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Standards-in-Action 2.0 English Learner Institute to Cultivate Content Knowledge and Language Competence

Published Year

2023

Resource Type

Toolkit

Target Audience(s)

Educators of English Learners

The Standards-in-Action (SIA) 2.0 English Learner (EL) Training Institute shows adult educators how to provide college and career readiness (CCR) instruction to ELs.

The landscape of language learners in California’s MTSS: The State of Academic Performance

Published Year

2023

Resource Type

Brief

Target Audience(s)

Educators of English Learners

Assessment researchers

Policy makers

Administrators

This brief depicts trends related to academic performance, namely trends in English-Learner (EL) classified student performance on Math and English Language Arts (ELA) SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment System) assessments.

Content Counts and Motivation Matters: Reading Comprehension in Third-Grade Students Who Are English Learners

Published Year

2020

Resource Type

Journal

This study examined the role of science domain knowledge, reading motivation, and decoding skills in reading comprehension achievement in third-grade students who are English learners (ELs) and students who are monolingual, using a nationally representative data set.

WWC Evidence Review Protocol for Interventions for English Learners

Published Year

2020

Resource Type

Reference

English learners (ELs) are among the fastest-growing population in U.S. schools and comprise 9 percent of all students in grades PreK-12 nationwide (U.S. Department of Education, 2018).

Meeting the Needs of Linguistically Diverse Students in The Mainstream Classroom

Published Year

2020

Resource Type

Journal

This study helps mainstream and content area classroom teachers understand the role written and spoken language play in learning. Instructional tools and practices to support emergent bilinguals' reading comprehension and language learning are shared.

Progress of Arizona Kindergartners toward English Proficiency in Grade 3 by English Learner Student Classification

Published Year

2020

Resource Type

Report

This study was prompted by the Arizona Department of Education's interest in learning more about the progress of English learners (ELs) toward English proficiency in the early grades.

Intersections of Language, Content, and Multimodalities: Instructional Conversations in Mrs. B's Sheltered English Biology Classroom

Published Year

2019

Resource Type

Journal

The authors of this two-year case study investigated expert language/content instructional strategies in a high school science class composed of English learners (ELs) speaking different languages and at different stages of English acquisition.

Supporting Reading Comprehension for Students Who Are Learning English and Have Learning Disabilities

Published Year

2019

Resource Type

Journal

The article describes research-based instructional practices to improve the reading comprehension and academic vocabulary of English Learners (ELs) in the secondary grades. Adolescent ELs who have difficulty with English proficiency most likely have difficulty with reading comprehension.

Increasing Engagement of English Learners Through Universal Design for Learning

Published Year

2019

Resource Type

Journal

Can universal design for learning improve the engagement and outcomes of English learners (ELs)?

Figurative Language: Are English Language Learners Falling Through the Cracks?

Published Year

2018

Resource Type

Brief

How can teachers best support ELs to understand figurative language? In this article, the author defines what figurative speech is and then shares strategies for effectively teaching figurative language to ELs.

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