NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)0
Since 2006 (last 20 years)1
Descriptor
English (Second Language)5
Second Language Learning5
Federal Legislation4
Academic Achievement3
Achievement Tests3
Immersion Programs3
Scores3
State Legislation3
Accountability2
Achievement Gap2
Educational Legislation2
Elementary School Students2
High Stakes Tests2
Language of Instruction2
Public Education2
State Standards2
Bilingual Education Programs1
Bilingualism1
Cognitive Style1
Comparative Analysis1
Construct Validity1
Educational Finance1
Educational Indicators1
Elementary Secondary Education1
Factor Structure1
More ▼
Source
American Institutes for…1
Education Policy Research Unit1
Educational Assessment1
Language Policy Research Unit1
NABE News1
Author
Pu, Chang2
Anand, Priyanka1
Brock, Leslie1
Cho, Yeonsuk1
Cline, Fred1
Esra, Phil1
Graczewski, Cheryl1
Ling, Guangming1
Linquanti, Robert1
Parrish, Thomas B.1
Perez, Maria1
Socias, Miguel1
Sosa, Alicia, Ed.1
Spain, Angeline1
Steinberg, Jonathan1
Stone, Elizabeth1
Wright, Wayne1
Wright, Wayne E.1
Young, John W.1
More ▼
Publication Type
Reports - Research2
Collected Works - Serials1
Journal Articles1
Reports - Descriptive1
Reports - Evaluative1
Tests/Questionnaires1
Education Level
Elementary Education2
Elementary Secondary Education2
Grade 31
Grade 51
Grade 81
Audience
Location
Arizona2
California1
United States1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
No Child Left Behind Act 20013
Proposition 227 (California…2
Education Amendments 19721
Title IX Education Amendments…1
Assessments and Surveys
Stanford Achievement Tests5
Iowa Tests of Basic Skills1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in Post Proposition 203 Arizona. Executive Summary
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Wright, Wayne; Pu, Chang – Language Policy Research Unit, 2005
This report reveals the problems with claims made by Arizona state public education officials that English Language Learners (ELLs) are thriving under English-only instruction. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and the state's accountability system, Arizona LEARNS, require all students, including ELLs, to participate in statewide…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Language of Instruction, Immersion Programs
Validity and Fairness of State Standards-Based Assessments for English Language Learners
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Young, John W.; Cho, Yeonsuk; Ling, Guangming; Cline, Fred; Steinberg, Jonathan; Stone, Elizabeth – Educational Assessment, 2008
English language learners (ELLs) constitute one of the fastest growing subpopulations of students in the United States. It is important to determine whether the assessments used by states in determining students' proficiencies are valid and fair for ELLs. This study focused on several standards-based assessments in mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, State Standards, Word Lists, Construct Validity
Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in Post Proposition 203 Arizona
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Wright, Wayne E.; Pu, Chang – Education Policy Research Unit, 2005
This report reveals the problems with claims made by Arizona state public education officials that English Language Learners (ELLs) are thriving under English-only instruction. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and the state's accountability system, Arizona LEARNS, require all students, including ELLs, to participate in statewide…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Language of Instruction, Immersion Programs
English Language Acquisition Program Evaluation Report: A Report from the Study "Effects of the Implementation of Proposition 227 on the Education of English Learners, K-12"
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Perez, Maria; Esra, Phil; Parrish, Thomas B.; Spain, Angeline; Anand, Priyanka; Socias, Miguel; Brock, Leslie; Graczewski, Cheryl; Linquanti, Robert – American Institutes for Research, 2004
In June of 1998, Proposition 227 was passed by 61 percent of the California electorate. Intended to change how the state's English learners (ELs) are instructed, Proposition 227 required that ELs be taught "overwhelmingly in English" through sheltered/structured English immersion (SEI) programs during a transition period and then…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, State Legislation, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
NABE News, 1999-2000.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Sosa, Alicia, Ed. – NABE News, 2000
The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) newsletter is published 8 times a year in order to help NABE fulfill its mission of addressing the educational needs of language-minority Americans. Topics such as educational reform, bilingual education, bilingualism, indigenous bilingual education, second language teaching (theory and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education