All Children of Immigrants and Dual Language Learners Resources (cont'd)
- Assessment of Young English Language Learners in Arizona: Questioning the Validity of the State Measure of English Proficiency
This study analyzes the Arizona policy of utilizing a single assessment of English proficiency to determine if students should be exited from the ELL program, which is ostensibly designed to make it possible for them to succeed in the mainstream classroom without any further language support.
August 6, 2010 • Read MoreThe Education of English Language Learners in Arizona: A Legacy of Persisting Achievement Gaps in a Restrictive Language Policy ClimateThis report reviews achievement gaps in both reading and math between ELL and non-ELL students in Arizona over the post-Proposition 203 period 2005-2009 and during the first year of implementation of the 4 hour ELD block, 2008-09. The study finds that Arizona has made little to no progress in closing the achievement gap between ELL and non-ELL students during this period.
August 6, 2010 • Read MoreThe Arizona Home Language Survey and the Identification of Students for ELL ServicesAssuring that English language learners (ELLs) receive the services to which they have a right requires accurately identifying those students.
August 6, 2010 • Read MoreIs Arizona’s Approach to Educating its ELs Superior to Other Forms of Instruction?In the Horne v. Flores Supreme Court decision of June 25, 2009, the Court wrote that one basis for finding Arizona in compliance with federal law regarding the education of its English learners was that the state had adopted a significantly more effective instructional model for EL students, that being Structured English Immersion (SEI). This paper reviews the extant research on SEI, its definitions, origins, and strategies.
August 6, 2010 • Read MoreDo the AZELLA Cut Scores Meet the Standards? A Validation Review of the Arizona English Language Learner AssessmentThe Arizona English Language Learners Assessment (AZELLA) is used by the Arizona Department of Education to determine which children should receive English support services.
August 6, 2010 • Read MoreA Return to the “Mexican Room”: The Segregation of Arizona’s English LearnersThis paper reviews the research on the impact of segregation on Latino and English learner students, including new empirical research conducted in Arizona.
August 6, 2010 • Read MoreA Study of Arizona’s Teachers of English Language LearnersIn this study a representative sample of 880 elementary and secondary teachers currently teaching in 33 schools across the state of Arizona were asked about their perceptions of how their ELL students were faring under current instructional policies for ELL students.
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