ReadWriteThink: Peer Editing PowerPoint
PowerPoint tutorial introducing students to peer editing.
Helping Your Child Write an Essay: Organizing and Brainstorming
A basic introduction to organizing and writing an essay. Straightforward and clear language is used in the examples of the thesis statement and supporting details.
Structure of the Five Paragraph Essay
Sample outline with links to examples from the Glendale Community College website.
State English Language Proficiency Standards: New York
The New York State Education Department Office of Bilingual Education has developed these standards, which are meant to serve as the foundation for ESL curriculum, instruction, and assessment for all LEP/ELLs in New York State, grades Pre-K through 12.
State English Language Proficiency Standards: Wisconsin
This website from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction includes information on the ACCESS test, translation accommodations, standards, and criteria for reclassification of ELL students.
No Child Left Behind: How to Give it a Passing Grade (December 2005)
This policy brief from the Brookings Institute, written in 2005, offers a blueprint for maximizing educational improvement and achievement under NCLB.
AFT Position on English Language Learners: Where We Stand*
This document outlines the AFT position on the education of English language learners.
American Federation of Teachers: English Language Learners
The AFT seeks to promote educational excellence and equity for English language learners (ELLs) to ensure they meet the same challenging standards required of all students.
TESOL: Pre-K-12 English Language Proficiency Standards
The new PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards, an augmentation of the WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards, provides extensive matrices elucidating sample performance indicators, organized by the five standards (targeting language in socia
The Refugee Experience Series
The Refugee Experience Series is a group of volunteers in the Washington, DC area dedicated to raising awareness of the refugee experience through films and discussions.