Documents/Forms

• CSDE English Learners Web Page
  
  

• DRC Insight Portal - This portal is available to individuals registered with a username and password. The English Learner Assessment Coordinator assigns permissions for various secure functions. The Las Links Test Administration is one of the applications within this portal. Other applications in the INSIGHT portal include, Test Management, Student Groups, Student management, User Management, General Information, Interactive reporting, On demand reports, and Testing Status.

• LAS Links Remote Screening Administration Guidance and Materials - The CSDE expects districts to follow, to the extent possible, the previous guidance regarding the identification of English learners in Connecticut public schools for the 2020-21 school year. This is described in the memorandum, English Learner Identification and Obtaining Identification Materials for 2020-21 provided on May 29, 2020. However, CSDE is now providing additional guidance for reference if a district chooses to facilitate the screening process using the LAS Links Placement test or the preLAS for Kindergarten (or PK 4) students in a remote manner. The following guidance documents are available for your reference and use:  

  • CSDE/DRC preLAS Remote Test Administration Instructions
  • CSDE/DRC LAS Links Placement Test Remote Test Administration Instructions
  • Web Conferencing Options for Remote
  • Testing Parent/Student Remote Testing Agreement (Spanish Version)  
  • Parent/Guardian Remote Testing Checklist for the LAS Links Placement Test and preLAS (Spanish Version)  
• PreLAS Material
  • preLAS Audio File Form C for Remote Test Administration:  Go to DRC INSIGHT Portal select General Information/ Documents/CT LAS Links Title III Resources
  • preLAS Cue Picture Book for Form C for Remote Test Administration:  Go to DRC INSIGHT Portal select General Information/ Documents/CT LAS Links Title III Resources

• LAS Links Placement Test (digital PowerPoints)
  • Training Video 
  • Placement Test materials - Access LAS Links Placement Test materials by grade band (K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12).Each grade band folder includes the following:
    • answer sheet to be completed by the Test administrator
    • the Profile Sheet;
    • the test examiners manual;
    • the Writing Sheet;
    • the training video;
    • a Placement Test Chromebook version (pptx);
    • a Placement Test PowerPoint (ppsx); and
    • a Placement Test PowerPoint (mp3pptx).

• Publicly Accessible LAS Online Tools for Training with Google Chrome (requires Google Chrome)

• LAS Links Office Hours - January 12, 2021
• LAS Links Remote Test Administration Guidance Resources - January 4, 2021
• Dually Identified English Learner Procedures for the 2021 LAS Links Assessment - December 17, 2020
• Updated 2020-21 LAS Links Test Administration Window - December 6, 2020
• English Learner Remote Screening Guidance for the 2020-21 School Year - September 4, 2020
• English Learner Identification and Obtaining Identification Materials for 2020-21 - May 29, 2020

• LAS Links Performance Level Descriptors  
• Flexibility for English Learners: Information for District Test Coordinators and Administrators  
• Flexibility for English Learners: Information for Teachers 
• The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) Bilingual Dictionaries and Glossaries are used by permission of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Inclusion does not constitute endorsement of this paper or any other commercial publication. This resource provides examples of word-to-word dictionaries allowed on select Connecticut statewide assessments as a non-embedded language support for English learners.