Sentences with phrase «of language proficiency»

The promise of preparing children for academic achievement and upward mobility depends upon a base level of language proficiency.

The test is designed to provide information about language ability to speakers across a range of language proficiency levels.

All students, regardless of language proficiency level, have the ability to think deeply about mathematical concepts.

Each of these in ways great or small work against the cause of language proficiency; in doing so, they make the task of educating for upward mobility more difficult.

Students who speak the same language or have similar levels of language proficiency may need very different kinds of support to succeed in the classroom.

But whenever the rate at which students were excluded from the NAEP because of a disability or lack of language proficiency moved in the same direction as that state's NAEP scores (in other words, an increase in test scores coupled with an increase in test exclusions), Amrein and Berliner declared the results contaminated and simply tossed out the state as inconclusive.

BICS -(Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) The type of language proficiency typically utilized in social and informal settings to carry a conversation with another person.

The concentration area consists of language proficiency assessments to ensure that school psychologists are adequately proficient in another language to provide psychoeducational services.

It's a means of ensuring that our least fortunate children have access to the enabling knowledge and vocabulary that is the foundation of language proficiency, critical thinking, problem solving, and every other big picture academic outcome we seek for our least advantaged children.

Duverger (2005) suggests that «another way of disentangling the effects of language proficiency on content proficiency is to have a double scale of criteria: criteria relating to the content being delivered and criteria relating to the language being used.»

Everything I know about the slow growing, cumulative nature of language proficiency suggests it is all but impossible to test prep your way to a high score on a third to eighth grade reading test, especially the more challenging Common Core tests.

Accountability plans must ensure that every student gets the broad knowledge and vocabulary that remain the unacknowledged drivers of language proficiency.

A framework that distinguishes five levels of language proficiency which are defined by specific criteria: Entering, Emerging, Developing, Expanding and Bridging.

CALP -(Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) The type of language proficiency required to complete schoolwork and progress in academic situations.

SELP 2, a newly revised assessment of language proficiency for ELL students, helps to ensure that students from non-English-speaking backgrounds acquire the skills they need to succeed in school.

Leaders then connect with teachers and provide professional development to ensure the rigor of curriculum and the levels of language proficiency of English learners are addressed.

Lack of language proficiency distorts standardized assessments of what English language learners know and leads to unnecessary remediation.

Strong knowledge of ILR scale of language proficiency, significant experience applying teaching skills and methodologies in one - on one and small group classes.

In many cases employers require formal proof of language proficiencies, and in the European Union, language proficiency levels are standard parts of job applications.

It would be simple to differentiate the vocabulary and sentence structures that students are working on for a classroom with a wider range of language proficiency levels by intentionally pairing students and adding more phrase strips.

be accessible to all student populations regardless of language proficiency or disability status, and

When it comes to language, the new system mandates a minimum level of language proficiency and adjusts the number of points allocated accordingly to favour those with a strong command of either English or French.

Easy - to - use lessons are provided in each content area and include step - by - step instructions, as well as suggestions for whole and small group instruction and modifications based on students» levels of language proficiency.

Courses will examine first and second language development; second language literacy development, assessment, and instruction; successful approaches to assessing and teaching oral language and content skills including designs for differentiating instruction according to students» levels of language proficiency; and the multiple factors that influence academic achievement among this student population.

Level 6 (Reaching) represents the end of the continuum rather than another level of language proficiency.

The Lansing School District wants to ensure that English Learners across all levels of language proficiency can access and fully engage with the rigorous grade - level Michigan English Language Arts Standards.

Nationally, teacher preparation programs vary widely in terms of providing in - depth training on instructional strategies for English language learners and methods of addressing the needs of students with varying levels of language proficiency.

Researchers suggest that to pass the MCAS math exam, students must have not only an understanding of the mathematics being tested, but also a certain level of language proficiency.

Help students of all levels of language proficiency, present standard American language clearly, and serve as a linguistic model for students.