Margo Gottlieb answered questions about what it takes to create English-language-proficiency standards and assessments and how those tools can be used to improve instruction. Educators have struggled ...

Simplifying test questions so that they avoid unnecessarily complex English is the best way for states to include English-language learners in large-scale testing, according to the most prominent ...

Most districts rely on annual ELP assessments that arrive too late to inform instruction, leaving educators guessing whether students are making progress and where to adjust supports. Ellevation ...

Abedi, J. (Ed.). 2007. English Language Proficiency Assessment in the Nation: Current Status and Future Practice. Davis: University of California. Abedi, J. 2008 ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) This is a critical moment for education in California. After years of attempting to educate students during a pandemic, ...

Cultural differences in rhetorical conventions may affect the paper's structure and organization. Writers may rely on rhetorical conventions that are used in their cultures. It takes time to learn and ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. PORT CHESTER, N.Y ...

If Lake Elementary School had looked only at the student’s math assessment in English, teachers would have worried about him. But when he took the same exam in Spanish, Principal Paola Elena Zepher ...

Theodora Chang discusses the benefits of No Child Left Behind waivers for English language learners and English as a second language teachers. Westside High School English Language Learners teacher ...