Evaluating English Learner Services & Results for Accountability & Instructional Improvement, Part 2

Presenters

Linda Carstens (Primary)

Senior Research Associate
WestEd

Description

English Learners (ELs) are one of the nation's fastest growing student populations, comprising 7% of all K-12 students nationwide. In this two-part, interactive presentation, WestEd's Robert Linquanti and Linda Carstens, recognized experts in the field, will share tools and strategies district and site leadership teams can use to evaluate practices and systematically improve outcomes for EL students.

In this session, led by Linda Carstens, participants will examine a systemic approach to EL instruction, based on a coherent philosophy, pedagogy, and set of instructional practices. The session explores the link between language and literacy and language and content.

To access the first Online Event in the series, please go to http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/wested/view/e/503.

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Does your district need specialized help with English learners? WestEd's English Learner Evaluation and Accountability Support (ELEAS) program, led by Linquanti and Carstens, helps district/site leadership teams: evaluate performance, improve practices, and integrate NCLB Title I and Title III EL accountability requirements into local accountability systems.

Related Resources from SchoolsMovingUp:
If you would like some background reading about this topic, please visit the SchoolsMovingUp Reading Room, which has abstracts of articles and books offering practical ideas and models for school improvement. Often there is a direct link to the full-text resource. Based on your interest in this event, you might be specifically interested in the English Learners section of the Reading Room.

SchoolsMovingUp has also presented other online events related to this topic. Our archives let you watch and listen to the presentation, questions, and discussion. Related events include: NCLB Accountability Requirements for English Learners.

If you need assistance addressing the needs of English Learners, WestEd’s English Learners and the Language Arts and English Learner Evaluation and Accountability Support programs can help.

Mar 24 Differentiated Tools and Strategies to Support RTI in Language Arts/Social Studies

NCLB Accountability Requirements for English Learners

Understanding How to Navigate the Map of Standards for English Learners (Introductory)

Understanding How to Use the Essential ELD Standards for Teaching and Assessment (Intermediate)

English Learners and the Language Arts

English Learners and the Language Arts (Follow-up Presentation)

Evaluating English Learner (EL) Services & Results for Accountability & Instructional Improvement, Part 1

Standards-Based Instruction: Could it Happen in Special Education?

IDEA and Literacy

What Does the Research Say About Designing Quality Literacy Instruction?

Teaching Science: How to Really Give Universal Access to English Learners

Using Flexible Technology to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners

Differentiated Instruction: An Overview and One Classroom’s Transformation

Response to Intervention (RTI) and the Connections to Neurodevelopment

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Reading Science for Understanding in Middle and High School

Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent ELLs (Research from CREATE)

Findings from the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth (Research from CREATE)

Promising Technology Practices for Struggling Readers

Word Lists: Choices and Uses

Learning All-Purpose Academic Words (Research from CREATE)

Tools for Literacy: Technology to Support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Making Standards-based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The SIOP Model (Research from CREATE)

Building Oral Language into the Basal (Research from CREATE)

Critical Science Vocabulary

The Key Three Routine: Comprehension Strategy Instruction

A School Immersed in Vocabulary

A County Immersed in Vocabulary

Using Formative Assessments to Accelerate the Academic Achievement of English Learners

RTI Process Steps: A Small Elementary School's Approach to Implementation

RTI in a Secondary School Setting: Riverbank High School Story

English Learners and the Language Arts

Taking Center Stage—Act II : Building Effective Programs for English Learners in the Middle Grades

English Learner Literacy Development through Formative Assessment of Oral Language

Making Standards-based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The SIOP Model (Encore Presentation)

Doing What Works: Teaching Elementary-School English Learners

Building Oral Language into Content Area Instruction (Research from CREATE)

What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say About Teaching English Language Learners

English Learners in Secondary Mathematics: Rigor and Excellence

Quality Teaching for English Learners: High Challenge and High Support

Closing the Learning Gap: Steps That Work

Word Generation: Using Online Tools To Support Effective Implementation of an Academic Language Program (SERP Institute)

Signal Hill Elementary School: A Road to Results

Cesar E. Chavez High School: High Expectations, Empowerment, and Excellence

Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

English Learners and the Language Arts (Encore Presentation)