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Cartersville Middle School: A Case Study

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Demonstrated Need Cartersville Middle School is the only middle school in the Cartersville City School System. The total system population is 5,623 (pre-K-12), and Cartersville Middle School has a student population of 993 students. It currently has 72 ELL students enrolled. Based on Bartow County Chamber of Commerce predictions, this number is projected to increase annually. Ninety-eight percent of our ELL enrollment is on Free/Reduced lunch, and the majority come to the school setting lacking the educational foundation needed to succeed in the middle school environment. Language deficiencies present seeming insurmountable obstacles for the ELL child. Little if any academic assistance is available to support the student outside the school …show more content…

• oral or written communication in English comparable to proficient English peers
5 – Bridging
• specialized or technical language of the content areas
• a variety of sentence lengths of varying linguistic complexity in extended oral or written discourse, including stories, essays, or reports
• oral or written language approaching comparability to that of English proficient peers
4 – Expanding
• specific and some technical language of the content areas
• a variety of sentence lengths of varying linguistic complexity in oral discourse or multiple, related sentences or paragraphs
• oral or written language with minimal phonological, syntactic, or semantic errors that do not impede the overall meaning of the communication when presented with oral or written connected discourse with sensory, graphic, or interactive support
3 – Developing
• general and some specific language of the content areas
• expanded sentences in oral interaction or written paragraphs
• oral or written language with phonological, syntactic, or semantic errors that may impede the communication, but retain much of its meaning, when presented with oral or written, narrative, or expository descriptions with sensory, graphic, or interactive support
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The overall GMAS scores for Cartersville Middle School were far above the State and RESA averages. Within the ACCESS Assessment (Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, 2015), the ELL student average in the areas of reading, writing, comprehension, and literacy were the weakest (Level 3- Developing). These scores were lower than anticipated and support the need for more practice in the areas of Speaking, Writing, Listening, and

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