Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.
Idaho
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As of the 2007-2008 school year, Idaho's schools were home to more than 18,600 English language learners (ELLs), which marks a 41.5% increase from the 1997-1998 school year (NCELA, 2010). The top five languages or language groups spoken by ELLs in Idaho are Spanish, Indo-European languages, Asian languages, Ukrainian, and French (EPE, 2009).
State ELL Resources
State Agency: Idaho State Department of Education
ELL Website: Idaho Title III Limited English Proficient
ELL Manual: Annual LEP Plan Guidance Document
ELL Identification
Home Language Survey: Home Language Survey
Placement Exam: English Language Learner Placement Test
Parent Notification Rights: Parent Notification Rights about their child's programming
ELP Standards & Assessment
ELP Standards: Idaho Map of Standards of English Learners- English Language Development [ELD] standards
ELP Assessment: Idaho English Language Assessment [IELA]
ELL Instruction
Each school is expected to use a program that is known to be sound and proven to be effective for its identified ELs as measured by Idaho's state assessments. Additional information is provided on the Idaho Title III Limited English Proficient website.
Statewide Standards-Based Assessment
Assessment: Idaho Standards Achievement Test [ISAT]
ELL Accommodations: Test Administration and Accommodations
Additional Information:
NCELA: Title III Information
Title III Limited English Program Data Collection: This resource offers information about data collection activities that Local Education Agencies should track.
Common Core State Standards: Yes
Idaho Education Association is a National Education Association State Affiliate that regularly lobbies legislators for the resources schools need, campaigns for higher professional standards for the teaching profession, and files legal actions to protect academic freedom and the rights of school employees.
Idaho State Parent Information Resource Centers
The Idaho PIRC is a statewide collaboration of five programs which employs broad-based statewide strategies to provide services to support families, parents, schools, and communities as they come together for student success.
Intermountain TESOL, an affiliate of International TESOL, provides professional development for ESL teachers in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.
References
Editorial Projects in Education (EPE). "Most Common Non-English Languages Spoken by ELL Youths, by State." Perspectives on a Population: English-Language Learners in American Schools (Education Week's Quality Counts 2009 Report). Pg. 13. Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2009/01/08/index.html. January 2009.
Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students. Idaho Rate of EL Growth (1997/98-2007/08). Compiled July 2010 and retrieved from http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/t3sis/state/idaho/data.
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