Information Resources | Research & Reports
Information Resources
Pennsylvania Department of Education
- English as a Second Language
- Language Proficiency Standards for ELL Students
- Basic Education Circular: Educating ELL Students
U.S. Department of Education
- Office of English Language Acquisition
- National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
- NCLB Regulations for Limited English Proficiency Students
Education Law Center – PA
Education Commission of the States
Institute of Education Sciences
National Association for Bilingual Education
Center for Applied Linguistics
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence
Center for Equal Opportunity
University of Southern California
Intercultural Development Research Association
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Information Resources | Research & Reports
Research & Reports
Teaching Strategies | Assessment | Other
What Research Says About English Language Learners
The Center for Public Education, October 2007
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
Gender and English Language Learners Chapter 1 & 12
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2004
Effective Reading Programs For English Language Learners
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk, December 2003
A National Study of School Effectiveness for Language Minority Students’ Long-Term Academic Achievement
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 2003
Development and Maintenance of Two-Way Immersion Programs: Advice from Practitioners
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, March 2001
Broadening the Base: School/Community Partnerships Serving Language Minority Students At Risk
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 2000
Teaching Secondary Language Minority Students
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, October 1999
Upscaling for Transition: Instructional and Schoolwide Factors to Support Latino Students’ Transition from Spanish to English Instruction
Project 1.5, Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 1999
Successful Transition into Mainstream English: Effective Strategies for Studying English
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 1999
Teaching Language Minority Students in Elementary Schools
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, December 1998
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
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
National Center for Education Statistics, September 2001
Testing English Language Learners: A Sampler of Student Responses to Science and Mathematics Test Items
Council of Chief State School Officers, 2001
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
Assessment Reform, Equity, and English Language Learners: An Annotated Bibliography
Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University, 1998
The Role of Language and Literacy in College- and Career-Ready Standards: Rethinking Policy and Practice in Support of English Language Learners
Alliance for Excellent Education, Policy Brief, October 2012
Mathematics Achievement of Language-Minority Students During the Elementary Years
National Center for Education Statistics, December 2008
English Language Learners’ Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act
Center on Education Policy, June 2007
Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent English Language Learners
Alliance for Excellent Education, 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
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
Children of Immigrants: A Statistical Profile
National Center for Children in Poverty, September 2002
A National Study of School Effectiveness for Language Minority Students’ Long-Term Academic Achievement
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 2002
Educating English Language Learners in the Nation’s Urban Schools
Council of the Great City Schools, October 2001
The Effects of Accommodations on the Assessment of LEP Students in NAEP
National Center for Education Statistics, September 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
Jorge Ruiz-de-Velasco and Michael Fix, The Urban Institute, December 2000
Talent and Diversity: The Emerging World of Limited English Proficient Students in Gifted Education
U.S. Department of Education, August 1998
