A math performance-based pathway may be completed in a language other than English. The district may need to have educators who speak the language and/or translators who are familiar with the appropriate mathematical terms and vocabulary in the language.
While languages other than English can be incorporated into an English Language Arts (ELA) performance-based pathway in ways that are authentic to the project, honor the student's home language, and/or express the student's interest in languages other than English, the project should allow a student to demonstrate the focus standards in the English language. For example, the student may choose resources that combine sources in English and languages other than English for the research portion of the project, such as interviews with non-English speakers (see the ELA Performance-Based Pathway Task Model) but must include at least two written texts for text analysis in English. Other flexibility in the performance-based pathway that could help support a multilingual student includes more time to complete the student project, the opportunity for multiple evaluation and revision cycles, and the ability for the student to choose a project that is either an oral or written final project. (Note that an oral final project would be less focused on writing overall, but student writing must accompany the oral project.)