NBPTS English As A New Language (ENL) Assessment Practice Test

Engaging families in a way that respects linguistic and cultural diversity while supporting ENL student learning means removing barriers to communication and building authentic, ongoing partnerships between home and school. Providing multilingual communications ensures families receive information in languages they understand. Flexible meeting times acknowledge families’ work and caregiving responsibilities. Inviting families to share cultural resources honors students’ backgrounds and enriches classroom learning. Providing interpreters ensures clear, accurate conversations during meetings. Explaining how language development supports content learning helps families support literacy and academic skills at home. Taken together, these practices foster trust, empower families, and align home and school efforts to support ENL students. Options that rely on English-only communications, no interpreters, rigid scheduling, or limiting involvement fail to reflect students’ diverse linguistic and cultural realities and miss opportunities to support language development and content learning at home.