ILTS English as a New Language (250) case studies
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The ILTS English as a New Language (250) was the Illinois Licensure Testing System content-area test for the ENL endorsement, which prepared educators to teach English learners in Illinois public schools. The most important thing a candidate can learn first is that this test is retired: ISBE no longer offers the ENL endorsement, and the last test administration was June 29, 2025. The ILTS English as a New Language (250) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,217 words.
1Scheduling a 14-Year-Old Newcomer with Interrupted Schooling
Amara, 14, arrived in the United States five weeks ago after four years in a Kenyan refugee camp. Her records show three years of interrupted formal schooling and no transcript credits.
831 words, about 4 min2Co-Teaching Conflict Over a Lab Report Assessment
At a suburban middle school, Mr. Reyes teaches five sections of eighth-grade science.
880 words, about 4 min3Reclassification Decision for a Long-Term English Learner
Sofía is a tenth grader who has been in the district's EL program since first grade. She was born in the United States to Spanish-speaking parents and speaks fluent, idiomatic English at lunch and in class discussion.
838 words, about 4 min4Special Education Referral Versus Second-Language Acquisition
Marco is a seven-year-old second grader who arrived from Guatemala twenty months ago and has received 45 minutes of ESL daily since. His DIBELS and district reading scores are well below benchmark: he decodes simple CVC words but cannot retell a short story or answer inferential questions.
834 words, about 4 min5A Family Declines EL Services and the Student Begins to Struggle
At a K-8 school, the parents of Daniela, a third grader from Colombia, have signed the district's waiver declining English learner services. They explain, through the office's Spanish interpreter, that they want her in a regular classroom full time because the pull-out program takes her out of science and 'she will learn English faster with English speakers.' The principal accepted the waiver, and Daniela has been in a mainstream third-grade class for four months with a teacher who holds no ESL endorsement.
834 words, about 4 min