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Lucas, Michelle; Poulsen, Helen – Online Submission, 2020
This report summarizes the academic performance of emergent bilingual students, also known as English learners, for the 2019-2020 school year, in the Austin Independent School District. Results are presented from the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS), advanced placement (AP) course enrollment and exam performance,…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Academic Achievement
Fonseca, Manuela – Preschool Development and Expansion Grant Technical Assistance (PDG TA), 2017
The United States is becoming a more culturally and linguistically diverse nation. This is especially true when we look at the youngest generation of learners. This growing diversity increases the need to accurately identify young children as dual language learners (DLLs) prior to kindergarten. Ensuring educators have a strong understanding of…
Descriptors: State Policy, Bilingual Students, Educational Practices, Needs Assessment
Texas Education Agency, 2014
Under Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §89.1225(h), districts are required to use the exit criteria represented in the chart titled "2013-2014 English Proficiency Exit Criteria Chart" found at (http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=4098) to exit English language learners (ELLs) from bilingual/ESL programs. The exit criteria under TAC…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Evaluation, Language Proficiency, Evaluation Criteria
Ibanez, Natalia; Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2013
This report presents third grade English language learner students' 2012-2013 STAAR and TELPAS results and provides a comparison by program type.
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Spanish
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Fairclough, Marta A.; Belpoliti, Flavia; Bermejo, Encarna – Hispania, 2010
The purpose of this article is to briefly describe the design and piloting of a branched, online placement and credit examination that measures receptive as well as productive and creative language abilities in the heritage language of college students entering the Spanish for Heritage Learners Program at the University of Houston, a major…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Native Language Instruction, Heritage Education
Gossman, Ginger L. – Online Submission, 2009
Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) aimed to improve teacher practice and improve student outcomes at Lanier and International High Schools in AISD. Overall, QTEL was moderately effective based on the myriad of mixed program results.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, International Schools, High School Students, Teacher Effectiveness
Stansfield, Charles W.; Kenyon, Dorry Mann – 1991
Development and validation of the Texas Oral Proficiency Test (TOPT) is described. The TOPT, a simulated oral proficiency interview, was developed in French and Spanish as a test of speech skills to be used by the state as part of its certification testing program for French, Spanish, and bilingual education teachers. An introductory chapter…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, French, Higher Education
Hanna, Cornelia B.; Levermann, D. – 1975
In order to help handicapped children function in regular school programs by the time they enter first grade, the First Chance Early Childhood Program provides precise intervention into the development of children aged 3 to 5 with clearly identified handicapping conditions. Using English and/or Spanish, program staff test and measure the referred…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education