The percentage of English
language learners meeting 3rd - grade DIBELS oral reading fluency benchmarks has more than doubled, from 19 percent in fall 2003 to 41 percent in spring 2007.
They haven't received rigorous instruction — and because beginning and introductory - level language and English as a Second Language classes tend to focus mostly on basic retrieval of vocabulary, many educators aren't even sure how help
language learners meet rigorous standards.
Only 13 percent of New York's English
language learners met the proficiency bar in English during the 2010 — 11 school year.
Not exact matches
The advisory group is the direct result of a Jan. 23
meeting, organized by UFT Vice President for Education Evelyn DeJesus, which gathered together 40 teachers from the UFT's English
language learner focus group to discuss their concerns with top city and state officials.
Delivering content in multiple
languages provides
learners with an improved experience that better
meets their needs.
When those high expectations
meet with tailored instruction, new English
learners can pick up both content and
language skills with surprising speed.
State efforts at carrying out requirements to test English -
language learners under the No Child Left Behind Act are receiving increased scrutiny, as hundreds of schools across the country fail to
meet goals for adequate yearly progress at least in part because of such students» scores.
Arizona began accruing fines of $ 500,000 per day last week after Gov. Janet Napolitano and state legislators failed to
meet a federal court's deadline for reaching an agreement on how to increase funding in public schools for the education of English -
language learners.
I create resources for ESL teachers and classroom teachers to
meet the specific needs of
language learners.
For several days in early January, Michaelis and support staff members
met with classroom teachers in grades three to six charged with identifying students in different subgroups (Hispanic, African American, English
language learners, special education) at levels 1 and 2 with the best chance of scoring at a higher level on the math, reading, or writing section of the CMTs, if they received intensive, targeted remediation.
Many were English -
language learners or young parents, or were being raised by single parents, and most were working full or part time to help make ends
meet.
As many educators are discovering, Common Core State Standards pose particular challenges for English -
language learners in both
language arts and mathematics, and yet the standards documents themselves provide little guidance for how teachers can help their ELLs
meet the new objectives.
Students who are identified as English
language learners (ELLs) can participate in
language assistance programs to help ensure that they attain English proficiency and
meet the same academic content and achievement standards that all students are expected to
meet.
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.
The percentage of proficient students within various subgroups, broken out by ethnicity, income, disability, and English -
language -
learner status, must also
meet these same targets.
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.
States can tailor their English
language proficiency (ELP) goals for different groups of English
learners, rather than setting a single timeline for achieving ELP that all students must
meet; the timeline applied to a particular group of English
learners can vary depending on the characteristics of those students.
All English
language learners can
meet Nebraska's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
All English
language learners can
meet Ohio's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
All English
language learners can
meet U.S. Virgin Islands's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
Meeting the diverse needs of English
language learners is a key challenge for administrators and classroom teachers.
All English
language learners can
meet Virginia's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
Scaffold direct instruction to increase comprehensible input and
meet the literacy and
language needs of diverse
learners.
Recruitment & Hiring — PICCS promotes recruitment and hiring processes that allow schools to target their hiring practices so that they can effectively
meet specific needs such as the needs of English
language learners or chronically low - performing students.
All English
language learners can
meet Wyoming's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
All English
language learners can
meet Oklahoma's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
All English
language learners can
meet Nevada's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
The majority of our teachers are credentialed in special education and are therefore prepared to
meet the needs of historically low performing youngsters such as students with special needs, English
language learners and students in need of remedial support.
Bridge the gap between content and
language and put research into practice to instruct English
language learners with strategies that
meet their needs in
language development and literacy.
Vision and support for differentiated instruction (defined later), with particular attention to
meeting the needs of struggling
learners, English
language learners, and students with disabilities as well as accelerated
learners
All English
language learners can
meet Arizona's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
All English
language learners can
meet Georgia's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
All English
language learners can
meet Mississippi's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
Targeting Resources — Ensure schools and teachers have the resources to
meet the unique needs of students who are at - risk, English
language learners, gifted and talented, and students with disabilities or other special needs.
All English
language learners can
meet Michigan's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
According to this year's standardized test results, statewide nearly 10 percent of English
learners met or exceeded the English
language arts standards, and about 9 percent did so in math.
To ensure that the Common Core Standards are implemented in a way that fully includes English
Learners and that
meets their unique
language development and access needs, we have published «Raise Your Voices for English
Learners: The English
Learners and Common Core Advocacy Toolkit».
All English
language learners can
meet Iowa's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
To better
meet these students» needs, schools should promote bilingualism and biliteracy development in grades K - 12, offer professional development to teachers on how to integrate explicit
language and literacy instruction aimed at the long - term English
language learners in their classrooms, develop specialized programs that differ from those targeting newly arrived students, and offer native
language arts programs that focus on developing native
language literacy.
ASCD invites you to participate in an educator - driven discussion on how school systems and communities can best
meet the diverse needs of the modern
learner, with a particular emphasis on addressing student equity, race, poverty, gender communities, mental health,
language, and technology.
Small class sizes matter for many reasons including closing achievement gaps,
meeting the needs of English
language learners, inclusion of students with disabilities, implementation of the Behavior Education Plan, school climate, and building positive relationships in our school communities.
Preparing to Serve English
Language Learner Students: School Districts with Emerging English
Language Learner Communities, by the Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, looks at how school districts in Appalachia are
meeting the needs of their growing populations of English
language learners.
To
meet the needs of English
language learners, we must understand who they are.
Instructional practices and curriculum are rigorous and inclusive, support the needs of second
language and disabled students, and are individualized to
meet the needs of all
learners.
All English
language learners can
meet Vermont's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
All English
language learners can
meet New Mexico's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
Gonzalez has also presented at various ASCD conferences on topics related to differentiated instruction,
meeting the needs of English
language learners, research - based best practices in curriculum, instruction, assessment, gradual release of responsibility, and capacity building.
English
Language Proficiency Assessments The ACCESS for ELLs and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs are the assessments developed by the WIDA consortium and administered to English
learners in order to measure progress toward
meeting Minnesota's standards for English
language development, developed by the WIDA consortium.
All English
language learners can
meet Rhode Island's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.
All English
language learners can
meet New York's grade - level standards and prepare for college and career success with ACCESS from Achieve3000 ®.