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Direct linkVarela, Elizabeth – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) placed a new focus and accountability on the achievement levels of English learners by requiring that they develop English proficiency and meet the same academic standards that all children are expected to meet by year 2014. Administrators and teachers are looking at ways English learners might progress more…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Federal Legislation, Achievement, Second Language Learning
Lewis, Anne C. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
The failure of schools to include English-language learners (ELL) in their testing programs or the low performance of this particular sub-group on state assessments are some of the major reasons why schools come to be labeled as not meeting adequate yearly progress requirements under "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB). According to the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
