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.
Nevada
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As of the 2007-2008 school year, Nevada's schools were home to more than 134,000 English language learners (ELLs), which marks a 341% increase from the 1997-1998 school year (NCELA, 2010). The top five languages or language groups spoken by ELLs in Nevada are Spanish, Tagalog, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Italian (EPE, 2009).
State ELL Resources
State Agency: Nevada Department of Education (NDE)
ELL Website: Title III can be found under Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Resources
ELL Manual: NDE ESL Program Outline* (PDF)
Laws & Regulations
The following documents offer additional information about statewide ELL regulations:
Nevada Administrative Code, Section 388.600, Instruction of Certain Pupils Whose Primary Language Is Not English
ELL Identification
Instructions are included in the NDE ESL Program Outline.*
ELP Standards & Assessment
ELP Standards: Nevada State ESL Standards
ELP Assessment: English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)
ELL Instruction
See the following for information on state regulations regarding ELL instruction: Nevada Administrative Code, Section 388.605, 388.615, and 388.40.
Statewide Standards-Based Assessment
Assessment: Nevada Proficiency Examination Program* (NPEP),
ELL Accommodations:
Additional Information
NCELA: Title III Information
Common Core State Standards: Yes
Nevada State Education Association
Nevada State 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.
Nevada State Parent Information Resource Centers
The Nevada State Parent Information & Resource Center at the Education Alliance of Washoe County is a federally-funded program that helps implement successful and effective parental involvement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student academic achievement and that strengthen partnerships among parents, teachers, principals, administrators, and other school personnel in meeting the educational needs of children.
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. Nevada Rate of EL Growth (1997/98-2007/08). Compiled July 2010 and retrieved from http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/t3sis/state/nevada/data.
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I am currently working towards my teacher certification by lateral entry and needed information on the Hispanic aspect of education. Our ESL teacher at my elementary school directed me to our school's ELL website. You are a link off that page. What a world of information I found!!! I ended up reading more than I needed to know, saved some of the books for children for my future reference, and kept a few other things as resources for me for later on. I was so impressed that I wanted to complement you on how easy to use yet in-depth your site is. I will check here often just to see what you have; very, very, very impressive!! Thanks so much!
~ Judy
