1. NATIONALITY
1.1. NATIVE EL
1.1.1. Someone born in a native speaking English Language country, the majority of EL's
1.2. FOREIGN BORN
1.2.1. Someone born in a non-native English Language country
1.3. TRANSITIONAL
1.3.1. People who frequently travel from English speaking country and Home country (non-EL)
1.4. REFUGEE
1.4.1. ELL's who entered an English speaking country with refugee status
1.5. INDIGENOUS
1.5.1. Native to English Speaking country but may have learned an Indigenous language at home first
2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
2.1. LISTENING
2.1.1. Ability to respond to prompts by pointing or acknowledging the answer
2.2. SPEAKING
2.2.1. Ability to speak the answer when responding to prompts
2.3. READING
2.3.1. Ability to independently read questions and then respond to multiple choice or by speaking
2.4. WRITING
2.4.1. Ability to express their responses in written language and get their points across in their own words
3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS (SES)
3.1. LOW SES
3.1.1. More often to receive lower standards of education and not be exposed to as much vocabulary
3.2. HIGH SES
3.2.1. More often have higher standards of education and are more exposed to higher vocabulary
4. HOME CULTURE
4.1. TRADITIONAL VS NON-TRADITIONAL
4.1.1. Trad: mother / father Non Trad: single parent or with other relative / or other living situation
4.2. SIBLINGS
4.2.1. Brother/sisters/step siblings that may serve as support system or which students must support
4.3. PARENT (S) / GUARDIANS
4.3.1. Whomever is legally responsible for a student. Does not have to be biological parent
5. LANGUAGE LEARNING CONTEXT
5.1. EMERGENT BILINGUAL
5.1.1. Used to refer to English Language Learners (or ELL / EL for short)
5.2. SIMULTANEOUSLY BILINGUAL
5.2.1. People exposed to various languages before the age of 3
5.3. SEQUENTIAL BILINGUAL
5.3.1. People who learn an L1, followed by then learning an L2
6. HOME LANGUAGE
6.1. 1) SPANISH
6.2. 2) VIETNAMESE
6.3. 3) CHINESE
6.4. 4) ARABIC
6.5. 5) HMONG
6.6. 6) HAITIAN
7. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
7.1. HIGHLY SCHOOLED
7.1.1. Consecutive schooling, standards and expectations are greater
7.2. INTERRUPTED FORMAL EDUCATION
7.2.1. May have started formal education and for various reasons had to stop and start again at a level higher than which they can achieve at the time
7.3. FAMILY HISTORY OF EDUCATION
7.3.1. Where and how the student has been educated and which type of schooling they have been apart of
8. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
8.1. SPECIAL NEEDS
8.1.1. PHYSICAL DISABILITY
8.1.1.1. disabilities relating to the body
8.1.2. COGNITIVE DISABILITY
8.1.2.1. disabilities relating to mental and educational uses
8.2. REASON FOR IMMIGRATION
8.2.1. Socio-economic or cultural reasons in which a students family has immigrated