Sentences with phrase «english language learners»

Comparative spending levels should reflect the «extra costs often associated with educating low - income children, English language learners, and students with disabilities.»

Education, Economic Development Keys to Improving Cities Like Worcester Worcester Telegram and Gazette, April 30, 2012 «Paul Reville, state secretary of education, said children in these middle - sized must be immersed at an early age in «literacy rich» environments, and said particular attention should be paid to English language learners.

Overall, however, the scales performed well along this dimension, both overall and for important student subgroups such as English language learners and students with disabilities.

The things still undone after 11 years include a relatively small but stubborn achievement gap, a high dropout rate, and struggling programs for English language learners and special - education students.

You see, the schools are fine; it's the students of color, students in poverty, special education students, and English language learners who are the problem.

In each case, doing so is simply listed as an allowable use of funds allocated for a particular purpose, such as improving teacher quality, engaging families, or meeting the needs of English language learners.

We look separately at the effects on the outcomes of Haitian - born incumbent students, other immigrant students, U.S. - born Haitian Creole speakers, other U.S. - born black students, other U.S. - born non-black students, limited English proficient students, those who are not English language learners, children with mothers who have less than a high school diploma, children with mothers who have a high school diploma but no other education, and children whose mothers attended college.

Students with disabilities and English language learners at New York City charter schools are outperforming their peers in traditional district schools.

Past letters have focused on sexual harassment, programs for English language learners, and school discipline (see «Civil Rights Enforcement Gone Haywire,» features, Fall 2014).

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) takes a more comprehensive approach to assessing school quality than the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), moving beyond NCLB's focus on annual test performance to also consider factors like student academic growth, graduation rates, and rates of proficiency for English language learners.

Will content producers be able to adapt their work for English language learners or students with special needs?

• Mandating that school ratings consider the progress of English language learners in attaining English proficiency.

In the case study, Lavely describes the leadership responsibilities she has accepted and her team's results: A set of classrooms fully proficient in both math and reading — including students in special education and English language learners — and 70 percent of those students ranking in the top two achievement categories on the 2011 — 12 state math exam, up from 52 percent the previous year.

They're assured that charters won't be engaging in the systematic inclusion or exclusion of kids, that special needs kids and English language learners will be equally served and embraced by everyone, and that both district and charter schools get opportunities to learn from another.

How can I adjust my lesson plan in the three minutes between classes, now that I've seen that the primary source text I was planning to use is less accessible to my English language learners than I realized?

A school with low proficiency rates for English language learners needs a different kind of support and strategy than a school with low growth rates in 7th and 8th grade math for all students.

a holder of a level III teaching assistant certificate, a minimum of 15 percent of the required professional development clock hours in language acquisition addressing the needs of English language learners and integrating language and content instruction for such English language learners;

It's surprising the number of myths and misconceptions many teachers have about English language learners.

What do teachers need to know about accommodations for English language learners (ELLs)?

English language learners (ELLs) who need to develop academic language skills in order to increase academic background knowledge also benefit from the program.

This year, English language learners in Loudoun — about 6,700 students, or 10 percent of the school district — beat or matched state averages in all four subject areas.

They should not be relegated to the back of the room with English language learners.

In Horne v. Flores, the Court reversed a lower federal court order requiring the Arizona legislature to increase funding for programs directed at K - 12 English language learners.

The results, however, also revealed wide disparities in achievement among student groups, with 65 percent of English language learners, 46 percent... read more

additional tools, professional development and resources for teachers to address the needs of diverse learners, including students with disabilities and English language learners;

States set annual district and school targets for grade - level achievement, high school graduation, and closing achievement gaps, for all students, including accelerated progress for subgroups (each major racial and ethnic group, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from low - income families), and rate schools and districts on how well they meet the targets.

Each Common Core - aligned strategy includes explicit connections to anti-bias education and adaptations for English language learners.

Discover how educators are using video to empower girls with STEAM classes in video creation, to teach online courses, to create flipped or blended learning classrooms, to foster literacy, and to help English language learners.

The Partnership has a higher percentage of English language learners — 22 percent — than most large charter networks.

The poor, the disabled, English language learners, and the academically struggling should be given clear and unambiguous rights to enroll in all schools, and schools should be obligated to serve them and held accountable for serving them well.

How do these practices differ for student subgroups, such as students with disabilities, English language learners, and low - achieving students?

While nearly every category of Virginia student made gains or stayed the same in the 2014 - 2015 school year, passage rates for English language learners slid in three subjects: English writing, history and math.

The information and resources selected here are intended to inform classroom practice and to expose teachers to research (both empirical research studies and reviews of research) that support their work with English language learners.

The district's English language learners and special education students do still face a significant achievement gap.

They exclude kids who are English language learners.

What are effective ways to modify instruction for English language learners (ELLs) with identified disabilities and to build upon student strengths?

With a hearty mix of creativity, cultural acumen, and professional expertise, teachers can help English language learners acquire language skills more rapidly — and foster inclusion in the school community.

Dear Colleague Letters — Joint Guidance from the U.S. departments of Education and Justice The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released joint guidance reminding states, school districts, and schools of their obligations under federal law to English language learners.

Ricker's husband, Robert Cudahy, is a teacher of English language learners, and their two children are students in public schools.

The journey toward effective assessment for English language learners.

Charter - school students with - disabilities and English language learners are outperforming their public - school peers on state exams, according to new data.

In response to a recently administered survey, teachers expressed the need for access to information on teaching English language learners, including additional resources and reviews of research.

Facilitating productive discussions requires teachers to set clear expectations, model what a good discussion looks like, give students sentence starters for engaging (this is especially important for English language learners), and establish routines, so that effective discussions can occur among students even when the teacher is not present.

This report builds on those findings by illustrating that the educational isolation of ELL students is associated with the math proficiency gap between English language learners and other students.

Trimmed mean of scale scores from WIDA ACCESS for ELLs, for fourth and fifth grade English language learners who have been in the United States for at least three years.

Moreover, the legislation required the state board to consider schools» success in recruiting and retaining students with disabilities and English language learners when renewing a charter schools right to stay open.

If charter schools were discriminating against English language learners and special education students, many voters would likewise find it easy to oppose the charter cap increase.

After scores on the 2014 New York State English language arts assessment at P.S. 52 Sheepshead Bay School in Brooklyn were unsatisfactory, first - year principal Rafael Alvarez searched for a way to improve academic outcomes for his students, who come from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and about a quarter of whom are English language learners.

Students designated as English language learners (ELL) tend to go to public schools that have low standardized test scores.

Learn more about what successful RTI looks like for English language learners (ELLs), particularly those with special education needs, from the following resources.