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Direct linkBunch, Michael B. – Language Testing, 2011
Title III of Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind; NCLB) provided for creation of assessments of English language learners (ELLs) and established, through the Enhanced Assessment Grant program, a platform from which four consortia of states developed ELL tests aligned to rigorous statewide content standards. Those four tests (ACCESS for ELLs,…
Descriptors: Test Items, Student Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Formative Evaluation
Tollefson, James W.; Tsui, Amy B. M. – Review of Research in Education, 2014
This article examines the role of language policies in mediating access and equity in education. By examining a range of research and case studies on language policies, the authors explore how educational language policies serve as a central gatekeeper to education itself, as well as to quality education that may fundamentally depend on language…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Equal Education, Access to Education, Educational Policy
Download full textFlorez, Ida Rose – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2010
The Arizona English Language Learners Assessment (AZELLA) is used by the Arizona Department of Education to determine which children should receive English support services. AZELLA results are used to determine if children are either proficient in English or have English language skills in one of four pre-proficient categories (pre-emergent,…
Descriptors: Validity, Second Language Learning, Cutting Scores, Kindergarten
Martinez-Wenzl, Mary; Perez, Karla; Gandara, Patricia – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2010
In the Horne v Flores Supreme Court decision of June 25, 2009, the Court wrote that one basis for finding Arizona in compliance with federal law regarding the education of its English learners was that the state had adopted a "significantly more effective" than bilingual education instructional model for EL students --Structured…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Federal Legislation, Bilingual Education, Academic Education
Matthews, Tom; Fong, Susan – 1981
This is a descriptive summary of the characteristics of bilingual students and programs in Seattle, Washington for 1976-1980. The first section presents information on Seattle's students from non-English language backgrounds in regard to their English fluency, language group membership, family income, residential patterns, and by their attrition…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
