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Effectively meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse population of students presents challenges for educators across the United States, including the Texas and Southeast Comprehensive Center regions.

This Research & Policy Brief was developed to help states consider options for assessing student learning growth for the majority of teachers who teach content not assessed through standardized tests.

Effectively meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse population of students presents challenges for educators across the United States, including the Texas and Southeast Comprehensive Center regions.

This policy brief provides a synthesis of effective practices for instructing ELs; presents four research-based essential elements critical for EL program implementation, teacher reflection, and monitoring of teacher effectiveness; and concludes with program and policy recommendations.

This article addresses the journey to English proficiency for ELs and the relationship between academic language and academic content proficiency.