CAN A STUDENT BE IDENTIFIED AS AN ENGLISH LEARNER USING A TEACHER OBSERVATION FORM? If it appears that a student is struggling academically and /or behaviorally, due to difficulties with English proficiency, a teacher observation form can be used as part of Tier 2 data collection. The SAT gathers other available data on the student, and develops a hypothesis regarding possible causes for the difficulties, and designs an individualized SAT intervention plan and/or behavior intervention plan for the student. If the frequent progress monitoring indicates that the difficulties are related to lack of English proficiency the SAT team can, in such a case, make the decisions to administer the W-APT English language proficiency screener to the student. A second language acquisition specialist should be part of the SAT team in such a case. For further information concerning this process, please thee the Serving English Learners technical assistance manual at the following link: http://ped.state.nm.us/ped/BilingualDocs/ServingELs/BMEB_Serving%20ELs_TA_Manual_2016_Rev12.2 7.16.pdf