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Does Your Local Control Accountability (Lcap) Plan Deliver On The Promise Of Increased Or Improved Services For English Learners? 10 Research Aligned Rubrics To Help Answer The Question And Guide Your Program, Californians Together, The California Association For Bilingual Education (Cabe), California Rural Legal Assistance (Crla), The Center For Equity For English Learners (Ceel)
Does Your Local Control Accountability (Lcap) Plan Deliver On The Promise Of Increased Or Improved Services For English Learners? 10 Research Aligned Rubrics To Help Answer The Question And Guide Your Program, Californians Together, The California Association For Bilingual Education (Cabe), California Rural Legal Assistance (Crla), The Center For Equity For English Learners (Ceel)
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As California’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) came into effect in 2013, districts were given more flexibility to use state resources and create a new school finance system to improve/increase services for students with greater needs for support, including English Learners (ELs), students from low-income backgrounds, and foster youth. Local Education Agencies (LEAs) were tasked with preparing the Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs) to describe how districts use their plans to meet their annual goals for all students. To aid LEAs in their design and implementation of programs to address the needs of ELs, Californians Together, the California Association …
Equitable And Fair Assessments Of English Learners In California’S New Assessment System, Norman C. Gold, Ed.D., Magaly Lavadenz, Ph.D., Martha Hernández, M.Ed., Shelly Spiegel-Coleman, M.Ed.
Equitable And Fair Assessments Of English Learners In California’S New Assessment System, Norman C. Gold, Ed.D., Magaly Lavadenz, Ph.D., Martha Hernández, M.Ed., Shelly Spiegel-Coleman, M.Ed.
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This article focuses on the assessment needs that are unique to English learners (ELs) and provides a comprehensive set of recommendations regarding their equitable and fair assessment. Specific recommendations are provided for when to assess ELs, accommodations for ELs, and the budget and infrastructure that necessary to support these accommodations. The authors expect that these recommendations resonate with state leaders and policymakers as the state of California transitions to a new state assessment system.
Mapping Writing Development In Young Bilingual Learners, Ana M. Hernández, Ed.D., Magaly Lavadenz, Ph.D.
Mapping Writing Development In Young Bilingual Learners, Ana M. Hernández, Ed.D., Magaly Lavadenz, Ph.D.
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A growing interest in Two-Way Bilingual Immersion (TWBI) programs has led to increased attention to bilingualism, biliteracy, and biculturalism. This article describes the writing development in Spanish and English for 49 kindergarten students in a 50/50 Two-Way Bilingual Immersion program. Over the course of an academic year, the authors collected writing samples to analyze evidence of cross-linguistic resource sharing using a grounded theoretical approach to compare and contrast writing samples to determine patterns of cross-linguistic resource sharing in English and Spanish. The authors identified four patterns: phonological, syntactic, lexical, and metalinguistic awareness. Findings indicated that emergent writers applied similar strategies …
The Observation Protocol For Academic Literacies (Opal); A Tool For Supporting Teachers Of English Language Learners, Elvira G. Armas, Ed.D, Magaly Lavadenz, Ph.D.
The Observation Protocol For Academic Literacies (Opal); A Tool For Supporting Teachers Of English Language Learners, Elvira G. Armas, Ed.D, Magaly Lavadenz, Ph.D.
Practitioner Journal Articles
Schools and school systems are experiencing an instructional support gap that results in limited opportunities for educators to analyze, reflect on and improve research-based practices for ELLs so that outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse students can change. To address this need, an inter-disciplinary research team from the Center for Equity for English Learners, comprised of educational leaders, teachers, researchers, and content experts developed a classroom observational instrument—the Observation Protocol for Academic Literacies (OPAL). The OPAL is intended for teachers, educational leaders, coaches, and others to conduct focused classroom observations for three potential purposes: research/evaluation, professional development, and coaching. In …