MODEL Letter: Does Not Qualify

The message below is a translatable supplement to a letter sent to parents regarding their child's qualification for English Language support.

August 2024


To the Parents of ___________________________________ ,

When you registered your child for school in District 73.5, you indicated on the Home Language Survey that a language other than English was spoken at home. Your child was screened with the Measure of Developing English Language (MODEL) assessment screener.

Your child’s Oral Language Proficiency Level was based on a score for Listening and Speaking. Your child’s Oral Language Proficiency Score is: _______________ .

Your child’s performance on this assessment indicates he does not qualify for English language support in kindergarten.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Una Ikanovic
EL Resource Teacher

Lyla Nissan 
Multilingual Programs Coordinator