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Teacher Approaches to Writing in Science in Bilingual Elementary Classrooms
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Roper, Soleil; Carpenter, Daniel; Garza, Esther – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
This investigation examined the approaches bilingual education elementary teachers implemented to develop student science and English language understanding. In this investigation, teachers used Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs) to assess bilingual-ELs' (BLs) English writing understanding. Teacher interviews, student writing samples, and the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Bilingual Education, Elementary School Teachers
Placement Testing: Man and Machine, Doing the Best We Can?
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McPherson, Douglas – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how and why Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) has developed a system aiming to effectively place students in freshman and developmental English programs. The placement system includes: triangulating data from external test scores, with scores from a panel-marked hand-written essay (HWE),…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
The Impact of High Stakes Testing on the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in Texas Public Education: National Implications
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Arthur L. Petterway; William Allan Kritsonis; David Herrington – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this article is to analyze the issues and challenges faced by English Language Learners (ELLs) and the public schools that absorb them. Ample research has been conducted on the intrinsic validity of standardized assessments, and separately, on the factors affecting the assimilation and integration of ELLs. However, the reliability…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, English (Second Language)
Cross-Language Relationship between Spanish and English Oral Reading Fluency among Spanish-Speaking English Language Learners in Bilingual Education Classrooms
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Dominguez De Ramirez, Romilia; Shapiro, Edward S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
This study examined whether oral reading fluency in a child's first language (Spanish) as assessed by Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) was related to oral reading fluency in a second language (English) and whether Spanish oral reading fluency probes administered in the fall were predictive of English oral reading fluency outcomes for spring of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Curriculum Based Assessment, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education
Assessing English Language Learners: A Case Study of Practices Used by Secondary Mathematics Teachers
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Regalado, Ester Calderon – Online Submission, 2007
With the implementation in 2003 of the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind, students from all cultural and linguistic backgrounds, including English language learners (ELLs), are required to perform well on state assessments. Since the numbers of ELLs in schools are growing and since schools are held accountable for all students'…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
An Orientation to Bilingual Education in Texas: A Training Manual.
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Office of International and Bilingual Education. – 1976
The Texas Education Agency provides bilingual education/teacher training institutes and contracts with school districts, colleges, universities, education service centers and individuals to conduct these institutes throughout the state. This manual was developed as a guide or model for the implementation of the training institutes. The manual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Educational Media