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Oregon Department of Education, 2021
ORS 327.016 directs the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to prepare an annual report on English learner program funding and student outcomes. The report's intention is to describe the population of English Learners in Oregon and provide a summary of district and state progress towards meeting their needs and objectives. The ODE annually…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Annual Reports, State Departments of Education, English (Second Language)
Hetler, Angela Dawn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative case study examines teachers' perspectives on testing accommodations for Limited English Proficient (LEP) students taking Indiana's Graduation Qualifying Exam (GQE). The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) states that the purpose of testing accommodations is to "level the playing field" between LEP students and their…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Testing, Graduation, High Stakes Tests
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Flewelling, Janet; And Others – MultiCultural Review, 1996
Focuses on how one Canadian province, Ontario, and one American state, Florida, have responded to the new realities of an increasingly multicultural society in terms of second- and foreign-language education policies and practices. Strengths and weaknesses of each approach are analyzed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Stritikus, Tom T. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2006
In this article, I examine the implications of additive and subtractive conceptions for the education of English language learner (ELL) students. To understand how competing theories regarding the education of ELL students materialize into action, I examine select findings from one district's implementation of Proposition 227. Focusing on the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Policy, Grade 3
Hailer, Richard M. – 1976
This booklet is designed for those interested in an overview of the past five years of progress in bilingual education in Massachusetts. Topics discussed include the need for bilingual education; reasons for the development of bilingual education programs specifically in Massachusetts; the contribution of individuals in the writing of the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1990
This handbook on elementary-secondary foreign language education goals and objectives serves as a framework on which a comprehensive curriculum for Michigan schools can be built. It includes a discussion of the most significant components of current foreign language methodology and is designed to assist local school districts in goal setting and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Distance Education