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Dai Gu; Sujin Kim – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2025
This paper explores how "English learners (ELs)" or who we prefer to call "multilingual learners" are labeled and positioned in policy documents and leading education research documents respectively. Attending to the urgent call for serving the growing number of linguistically and culturally diverse learners, this study delves…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Sireci, Stephen G.; Faulkner-Bond, Molly – Review of Research in Education, 2015
Across the globe, educational tests are being used at a rapidly increasing rate. More recently, educational tests are being used to inform educational policy and for holding educators accountable for student learning. One reason educational assessments are used for these important purposes is that they are considered to provide reliable and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Accountability, Educational Testing, Student Evaluation
Gossman, Ginger L. – Online Submission, 2009
Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) aimed to improve teacher practice and improve student outcomes at Lanier and International High Schools in AISD. Overall, QTEL was moderately effective based on the myriad of mixed program results.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, International Schools, High School Students, Teacher Effectiveness
Calderon, Margarita; And Others – 1982
A teacher training packet (student's edition) on assessment of students in bilingual programs, is directed to undergraduate and graduate students and inservice participants. In addition to state-of-the-art reviews, the packet contains: a course syllabus, a pretest and answer key, a glossary, learning objectives, a list of recommended readings,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Calderon, Margarita; And Others – 1982
A teacher training packet (teacher's edition) on assessment of students in bilingual programs, is directed to undergraduate and graduate students and inservice participants. In addition to state-of-the-art reviews, the packet contains: a course syllabus, a pretest and answer key, a glossary, learning objectives, a list of recommended readings,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1983
A handbook to assist school district personnel in designing special instructional programs for limited English proficient (LEP) students considers the variety of circumstances in individual school districts by providing program models appropriate for one or many language minority students. The first section provides background information on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques