The Use and Validity of Home Language Surveys in State English ...

EVEA Project Deliverable Use and Validity of HLS in ELPA SystemsAcknowledgmentsWe would like to acknowledge funding for this paper from the Enhanced Assessment Grant (CFDA84.368) awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to the OSPI of the State of Washington and Co-PIsEllen Forte, (edCount, LLC), Marianne Perie (Center for Assessment) and Alison Bailey (UCLA). Allopinions expressed are our own and do not represent those of the U.S. Department of Education, OSPI,edCount, the Center for Assessment or UCLA. We thank Frances Butler, Ellen Forte, Marianne Perie,Margaret Heritage, Liz Towles-Reeves, Sara Waring, Joe Willhoft, and Frank Ziolkowski for their helpfulcomments and suggestions on earlier drafts of this paper. We also thank Barbara Merino (UC Davis),Kathleen McNickle (the OCR – Region VIII), Alice Goodman-Shah (New York DOE), Gloria Maria Grimsley(Maryland DOE), Kimberly Hayes (Washington OSPI), Nancy Rowch (Nebraska DOE), Staff of the ELLOffices (West Virginia DOE), and Lily Roberts, Tavi Papp and Kristen Brown (California DE) for theirtechnical assistance and patience with all our queries about states’ HLS practices. All errors, of course,remain our own.23