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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI, Champions of Education, a great learning opportunity regarding
<b>Promoting Equitable Reclassification of English Learners with Disabilities<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gaye, please add this to the PD opportunities for the next SPPS Director meeting (on the dame day, we will be able to provide a reminder that this is occurring that evening). Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">________________________________________ <br>
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<b>Mary Adley, Ed.D.</b> <br>
Coordinator of State Agency Programs <br>
Office of Special Services & Inclusive Education <br>
23 State House Station <br>
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 <br>
<b>Email: </b><a href="mailto:mary.adley@maine.gov"><span style="color:#467886">mary.adley@maine.gov</span></a>
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<b>Phone</b>: 207-624-6671 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Frazier, Erin <Erin.Frazier@maine.gov>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 22, 2024 11:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Flacke, J.Sandy <J.Sandy.Flacke@maine.gov>; Adley, Mary <Mary.Adley@maine.gov>; Sullivan, Colette <Colette.Sullivan@maine.gov>; Whitlock, Tracy W <Tracy.W.Whitlock@maine.gov>; Hersom, Jacquelyn N <Jacquelyn.N.Hersom@maine.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Reminder! NCSI Webinar: Promoting Equitable Reclassification of English Learners with Disabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Great free pd opportunity. Please feel free to share.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">E<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">______________________________________ </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><br>
Erin Frazier (she/her/hers)</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><br>
State Director of Special Services Birth to 22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Office of Special Services & Inclusive Education <br>
Maine Department of Education <br>
23 State House Station <br>
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Email</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">:
<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:erin.frazier@maine.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">erin.frazier@maine.gov</span></a></span></u><br>
<b>Phone</b>: 207-624-6608<br>
<a href="http://www.maine.gov/doe" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Maine DOE</span></a> |
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Rorie Fitzpatrick & Sara Kangas <<a href="mailto:ncsi@wested.org">ncsi@wested.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 22, 2024 7:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Frazier, Erin <<a href="mailto:Erin.Frazier@maine.gov">Erin.Frazier@maine.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Reminder! NCSI Webinar: Promoting Equitable Reclassification of English Learners with Disabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#304C7B">About the Session:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">The National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) is partnering with Dr. Sara Kangas, a leading expert in English learners (ELs) with disabilities, to
bring EL and special education state education agency leaders (SEA) leaders together for a one-hour national webinar on reclassification of dually identified students. The webinar draws from the contents of a soon-to-be released policy brief that addresses
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">a portrait of the reclassification policies for ELs with disabilities in the U.S.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">the latest research findings regarding equitable reclassification</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">recommendations for promoting reclassification policies and procedures that consider the unique needs of dually identified students</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">State EL Directors and Staff</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:navy">Why does this matter:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">Reclassification is a high-stakes process that determines whether ELs have reached state standards for English proficiency. Research suggests that ELs with
disabilities are reclassified as <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">English Proficient</span></em> at markedly lower rates than their EL peers (Sahakyan & Ryan, 2018; Slama et al., 2017), as they are unable to meet the thresholds for English
proficiency established in state reclassification policies (Kangas & Schissel, 2018; Umansky et al., 2017). Emerging scholarship is beginning to explore this phenomenon and its contribution to two broader disproportionality trends:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">the overrepresentation of ELs with disabilities among long-term English learners</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">the overrepresentation of ELs in special education in secondary grades</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">
(Umansky et al., 2017; Schissel & Kangas, 2018).</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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language proficiency assessments, promoting collaboration among EL and special education SEA leaders is timely. Interdepartmental collaboration among SEA leaders can facilitate revised and new policies that account for the intersection of language learning
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