Identifying English language learners for gifted and talented programs:...

Roeper Review;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......American schools, ELL students have fewer opportunities...2003). Inherently, ELL students' giftedness will manifest...procedures in identifying ELL students as gifted and talented...special education and ELL students--especially in states...English only, where ...

Silence on the English learners' gap

The Boston Globe;  August 4, 2008 ;     651 words ......to be English Language Learners, or ELL, students who are not proficient in reading, writing...the state's data, only 53 percent of ELL students in Massachusetts graduated from high...than 7 percent dropped out. For male ELL students, only 48 percent graduated. Undoubtedly...

English Language Learners Left Behind in Arizona: The Nullification of...

Bilingual Research Journal;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......programs for English language learner (ELL) students. Each policy calls for the full inclusion...restricted-oriented policies are having on ELL students. Suggestions for improving this situation...classified as English language learner (ELL) students is increasing rapidly, especially ...

NUMBER OF STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH IS UP

The Gazette;  March 3, 2008 ;     460 words ......provides a full-time focus to ELL students, splitting her time between the district's three schools. Hanover's ELL students are predominantly Spanish-speaking...'s unclear why the percentage of ELL students has increased. Thomas said it...

Immigrant students in city school district face big test

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  March 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to analyze it on a test. Hundreds of ELL students in third through eighth grades and 11th...language ability of a native speaker. But ELL students are required to take the reading test...words by fifth grade, Bunce said. The ELL students are "exposed to new vocabulary on a...

CHAIRMAN KILDEE ISSUES STATEMENT AT COMMITTEE HEARING ON IMPACT OF NO...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 23, 2007 ;     541 words ......students. Today, there are about 5 million ELL students nationwide, representing about 10 percent...might surprise some to know that most ELL students, and 76 percent of elementary school ELL students, were born in the United States. Unfortunately...

An Examination of the Validity of English-Language Achievement Test Scores...

Bilingual Research Journal;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......language learners (ELLs) and former ELL students, in Grades 4 and 10, were tested using...contrasted. The results showed that ELL students, forthe most part, answered more items...home-language literacy. Additionally, former ELL students are often unable to exhibit their content-ar...

Challenges in the No Child Left Behind Act for English-Language Learners.

Phi Delta Kappan;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......2014. Schools and districts must help ELL students, among other subgroups, make continuous...slow improvement. State tests show that ELL students' academic performance is far below that...goal of redesignating high-performing ELL students as language-proficient students causes...

SUBCOMMITTEE REPUBLICANS, WITNESSES HIGHLIGHT NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND'S FOCUS...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......additional flexibility in educating ELL students as well as ensuring schools receive...for the work they have done in helping ELL students reach proficiency. "NCLB was crafted...Subcommittee's Ranking Republican. "ELL students are no exception. Because of that, under...

Shared responsibility: achieving success with English-language learners.

Phi Delta Kappan;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......numbers of English-language learners (ELL students) arrive at the doors of U.S. public...Teachers who are not well prepared for ELL students struggle to address their needs in the...on how best to address the needs of ELL students, they should first consider the prevailing...

D300 students top test goals

Courier News (Elgin, IL);  November 17, 2007 ;     313 words ......showed, for the first time since 2004, ELL students out-performed the standards set by the...standards, 10 percent of the district's ELL students must have met or exceeded English proficiency requirements. District 300's ELL students surpassed that, with about 34 percent...

U.S. study: Learners of English left behind.

AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ);  July 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......year and found that the percentage of ELL students who passed their state's language-arts...data. In Arizona, only 32 percent of ELL students in grades three through eight passed...detailed instructional goals for all ELL students and an end to promoting students to...

BORDER SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION ISSUES:MR. JOHN TRASVINA

Congressional Testimony;  July 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......efforts to achieve full proficiency. For ELL students in grades K-12, two-thirds of whom are...cases have been brought on behalf of ELL students in 15 states. For example, in December...educational opportunities available to ELL students. The 2000 decree in Flores v. Arizona...

Ariz. disputes ELL test change: Feds give pupils only two years to learn...

AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ);  August 30, 2006 ;     514 words ......count. Before the 2005-06 school year, ELL students in Arizona had three years to become...on their rates of improvement. Now, ELL students have only two years to learn the language...made an agreement with me (to allow ELL students three years to learn English), and now...

Literacy Development, Science Curriculum, and the Adolescent English...

Multicultural Education;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......type of special education services. ELL students comprise approximately two percent of...general education classroom. However, ELL students who qualify do receive some services...some of these services. The majority of ELL students continue to receive services within...