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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.

Examining Policy Levers for English Learner Course Access

Published Year

2023

Resource Type

Brief

Target Audience(s)

Educators of English Learners

Educators of Bilingual Students

Researchers

Policy makers

This series of briefs brief explores the potential of four research-based policy levers to support access to core content courses for students classified as English Learners (ELs).

Leveraging CA MTSS to Support English Learner-Classified Students: Insights from Three CA Districts

Published Year

2023

Resource Type

Brief

Target Audience(s)

Educators of English Learners

Researchers

Administrators

Policy makers

This brief is part of the Landscape of Language Learners in California’s MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Support). This brief highlights findings from a study focused on how California’s Multi-Tiered System of Support (CA MTSS) framework serves English- Learner (EL) classified students1.

Educational Spillover Effects of New English in New Destination States

Published Year

2023

Resource Type

Journal

Target Audience(s)

Educators of English Learners

Policy makers

Administrators

Researchers

The number of English learners enrolled in public schools has grown substantially in the United States over the past two decades.

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.

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)?

Many Languages, One Future

Published Year

2018

Resource Type

Report

This report seeks to answer two key questions about Colorado's emerging multilingual students. First, how quickly are these English learners (ELs) becoming proficient in English, and secondly, how well are ELs mastering grade-level academic content?

Engaging Research: Transforming Practices for the Middle School Classroom

Published Year

2018

Resource Type

Book

This book, published by TESOL Press, is part of a series devoted to translating conceptual and empirical research into practices. This book focuses on the middle school grades. It is divided into four sections: language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics.