Assessment and Intervention for English Language Learners
Assessment and Intervention for English Language Learners

Author: Susan Unruh

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-03-07

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 3319526456

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This book presents evidence-based practices for appropriate assessment of and school-based services for young English language learners. It identifies and addresses the challenges of assessing and intervening with these students at the curricular, instructional, environmental, and individual levels, particularly the complexities of determining the presence or absence of learning disabilities. Case studies and comparisons with fluent English speakers illustrate the screening and evaluation process – including multi-tier system of supports (MTSS) and response to intervention (RTI) – and proactive intervention planning in core literacy and math domains. Together, these chapters model effective teaching practice, advocacy, and teamwork with parents and colleagues as well as policy development toward meeting the needs of this diverse student population. This invaluable guide: Examines challenges of data collection when working with English language learners. Traces the development of dual-language fluency and competence. Discusses language-acquisition issues affecting oral language assessment. Reviews commonly used assessment and intervention tools in use with English learners. Features specialized chapters relating to reading, writing, and mathematics competencies. Can be used regardless of first language spoken by students. Assessment and Intervention for English Language Learners is an essential resource for researchers, professionals, and graduate students in diverse fields including school and clinical child psychology; assessment, testing, and evaluation; language education; special education; and educational psychology.

Implementing Response-to-Intervention to Address the Needs of English-Language Learners
Implementing Response-to-Intervention to Address the Needs of English-Language Learners

Author: Holly S. Hudspath-Niemi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-26

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1136257128

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There is considerable concern surrounding the complex issue of how to meet the learning needs of English-language learners within general and special education programs. Implementing Response-to-Intervention to Address the Needs of English-Language Learners increases school psychologists’ knowledge of intervention strategies related to ELLs, through its examination of the challenges associated with evaluating ELLs and by providing a collaborative framework to enhance educational identification and placement in special education. It accomplishes this by incorporating research-based intervention approaches for ELLs and offering a comprehensive guide to the processes and tools that school teams should consider when utilizing a response to intervention model to support the academic and behavioral needs of ELLs. With a strong focus on alternative assessment, collaboration, and parental involvement, this volume in a definitive touchstone in the quest to provide culturally responsive pedagogy and appropriate adapted classroom instruction for English-language learners of various proficiency levels.

The ELL Teacher's Toolbox
The ELL Teacher's Toolbox

Author: Larry Ferlazzo

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-04-03

Total Pages: 613

ISBN-13: 1119364957

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Practical strategies to support your English language learners The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox is a practical, valuable resource to be used by teachers of English Language Learners, in teacher education credential programs, and by staff development professionals and coaches. It provides hundreds of innovative and research-based instructional strategies you can use to support all levels of English Language Learners. Written by proven authors in the field, the book is divided into two main sections: Reading/Writing and Speaking/Listening. Each of those sections includes “Top Ten” favorites and between 40 and 70 strategies that can be used as part of multiple lessons and across content areas. Contains 60% new strategies Features ready-to-use lesson plans Includes reproducible handouts Offers technology integration ideas The percentage of public school students in the U.S. who are English language learners grows each year—and with this book, you’ll get a ton of fresh, innovative strategies to add to your teaching arsenal.

Formative Language Assessment for English Learners
Formative Language Assessment for English Learners

Author: Rita MacDonald

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780325053578

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The significant challenges faced by English Language Learners (ELLs) become greater during the middle and high school years, when they must learn more abstract academic concepts with emergent English language skills and differing levels of background knowledge. To meet these challenges, ELLs need immediate feedback about how the development of their language abilities interacts with their academic performance; and teachers need practical strategies to help ELLs develop the specific content and language abilities necessary for success. In Formative Language Assessment for English Learners, the research team of Rita MacDonald, Timothy Boals, Mariana Castro, H. Gary Cook, Todd Lundberg, and Paula A. White demonstrates what good language assessment for formative purposes is, explains the cycle of formative language assessment, and shows how it unfolds stage by stage in a school setting. Based on a five-year collaborative project with middle and high school teachers in three major school districts, the book presents a process for: Weaving a language focus into content lessons Analyzing students' language from writing samples to help them broaden their linguistic choices Creating active partnerships with students as they learn and practice new ways to use English. When classrooms are defined by effective language assessment for formative purposes, they become dynamic spaces in which teachers can use that information to plan clear, attainable steps to increase student learning, and students develop deeper understandings of both academic content and academic language. Formative Language Assessment for English Learners provides practical strategies to implement a unique process for formative assessment that can truly change classroom practice. This team of authors works together at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and have collaborated on formative language assessment for English Language Learners through their work for WIDA (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment), a 36-state consortium that supports academic language development for linguistically diverse students through standards, assessment, research, and professional development.

Supporting English Language Learners
Supporting English Language Learners

Author: Farin A. Houk

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Smart, passionate, practical, and filled with experience-honed thinking, Supporting English Language Learners is an ideal resource for all education professionals who are looking for the best ways to help nonnative learners.

Assessing Language and Literacy with Bilingual Students
Assessing Language and Literacy with Bilingual Students

Author: Lori Helman

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2019-10-22

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1462540880

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From expert authors, this book guides educators to conduct assessments that inform daily instruction and identify the assets that emergent bilinguals bring to the classroom. Effective practices are reviewed for screening, assessment, and progress monitoring in the areas of oral language, beginning reading skills, vocabulary and comprehension in the content areas, and writing. The book also addresses how to establish schoolwide systems of support that incorporate family and community engagement. Packed with practical ideas and vignettes, the book focuses on grades K–6, but also will be useful to middle and high school teachers. Appendices include reproducible forms that can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Educating English Language Learners
Educating English Language Learners

Author: Fred Genesee

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-01-16

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13: 1139448986

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The book provides a review of scientific research on the learning outcomes of students with limited or no proficiency in English in U.S. schools. Research on students in kindergarten to grade 12 is reviewed. The primary chapters of the book focus on these students' acquisition of oral language skills in English, their development of literacy (reading & writing) skills in English, instructional issues in teaching literacy, and achievement in academic domains (i.e., mathematics, science, and reading). The reviews and analyses of the research are relatively technical with a focus on research quality, design characteristics, and statistical analyses. The book provides a set of summary tables that give details about each study, including full references, characteristics of the students in the research, assessment tools and procedures, and results. A concluding chapter summarizes the major issues discussed and makes recommendations about particular areas that need further research.

RTI and ELLs
RTI and ELLs

Author: Seth Aldrich

Publisher: Dude Publishing

Published: 2014-06-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935609926

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English language learners (ELLs)¿students who speak a language other than English at home and enter school scoring below proficient on English assessments¿are among the fastest growing populations in US schools. It is critical that these students receive systemic support as needed to overcome the challenges associated with being non-native English speakers. Response To Intervention is an ideal framework for educators working with ELLs. Moreover, when RTI is used in a classroom, all students benefit. Written by Seth Aldrich, RTI & ELLs is a six-page, quick-reference laminated guide that provides guidance on how teachers can use RTI to support ELLs, from differentiated instruction to ensure learning is accessible to all, to curriculum-based measurement (CBM) to gauge student learning, to targeted, tiered academic and behavioral interventions and supports. This recently updated guide has individual sections listing specific recommendations for ¿Differentiating instruction for ELLs (Tier 1) ¿Tier 2 & Tier 3 academic strategies ¿RTI academic assessment tools for ELLs ¿RTI behavioral supports ¿Tier 1, 2 & 3 behavioral strategies ¿Developing a schoolwide plan to support ELLs through RTI In addition, it provides a sample Daily Behavior Report Card (DBRC) that can be reproduced and used to monitor student behavior, provide feedback, and increase home-school communication.

IEPs for ELs
IEPs for ELs

Author: John J. Hoover

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2017-03-22

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1506393470

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Develop and monitor high-quality IEPs for diverse learners High-quality IEPs are fundamental for guiding the educational process of and developing goals for students who require special education services. English learners (ELs) and other students with learning, emotional, or behavioral disabilities present unique challenges to educators responsible for referring, assessing, and placing them. This book guides educators through the process for creating high-quality IEPs for these K-12 learners. Readers will find: Practical guidance for developing and monitoring culturally and linguistically responsive IEPs Checklists, guides, and other reproducibles that support IEP development Case studies highlighting examples of appropriate IEPs