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Liu, Kristi; Koo, Haesook; Barrera, Manuel; Thurlow, Martha – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2008
To better understand how school principals can provide instructional leadership appropriate for English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities, the study described in this report examined how principals of successful schools translated information to teachers on designing accessible standards-based instruction for ELLs with disabilities. The…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Second Language Learning, Disabilities, Instructional Leadership
Liu, Kristi; Thurlow, Martha; Koo, Haesook; Barrera, Manuel – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2008
Previous work by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (K. Liu, Koo, Barrera, & Thurlow, 2008) documented that principals in 10 "successful" middle schools (defined as those making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) with ELLs and students with disabilities) were knowledgeable and concerned about the special education referral…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Middle Schools, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Thurlow, Martha; Shyyan, Vitaliy; Barrera, Manuel; Liu, Kristi – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2008
This study is part of national research over the past seven years at the National Center on Educational Outcomes focused on identifying and validating instructional strategies for ELLs with disabilities (Shyyan, Thurlow, & Liu, 2008; Thurlow, Albus, Shyyan, Liu, & Barrera, 2004). In recent work (Barrera, Shyyan, Liu, & Thurlow, 2008),…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Delphi Technique, Teaching Methods, Teacher Surveys
Barrera, Manuel; Liu, Kristi; Thurlow, Martha; Shyyan, Vitaliy; Yan, Ming; Chamberlain, Steve – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
English language learners (ELLs) and students with disabilities are two groups specifically targeted in NCLB for which schools must demonstrate "adequate yearly progress." However, ELLs with disabilities, a category where these two groups overlap, are not specifically mentioned in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning