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Education Trust
http://www.edtrust.org/documents/dispell.pdf
In 1998-99, the Education Trust conducted a survey of 1,200 schools
that had been identified by the states as their top scoring and/or
most improving schools with poverty levels over 50%. The principals
of 366 of these high-performing, high-poverty schools responded.
The results of this survey are summarized in this report along with
a directory of these schools that are demonstrating that poverty
need not mean low expectations.
ESL
Standards
http://www.cal.org/eslstandards/
http://www.tesol.org/pubs/catalog/k12corner.html#714
The ESL standards were developed jointly by the Center for Applied
Linguistics and the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
(TESOL) association to develop and implement standards for the effective
instruction of English as a second language (ESL) to pre-K-12 students
in the United States. Released in June of 1997, these standards
address the questions of what students should know as a result of
their ESL instruction. Because students enter school with varied
backgrounds in ESL and native language proficiency, these standards
have been established according to second language developmental
stages, reflecting growth at beginning, intermediate, and advanced
levels of English proficiency within pre-K-3, 4-8 and 9-12 grade
level clusters. The needs of students with limited formal schooling
and learning disabilities are also discussed.
NCBE
Online Library - Reading, Writing and Literacy
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/library/curriculum/index.htm#READING
This subject area contains articles and web resources covering all
aspects of curriculum and instruction designed to help linguistically
and culturally diverse learners reach challenging academic standards
in early childhood and K-12 programs.
Proceedings
of the Research Symposium on High Standards in Reading for Students
from Diverse Language Groups: Research, Practice and Policy, Washington,
DC.
The symposium highlighted some of the latest research on reading
for this population. Proceedings are available online at http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/ncbepubs/symposia/reading/index.htm,or
may be ordered for free on CD-ROM from the same site.
Annotated
bibliography for literacy issues of second language learners, Technical
Assistance Center, Buffalo State College [2001, January 11].
http://math.buffalostate.edu/~tac/reading/esl.htm
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