Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-Based Recommendations for Instruction and Academic Interventions

This book is the first in a series of three Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners from the Center on Instruction. It provides evidence-based recommendations for policymakers, administrators, and teachers in K-12 settings who seek to make informed decisions about instruction and academic interventions for ELLs. The domains of focus include reading and mathematics, and the recommendations apply to both a class-wide instructional format and individualized, targeted interventions, depending on the population and the goals of the instruction. A PowerPoint presentation overview of the series is available below for downloading. A Professional Development PowerPoint is also available to supplement the content of this book. The detailed slides and speaker notes summarize and augment the information contained in the book and may be used to provide professional development during inservice training to educators teaching in grades K-12. David Francis presented an overview of the series at the LEP Partnership meeting in October 2006. The PowerPoint presentation is available here. A podcast of the presentation is available here.

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This resource pertains to the following topics:

• English Language Learning
• Special Populations
• Research: Meta-analyses and Summaries
• Practitioner Guides
• PD Modules and Training Materials
• Professional Development Events
• Instruction
• Instructional Practice

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