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Huenergarde, Morgan C.; Floyd, Randy G.; Harris, Bryn – Bilingual Research Journal, 2023
Schools are encountering a unique problem regarding how to best accommodate the increasing number of active bilingual learners/users of English (ABLE) students on state achievement tests. Previously, states used disability focused rather than language responsive accommodations for these students. The current study employed double-coding procedures…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Bilingual Students, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
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Ferlis, Emily; Xu, Yaoying – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2016
This study explored perceptions of English-as-a-second-language (ESL) teachers on the prereferral process for Latino English language learners (ELLs). Using Colaizzi's (1978) phenomenological approach, qualitative data were collected through interviews with four ESL teachers. Analyses of the data indicated that the ESL teachers used research-based…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Hispanic American Students, Learning Disabilities
Garcia, Eugene E.; Lawton, Kerry; Diniz de Figueiredo, Eduardo H. – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2010
This study analyzes the Arizona policy of utilizing a single assessment of English proficiency to determine if students should be exited from the ELL program, which is ostensibly designed to make it possible for them to succeed in the mainstream classroom without any further language support. The study examines the predictive validity of this…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Predictive Validity, Second Language Learning, Achievement Tests
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McMaster, Kristen L.; Kung, Shu-Hsuan; Han, Insoon; Cao, Marisa – Exceptional Children, 2008
This study determined the effectiveness of Kindergarten Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (K-PALS) for English Learners (ELs). We compared 20 K-PALS ELs to 20 Control ELs and to 20 K-PALS non-ELs on early reading skill acquisition, using a pretest-posttest control group design with matched samples. We also compared proportions of ELs unresponsive…
Descriptors: Intervention, Early Reading, Learning Strategies, Phonemic Awareness
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Figueroa, Richard A.; Newsome, Patricia – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
This study examined the operationalization of one of the key reforms initiated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (U.S. Congress, 1975) and continued through the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (U.S. Congress, 2004)--namely, nondiscriminatory assessment. The original and current…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, School Psychologists
Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; VanGetson, Gretchen R.; Jimenez, Rene – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) has for the past four years conducted research on large-scale assessment and instructional issues for English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities, but neither NCEO's research nor any other research study has yet described large-scale assessment experiences at the local school level for…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives