Resource Library

This issue brief offers community members a useful framework to evaluate state plans to determine if they meet required EL accountability elements.

This panel discussion audiocast focuses on practices and options that states could adopt to hold schools accountable for ELs' achievement in the fairest and most accurate manner as part of the implementation of ESSA.

Research published in Mind, Brain and Education suggests that exposing ELs to English before they begin their formal education can greatly increase their chances of becoming bilingual.

A program for 4-year-olds in California called transitional kindergarten (TK) has been found to have distinct advantages, in terms of long-terms effects, in ELs who attend.

This primer on EL education, with links to more resources, was prepared by a 20-year veteran teacher of ELs for those who may be less familiar with EL needs and best practices.

Schools that want to improve the educational prospects for ELs should take account of what's happening in their students' lives outside the classroom, according to a new report.

This is the first in a series of posts explaining the recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on the education of dual language learners and ELs.

A program for 4-year-olds in California called transitional kindergarten (TK) has been found to have distinct advantages, in terms of long-terms effects, in ELs who attend.

The English Learner Roadmap, unanimously adopted by the California State Board of Education in July, is an online resource intended to supplement existing state standards.

This randomized controlled trial in 55 low-performing schools across Florida compared 2 early literacy interventions1 using stand-alone materials and 1 using materials embedded in the existing core reading/language arts program.