Resource Library

Drawing on a decade of research, this book explores the question of effectiveness in two-way immersion by examining the development of bilingualism and biliteracy in elementary TWI students.

This report discusses "states' participation and accommodation policies for [ELs] with disabilities on their English language proficiency (ELP) assessments|. The summary of findings suggests a number of promising practices and issues to be addressed."

This article responds to the Supreme Court 2007 decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, also known as the "PICS" case, and looks at it through the lens of the English acquisition needs of Latino ELs.

Using an extant database, we examined three grade 1 criteria for identifying response to intervention (RTI) in English language learners (ELLs): (a) set benchmark criteria with a standard score above 95 (37th %ile) on both decoding and comprehension measures and a raw score of 40 or more correct wor

This experimental/comparison study of secondary-level, small-group instruction included 318 first- and second-grade students (170 ELL and 148 English-only) from six elementary schools. All schools served high numbers of ELL students with varying school SES in urban and suburban communities.

This article provides a commentary on issues regarding the use of response to intervention (RTI) with English language learners (ELLs).

This descriptive study documents the effects of response-to-intervention type practices in four first-grade classrooms of English learners (ELs) from 11 native languages in three schools in a large urban school district in southern California.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a supplemental peer-mediated reading program on reading achievement of first graders (N = 76) in a two-way bilingual immersion (TWBI) program.

This theoretical article examines gifted identification practices related to ELs. The authors identify necessary components to this process that are often overlooked for EL populations, and provide recommendations for best practices and future research.

In cross-cultural child development research there is often a need to translate instruments and instructions to languages other than English. Typically, the translation process focuses on ensuring linguistic equivalence.