This collection of research provides a review of research on the effective practices for improving outcomes for English learners including academic achievement.
Author(s): Virginia P. Collier and Wayne P. Thomas
Publication URL: http://evergreen.thecenterweb.org/eg/opac/record/11851
Category: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Bilingual Education
Summary:
A book for decision-makers about the design, implementation, and assessment of educational programming for English learners.
Dual language education for a transformed world
Author(s): Wayne P. Thomas and Virginia P. Collier
Publication URL: http://evergreen.thecenterweb.org/eg/opac/record/12337
Category: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Dual Language Learners
Summary:
The authors make the case for dual language education to become the standard for all schools. It provides guidance and tools to transform education for the new century.
Illinois Administration Code 228: Transitional Bilingual Education
Author(s):
Publication URL: https://www.isbe.net/Documents/228ARK.pdf
Category: Comprehensive Planning, Leadership
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Illinois Law and Policy
Summary:
The text of the state administrative code for bilingual education.
Family Engagement Framework
Author(s): Illinois State Board of Education
Publication URL: https://www.isbe.net/Documents/fe-guide.pdf
Category: Community & Family Engagement
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Communication with Families
Summary:
This guide brings together research, best practices, and program requirements and can be a resource for district/school leaders and families to use in planning, implementing, and evaluating family engagement practices that directly improve student outcomes.
ESSA State Plan for Illinois
Author(s): Illinois State Board of Education
Publication URL: https://www.isbe.net/Documents/ESSAStatePlanforIllinois.pdf
Category: Comprehensive Planning
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: ESSA, Illinois Law and Policy
Summary:
This state plan responds to the provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act with approaches specific to the state of Illinois. Information on funding, assessment, and reporting of EL education services occur throughout the document. Section C, which is specifically dedicated to ELs, begins on page 29 and describes the state’s uniform procedure and long-term goals.
Illinois School Code (105 ILCS 5/)
Author(s): Illinois General Assembly
Publication URL: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1005&ChapterID=17
Category: Comprehensive Planning
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Illinois Law and Policy
Summary:
The Illinois School Code includes several specific provisions for bilingual education throughout the state. Sections of particular interest to schools providing EL services include: article 14C, which establishes and regulates Transitional Bilingual Education, and article 21B section G, which describes licensure for bilingual teachers.
English Language Learners – State Profile – Illinois
Author(s): Education Commission of the States
Publication URL: http://ecs.force.com/mbdata/mbstcprofexc?Rep=ELP14&st=Illinois
Category: Comprehensive Planning
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Illinois Law and Policy
Summary:
This webpage provides an accessible summary of Illinois’ policies and definitions relating to EL education. It cites relevant language from legislation and explains the state’s requirements for assessment, identification, programming and curriculum, and funding.
2012 Amplification of the English Language Development Standards: Kindergarten – Grade 12
Author(s): WiDA
Publication URL: https://www.wida.us/get.aspx?id=540
Category: Comprehensive Planning
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Assessment, English Language Standards, Illinois Standards
Summary:
This handbook provides detailed explanations of the WiDA standards for English language development, which the state of Illinois uses to evaluate EL students’ proficiency in both English and subject areas. It provides rubrics for assessing students that can also guide curriculum and policy design within districts.
Schoolwide Approaches To Educating ELLs: Creating Linguistically And Culturally Responsive K-12 Schools
Author(s): Sonia W. Soltero
Publication Info: (2011). Portsmouth, NH. Heinemann.
Publication URL: https://evergreen.thecenterweb.org/eg/opac/record/12114
Category: Professional Development
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Curriculum, Language Education Programs, Second Language Acquisition
Summary:
This book is a comprehensive guide on a broad range of topics concerning ELs. Some of these topics include curriculum design, advocacy, second language acquisition, schoolwide EL education concerns, and principles of effective teaching.
Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: A Practical Guide
Author(s): Robert L. Rhodes, Salvador Hector Ochoa, Samuel O. Ortiz
Publication Info: (2005). New York. The Guilford Press.
Publication URL: https://evergreen.thecenterweb.org/eg/opac/record/12003
Category:
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Assessment, Language Assessment
Summary:
This book offers a empirically-based practical guide to using tools and techniques for assessing ELs in K-12 settings.