College Board Puts Spotlight on Needs of ELLs, New Kinds of Tests
Embarking on his tenure as College Board president, David Coleman puts an unusual spotlight on English-learners. Read Full Post >
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October 24, 2012
July 18, 2012
Assessment Group Revises English-Language-Development Standards
The new edition makes clear connections between content standards of the common core and the academic language that will be required. Read Full Post >
April 30, 2012
A Case for Training All Teachers to Meet Needs of ELLs
A new paper from the Center for American Progress recommends that all teachers need to be adequately prepared to teach English-learners. Read Full Post >
February 28, 2012
Teaching Standards in Central States Vary for English Learners
New report describes how seven states' teaching standards address needs of ELLs. Read Full Post >
February 21, 2012
Primer Available for New ELL Assessments
A guide to explain the components of new assessments of English-language proficiency that are being developed by a group of 28 states and the District of Columbia. Read Full Post >
February 06, 2012
Ed. Dept. Releases Guide for States on English-Language Proficiency
Report outlines empirical methods for states to follow as they craft new English language proficiency standards and how to measure the progress of ELLs Read Full Post >
August 10, 2011
Making 'Common Core' Tests Accessible to All Students
A set of interoperability technology standards that permit states to share data and test items across states and that enables the tagging of test content in a way to make test questions more assessible to different kinds of English-language learners and students with disabilities got a lot of play yesterday in a public meeting about the tests being made for the states' common-core academic standards. Read Full Post >
July 11, 2011
Stanford to Lead Creation of ELL Standards for 'Common Core'
Stanford University has received a grant of $1 million from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to create English-language-proficiency standards for the states' common core academic standards. Read Full Post >
May 31, 2011
How Instructional Teams Support Education of ELLs
Having school-level instructional teams is one tool that has helped San Diego's Chula Vista Elementary School District succeed with English-language learners, according to a long-time administrator in the district. Read Full Post >
May 05, 2011
ELLs and the Rush to Implement the Common Core
A lot of the talk during the webinar I moderated yesterday about improving literacy for English-language learners involved how to make sure English-language learners aren't "an afterthought" in district's instructional plans. Read Full Post >
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