This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in this blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a few and list them here ...
The Best Resources On “Instructional Coaching” Atul Gawande’s feature article The New Yorker this week, Personal Best: Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you?, has sure sparked a lot of discussion this week on instructional coaches. I thought I’d bring together a few of what I ...
“Common Core ELL Assessment Will Be Developed by Wisc. Consortium” Common Core ELL Assessment Will Be Developed by Wisc. Consortium is the headline at Ed Week’s Learning The Language blog reporting that the Department of Education has awarded $10.5 to a group of 28 states led by Wisconsin to develop a uniform ...
“How Should The “Next Generation” Of Standardized Tests Treat ELL’s?” How Should The “Next Generation” Of Standardized Tests Treat ELL’s? is the new question of the week at my Education Week Teacher column. Please visit the post and share your ideas….
Which States Allow ELL’s To Take Standardized Tests In Native Language? I’m sure many readers probably already know this, but I recently learned that No Child Left Behind lets English Language Learners take standardized tests in their native language for their first three years in the United States (and may even get an ...
Which States Allow ELL’s To Take Standardized Tests In Native Language? I’m sure many readers probably already know this, but I recently learned that No Child Left Behind lets English Language Learners take standardized te
