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  • Education Commission of the States
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  • University of California at Santa Barbara
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  • Iowa State University
  • National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center


  • Intercultural Development Research Association
  • IDRA Homepage


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  • Bilingual Education


  • Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
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  • New Jersey Department of Education
  • English Language Learners in the Mainstream




  • RESEARCH & REPORTS
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    Teaching Strategies | Assessment | Other

    TEACHING STRATEGIES

    Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-Based Recommendations for Instruction and Academic Interventions [K-12]
    Center on Instruction, February 2007

    Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-Based Recommendations for Serving Adolescent Newcomers [6-12]
    Center on Instruction, February 2007

    Effective Reading Programs For English Language Learners
    Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk, December 2003

    Development and Maintenance of Two-Way Immersion Programs: Advice from Practitioners
    Center for Applied Linguistics, March 2001

    The ABCs of English Immersion: A Teacher's Guide
    Center for Equal Opportunity, January 2001

    Gender and English Language Learners
    Case studies published by Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

    A National Study of School Effectiveness for Language Minority Students' Long-Term Academic Achievement
    Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence

    Broadening the Base: School/Community Partnerships Serving Language Minority Students At Risk
    Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 2000

    Upscaling for Transition: Instructional and Schoolwide Factors to Support Latino Students' Transition from Spanish to English Instruction
    Publications from Project 1.5, Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence

    Teaching Secondary Language Minority Students
    Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, October 1999

    Teaching Language Minority Students in Elementary Schools
    Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, December 1998

    Successful Transition into Mainstream English: Effective Strategies for Studying English
    Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 1999


    ASSESSMENT

    Caught in the Middle: Arizona's English Language Learners and the High School Exit Exam
    Center on Education Policy, November 2007

    Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-Based Recommendations for the Use of Accommodations in Large-Scale Assessments [K-12]
    Center on Instruction, February 2007

    Improving Assessment and Accountability for English Language Learners in the No Child Left Behind Act
    National Council of La Raza, March 2006

    Assessment Reform, Equity, and English Language Learners: An Annotated Bibliography
    Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University, 1998

    State and District Assessments as an Avenue to Equity and Excellence for English Language Learners with Disabilities
    National Center on Educational Outcomes, September 2001

    The Effects of Accommodations on the Assessment of LEP Students in NAEP

    Testing English Language Learners: A Sampler of Student Responses to Science and Mathematics Test Items
    Council of Chief State School Officers, 2001

    Bilingual Students and the MCAS: Some Bright Spots in the Gloom
    Institute for Research in English Acquisition and Development,
    August 2000

    A Sociocultural Approach to Non-Discriminatory Assessment for Exceptional Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
    By S.R. Kline, Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 1999


    OTHER

    Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent English Language Learners  NEW!
    Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007

    English Language Learners' Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act  NEW!
    Center on Education Policy, June 2007

    School and Parent Interaction by Household Language and Poverty Status: 2002-03
    National Center for Education Statistics, September 2006

    The New Demography of America's Schools: Immigration and the No Child Left Behind Act
    The Urban Institute, September 2005

    Biennial Evaluation Report to Congress on the Implementation of the State Formula Grant Program: English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement Act
    U.S. Department of Education, March 2005

    English Language Learner Students in U.S. Public Schools: 1994 and 2000
    National Center for Education Statistics, August 2004

    Language Minorities and Their Educational and Labor Market Indicators - Recent Trends
    National Center for Education Statistics, June 2004

    A Look at the Progress of English Learner Students
    California Legislative Analyst's Office, February 2004

    Immigrant Students, Urban High Schools: The Challenge Continues
    By Lucy Hood, Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2003

    A National Study of School Effectiveness for Language Minority Students' Long-Term Academic Achievement
    Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence, 2002

    Educating English Language Learners in the Nation's Urban Schools
    Council of the Great City Schools, October 2001

    An Overview of the Preparation and Certification of Teachers Working with Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students
    National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, June 2001

    Meeting the Needs of Students with Limited English Proficiency
    U.S. General Accounting Office, February 2001

    Overlooked and Underserved: Immigrant Students in U.S. Secondary Schools

    Talent and Diversity: The Emerging World of Limited English Proficient Students in Gifted Education
    U.S. Department of Education, August 1998

    Children of Immigrants: A Statistical Profile
    National Center for Children in Poverty, September 2002



    PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATION [Top]

    Archived Legislation

    Click here to review English Language Learner related legislation introduced during the 2005-2006 Legislative session.



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