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What Matters for Staying On-Track and Graduating in Chicago Public Schools: A Focus on English Language Learners

Published Year

2012

Resource Type

Report

This report analyzes "ninth-grade course performance indicators." These indicators are seen as good predictive measures for high school graduation amongst the overall student population. The authors examine whether these indicators have the same predictive ability with ELs.

Relationships Among and Between ELL Status, Demographic Characteristics, Enrollment History, and School Persistence (CRESST Report 810)

Published Year

2011

Resource Type

Report

"This report examines enrollment history, achievement gaps, and persistence in school for ELL students [ELs] and reclassified ELL students as compared to non-ELL students. ...

Leadership for English Learners: Challenges and Questions

Published Year

2011

Resource Type

Journal

This article discusses decision points to reclassify students as fluent and proficient in English.

National Evaluation of Title III Implementation Supplemental ReportExploring Approaches to Setting English Language Proficiency Performance Criteria and Monitoring English Learner Progress

Published Year

2012

Resource Type

Report

This report describes "several empirical methods and conceptual or theoretical rationales" to assist in creating meaningful ELP performance standards.

English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities

Published Year

2015

Resource Type

Webinar recording

This webcast "discusses effective assessment and instruction strategies for ELs with learning disabilities (LD)." Specific strategies discussed include "assessing children regularly and carefully," "basing instructional design upon assessment data," "having consistency across languages of instruc

Learning Disabilities in English Language Learners

Published Year

2006

Resource Type

Journal

This article examines identification of and remediation for ELs with possible LDs. Identification methods include assessments and information obtained from the parents about the prior history of the child and family.

Identifying and supporting English learner students with learning disabilities: Key issues in the literature and state practice

Published Year

2015

Resource Type

Report

This report reviews research and policies about ELs with learning disabilities.

Psychometric issues in the ELL assessment and special education eligibility

Published Year

2006

Resource Type

Journal

This article discusses the challenges involved with (1) content assessments for ELs; and (2) misclassifying ELs as students with learning disabilities.

The special education referral and decision-making process for English language learners: Child study team meetings and placement conferences

Published Year

2006

Resource Type

Journal

This study was completed to examine "the special education referral and decision-making process for English language learners (ELLs), with a focus on Child Study Team (CST) meetings and placement conferences/multidisciplinary team meetings".

English proficiency on the rise among Latinos

Published Year

2015

Resource Type

Report

A record 33.2 million Hispanics in the U.S. speak English proficiently, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.