When these students reach the upper elementary years, however, many of them lack the necessary academic language skills to work with higher grade - level texts. (gse.harvard.edu)
English language learners (ELLs) who need to develop academic language skills in order to increase academic background knowledge also benefit from the program. (voyagersopris.com)
ACCESS measures academic language skills in the domains of Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing. (cpapk12.org)