establishing program requirements and quality standards that specifically address the needs and interests of families
whose home language is not English;
According to the EdSource glossary, English learners are «students
whose home language is not English and who qualify for extra help», which is a specific group of K - 12 students.
One great way to look at the law would be through the eyes of a kid or family
whose home language isn't English.
State officials appear on track for developing a new test by 2015 - 16 for identifying students
whose home language is not English and who need help improving their language skills.
In EdSpeak: A Glossary of Education Terms, Phrases, Buzzwords, and Jargon, Diane Ravitch defines an English language learner (ELL) as «A student
whose home language is not English and who has not yet acquired proficiency in English.»
Students in rural or remote areas and
those whose home language is not English also perform worse.
The data, collected through the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) 2009, included 825 children —
whose home language was English or Spanish — at 59 Head Start programs across the country.
Students
whose home language is a language other than English.
Standard English Learners (SELs) are students for whom Standard English is not native,
whose home languages differ in structure and form from the language of school [i.e. standard American or academic English].
Not exact matches
Get a Job (Blu - ray + Ultraviolet) Details: 2016, Lionsgate
Home Entertainment Rated: R, crude and sexual content, nudity,
language, drug use The lowdown: Miles Teller and Anna Kendrick star in this comedy about a pair of millennials
whose goal is to become a power couple.
B - The Paperboy Rated R for strong sexual content, violence and
language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Precious director Lee Daniels chose for his follow - up this over-the-top adaptation of the Peter Dexter novel about a young man (Zac Efron)
whose brother (Matthew McConaughey) has come back to his
home town to investigate a case involving a death row inmate (John Cusack) with the help of the accused's fiancé (Nicole Kidman).
In the Fade Details: 2017, Magnolia
Home Entertainment Rated: R, disturbing images, drug use,
languages, sexual references The lowdown: This Golden Globe - winner for best foreign
language film stars Diane Kruger as a woman
whose life is upended after her husband and young son are killed in a bomb attack.
Of Unknown Origin (Blu - ray) Details: 1983, Scream Factory Rated: R, violence,
language The lowdown: Peter Weller stars in this thriller about a successful Wall Street executive
whose New York brownstone becomes a battlefield when he finds himself under siege by a determined group of
home intruders — namely some very pesky rats.
Beatriz at Dinner Rated R for
language and a scene of violence Rotten Tomatoes Score: 78 % Salma Hayek is a masseuse
whose car breaks down at her client's
home, where she is invited to a big dinner with the very Trump - like John Lithgow, a greedy real estate developer with a very differing political, ethical and moral point of view from her own.
Small - group instruction, offering a chance for deeper discussion and usage of vocabulary, is where educators can also provude support with basic vocabulary words, such as household items and terms for family members — words
whose meanings EL students already know in their
home language, but which they need to label in English.
We further believe that while education systems should be attuned to the needs of all students, including high - performing students and students raised in middle - and upper - income
homes, policy makers must be particularly sensitive to the needs of student groups
whose choices have historically been limited by law or by circumstance, including students of color, students raised in low - income
homes, students with English
language needs, and students with disabilities.
Linda Darling - Hammond and colleagues have cautioned that statistical models can not fully adjust for teachers who have a disproportionate number of students with greater challenges, or
whose scores on traditional tests may not accurately reflect their learning, such as special education students; English
language learners; and those affected by poor attendance, homelessness, or severe problems at
home.
However, students are not randomly assigned to teachers — and statistical models can not fully adjust for the fact that some teachers will have a disproportionate number of students who have greater challenges (students with poor attendance, who are homeless, who have severe problems at
home, etc.) and those
whose scores on traditional tests may not accurately reflect their learning (e.g. those who have special education needs or who are new English
language learners).
«Children from
homes that are considered impoverished with low educational backgrounds tend to have vocabulary and oral
language skills significantly less than a child
whose family is not living in poverty,» Bailey said.
With acute sensory
language, Mayes relishes the sweetness of the South, the smells and tastes at her family table, the fragrance of her hometown trees, and writes an unforgettable story of a girl
whose perspicacity and dawning self - knowledge lead her out of the South and into the rest of the world, and then to a profound return
home.
Elizabeth Murray, a New York painter who reshaped Modernist abstraction into a high - spirited, cartoon - based,
language of form
whose subjects included domestic life, relationships and the nature of painting itself, died yesterday at her
home in upstate New York.
Roberta Smith writes in the NYTimes: «Elizabeth Murray, a New York painter who reshaped Modernist abstraction into a high - spirited, cartoon - based,
language of form
whose subjects included domestic life, relationships and the nature of painting itself, died yesterday at her
home in upstate New York.
So there I am, six thousand miles away from
home in a foreign country (
whose language I don't speak) covering a trade show by myself, and I realize the power brick on my XPS 13 is busted.
For one friend
whose husband's love
language is words of affirmation, leaving a little affectionate note for her husband when he comes
home is one way she assures that he feels loved.
In Denver, low - resource families who received
home visiting showed modest benefits in children's
language and cognitive development.102 In Elmira, only the intervention children
whose mothers smoked cigarettes before the experiment experienced cognitive benefits.103 In Memphis, children of mothers with low psychological resources104 in the intervention group had higher grades and achievement test scores at age nine than their counterparts in the control group.105 Early Head Start also identified small, positive effects on children's cognitive abilities, though the change was for the program as a whole and not specific to
home - visited families.106 Similarly, IHDP identified large cognitive effects at twenty - four and thirty - six months, but not at twelve months, so the effects can not be attributed solely to
home - visiting services.107
See the complete list of honorees The success of this
home visiting program depends on the partnering community - based organizations,
whose staff members conduct the
home visits, bringing their community - specific cultural and
language expertise.
Similarly, Jackson and Schemes11 found that preschool children
whose mothers were more warm and supportive and provided cognitive stimulation at
home had better
language abilities as rated by their school teachers.
«This service not only helps professionals educate and protect Filipino - Canadian consumers, it also personalizes and enriches the experience of buying a new
home for consumers
whose first
language is Tagalog.»
Buyers
whose primary
language in the
home is not English are more likely to use open houses — 47 percent of buyers
whose primary
language is English use open houses, compared to 65 percent who use a
language other than English in the
home.