Students who are non-proficient in English usage at home or at school.
Refers to students whose primary language is one other than English.
Students who are identified as limited-English-proficient (English as a Second Language) are expected to take and pass the SOL tests; however, these students may be granted an exemption from taking the tests for one grade level only at grades 3, 5, or 8. For School years 1997-98 and 1998-99, LEP students' scores will not be included in the calculation and reporting of school-wide scores.
Limited English Proficient (LEP) refers to students for whom English is a second language and who are not reading or writing English at grade level.
A student who is language minority and still in the process of acquiring both social and academic English language skills (in listening, speaking, reading, and writing) to a level commensurate with age-level English speaking peers. LEP is the term still officially used by the U.S. Department of Education. (See ELL's.)
The term used by the federal government, most states, and local school districts to identify those students who have insufficient English to succeed in English-only classrooms. Increasingly, English language learner (ELL) or English learner (EL) are used in place of LEP.
Refers to students who are not fluent in English. As the Supreme Court and Congress have made clear, federal antidiscrimination law requires that schools must provide LEP students with the skills necessary to compete academically with their peers who are fluent in English. LITERACY TEST One of the obstacles that was used to prevent minorities and other disenfranchised groups from voting before the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. If a potential voter was unable to read, he was considered unable to vote.
Students whose native language is other than English and are in the process of learning English.
According to the Michigan Department of Education's document State Manual to Assist School Districts in Their Work with Students of Limited English Proficiency, the term "limited english proficient" applies to a student who has or reasonably may be expected to have difficulty performing ordinary class work in English because his/her native tongue is a language other than English, or because he/she comes from a home or environment where the primary language used is a language other than English.
Limited English proficient refers to students for whom English is a second language and who are not at ( LEP) grade level in reading and writing English. (NCEA)