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.
Indiana
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As of the 2007-2008 school year, Indiana's schools were home to more than 46,400 English language learners (ELLs), which marks a 409% increase from the 1997-1998 school year (NCELA, 2010). The top five languages or language groups spoken by ELLs in Indiana are Spanish, German, Pennsylvania Dutch, Dutch, and French (EPE, 2009).
State ELL Resources
State Agency: Indiana Department of Education
ELL Website: Indiana Department of English Learning and Migrant Education
ELL Identification
Placement Exam: LAS Links English Proficiency Assessment
ELP Standards & Assessment
ELP Standards: Indiana Department of Education English Language Proficiency Standards
ELP Assessment: LAS Links Testing
ELL Instruction
Indiana requires that an Individual Learning Plan [ILP] be written for every identified English learner.
Statewide Standards-Based Assessment
Assessment: Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress Plus (ISTEP+)
ELL Accommodations: See Office of Student Assessment information.
Additional Information
NCELA: Title III Information
Indiana Department of Education: Office of English Language Learning & Migrant Education
This report discusses effective strategies for teaching ELLs who have not had the benefit of formal education or who have had interrupted formal education. The article includes an overview of recent research in this area, as well as recommended resources.
Indiana Federation of Teachers
The Indiana Federation of Teachers is the state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO.
Indiana State Parent Information Resource Centers
The purpose of the Indiana Partnerships Center is to provide parents throughout Indiana with the skills and knowledge they need to become more actively engaged in the educational lives of children, and to encourage schools to receive parents as true partners in the educational process.
Indiana State Teachers Association
Indiana State Teachers 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.
INTESOL is the Indiana affiliate of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and is an all-volunteer group comprised of teachers, professors, administrators and university students.
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. Indiana Rate of EL Growth (1997/98-2007/08). Compiled July 2010 and retrieved from http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/t3sis/state/indiana/data.
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