Sentences with phrase «language learner does»

Her conclusion: Just because an English - language learner does poorly on the math section doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't know the math.

In addition, they are as diverse a group of students as any; one description of an English language learner does not apply to all.

Not exact matches

The test scores that the Success network touts, Mantell said, «would not be valid» because the network does not educate its fair share of English language learners, students with disabilities and students with behavior problems.

Mitchell Wu, a Public Advocate Appointee on the Citywide Council on English Language Learners, said the DOE is also seeking more involvement from families who don't use English as their primary language.

Here in the Ctiy of Buffalo this year a report from the Council on Great City Schools on Improving the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in the Buffalo Public Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language instruction.

«In fact, measures designed specifically with dual - language learners in mind do capture different dimensions of the learning environment that are especially important for these children.»

«Recognizing that dual - language learners can do better than we expected has huge implications.

Those who do not master the language and remain English learners tend to score lower on academic tests and graduate high school at lower rates than their native - English speaking peers.

As expats, we do not have family close by and this was a wonderful week for LJ as a language learner and grand - daughter.

The PLCs also don't accept English - language learners, kids with discipline problems or most disabilities, or those with elementary - level reading and math abilities, as other public schools must, which muddies the comparison.

One school may be doing fine on test scores but working to reduce chronic absenteeism, while another may be working with a network of schools on improving supports for English language learners.

Education World: How did you both become interested in working with English language learners (ELLs)?

A lot of English language learners are still acquiring that vocabulary, and so they don't bring with them enough vocabulary to make meaning from the text.»

If your course is devoid of images to illustrate ideas and stimulate discussions, without giving the students different ways to show that they understand the content, your online body language conveys the fact that you have no understanding of the diverse learners you have in your class, and little patience with those who don't already know what you know.

The regulations don't allow for commonsense weighting of the English language learner (ELL) indicator.

Also in this issue, Joanne Jacobs explores how NCLB and Common Core have transformed instruction for English language learners; Michael Petrilli and Brandon Wright argue that poverty does not explain away America's lackluster academic performance; and Sara Goldrick - Rab and Andrew Kelly debate whether community college should be free.

It likely wouldn't have happened if East High didn't provide classes in basic reading skills for English - language learners.

What isn't represented in that statistic, says doctoral student Maria Martiniello, is that — for English - language learners — success on the math section of a standardized test may have little to do with numbers and more to do with words.

«A math problem [containing that word] then becomes relatively more difficult for English - language learners, so performance on that item has little to do with their math knowledge.»

For our bilingual learners, much of this has to do with language.

How does your school create equity for English - language learners?

Whether charter schools do a better job than regular schools in closing the achievement gap between English - learners and students who already have a command of the language is expected to be a thread in testimony at a hearing scheduled for Sept. 17 before...

It does not mean that for adults we should avoid L1 (the learner's first language) completely.

«Most English - language learners are not doing well in the content areas,» Robin Scarcella, the director of the English - as - a-second-language program at the University of California, Irvine, said...

Don't do that with English language learnerdo that with English language learners.

The piece, «An Immigrant Student's Story: I Was a Dictionary Girl,» shared her personal experience and made suggestions for how English language learner educators can work with immigrants from countries for which they do not have language partners.

«I see principals and teachers, many of whom are overwhelmed by this new influx of language learners, buying software and sitting kids at computers and saying, «This one drills vocabulary or this one does this or that,»» she says.

Do your learners speak multiple languages?

The speech production videos, in American and British English mean the app can also support learners who don't have English as their first language.»

Due to a large influx of new immigrants and refugees to the area from Central America, Africa, and the Middle East — most notably Kurdistan and Syria, earning one neighborhood the nickname Little Kurdistan — at least 18 percent of MNPS students are now English - language learners, and a full third of students do not speak English at home.

It can be hard for academically advanced English - language learners to show what they can do before they have mastered the language, and new evidence suggests they are underrepresented in gifted programs in nearly every state.

Challenges for ELLs in Content Area Learning Do you want to help classroom teachers in your school with their English language learners?

Title III of the ESSA covers language instruction for English Language Learners, as it did under No Child Left Behind.

It also shows that white and black students who attend the public schools in which ELL students are concentrated are doing worse than their peers who attend public schools with few English language learner students.

As an English - language learner and a student with LD, Juan does not yet read and write at grade level.

Presenters at the Chico workshop said English learners have often been taught random vocabulary words or grammar lessons during their designated language development time that had nothing to do with what they were learning during the rest of the class.

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

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

Supplemental Table 1: Demonstrates that students who won lotteries for SSCs and students who did not are virtually identical on all measured characteristics, including race / ethnicity, gender, poverty status, eighth - grade reading and math proficiency, and English language learner and special education status.

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

The achievement results are strong, and the pilot schools are doing better than the charter schools at attracting special - education students and English - language learners to their already diverse student populations.

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.

The What Works Clearinghouse of the U.S. Department of Education explored the question of whether the Reading Recovery short - term tutoring intervention is effective with English - language learners, but it didn't come up with an answer.

How long does it typically take English learners to develop English language proficiency?

We did learn that charter schools, even with their cherry - picked student bodies, did not do better than many public school districts which do not restrict their student populations of special education students, English language learners, or students with behavioral issues.

By way of example, we did not evaluate whether schools excluded or pushed out students by screening students with disabilities, by requiring students to submit recommendations, or discourage English learners from applying by failing to provide enrollment documents in multiple languages.

The DCPS funding formula does differentiate public funding based on the number of students at each grade level and in different special needs categories, including special education, English language learners, and those «at risk» for academic failure.38 DCPS would not disclose how or if it factors in parental donations when determining school budgets or allocations.39 However, it did report not having a policy to equitably redistribute parent donations or to prohibit these additional dollars from being put toward staffing.40

This is exactly what the teachers unions and a cadre of their front groups do to charter schools year - after - year — most notably on the issue of children with special needs and English language - learners.

States that have submitted their ESSA plans look to address «perennially struggling schools, and schools where certain groups of students, like English - language learners, aren't doing well.»

Sen. Rodríguez stated, «What we heard from the research is confirmation that Texas is not doing right by our English language learners... Texas needs to do better at investing in education.»