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Download full textMinnesota Department of Education, 2014
This document describes the Minnesota No Child Left Behind (NCLB) calculation as it relates to measuring Title III districts for Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO). In 2012, a new assessment was used to measure language proficiency skills for English Learners. New AMAO targets were created, and new values for determining individual…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Language Proficiency, Language Skills
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Direct linkPaul, Rhea; Shriberg, Lawrence D.; McSweeny, Jane; Cicchetti, Domenic; Klin, Ami; Volkmar, Fred – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
Shriberg "et al." [Shriberg, L. "et al." (2001). "Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 44," 1097-1115] described prosody-voice features of 30 high functioning speakers with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to age-matched control speakers. The present study reports additional information on the speakers with ASD, including…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Socialization, Suprasegmentals, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Neiburg, Michael S. – 1997
Native language acquisition is a natural and non-natural stage-by-stage process. The natural first stage is development of speech and listening skills. In this stage, competency is gained in the home environment. The next, non-natural stage is development of literacy, a cultural skill taught in school. Since oral-aural native language development…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Learning Processes
Achieve, Inc., 2003
In 2002, the Michigan State Board of Education asked the Department of Education to develop grade-by-grade "content expectations" in reading/English language arts and mathematics to provide guidance to local educators and parents and serve as the basis for annual assessments required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Federal Legislation, Language Arts, State Standards
Pavlou, Pavlos – 1994
This paper investigates the role of cohesion in oral proficiency testing. This study analyzed the cohesion of oral reports given by 16 Cypriot high school students studying English as a foreign language (EFL) using a modification of M. A. K. Halliday and R. Hasan's rating scale. It then compared the objective cohesion ratings with impressionistic…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Lay, Nancy Duke S. – 1991
This guide is designed to help college-level teachers of English as a Second Language address the particular linguistic characteristics and instructional needs of native Chinese-speaking students. The first chapter profiles four Chinese students at the City College of New York, focusing on their basic literacy in Chinese, immigration issues,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
