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How we turned around our English language learner (ELL) program

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Biggest challenge: Results on standardized tests revealed that about a quarter of our 9th- and 10th-grade students weren’t reading at grade level. Many of those struggling were English-language learners (ELLs) whose English proficiency wasn’t at the level needed to comprehend challenging texts within these exams.

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How Monolingual Teachers Can Support English Language Acquisition for Multilingual Learners

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Odette guided Esther as she wrote her answers in English. “I She wanted me to know that although she could not yet speak English, she felt confident as a learner in her first language. Research shows that students who are classified as English language learners may be perceived by teachers as less capable than their non-ELL peers.

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With Rising Concerns About Dyslexia in Young Learners, Riverside Insights Introduces First-of-its Kind Playbook to Streamline Evaluations

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. – Riverside Insights ®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today debuted a new Assessment Playbook focused on streamlining the evaluation of dyslexia, the most common learning disability, affecting 20% of the population.

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Think Through Math adds geometry to interactive math system

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To further insure sustainable learning gains, TTM Geometry includes a wide variety of interactive item types; ensuring students are well prepared for the more sophisticated test items being used on state-level assessments. “As TTM lessons and on-line tutoring are both available in both English and Spanish.

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Helping All Learners Achieve Success on Their Own Terms

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Curriculum itself must be personalized in order to truly meet the needs of students with learning disabilities. Curriculum itself must be personalized in order to truly meet the needs of students with learning disabilities. Math is his favorite subject, and he enjoys learning it. that are dependent on it.

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Accessibility Tools Can Be Transformative for Some Students. But at What Cost?

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But he was reading and writing at a kindergarten level, according to diagnostic tests. In my classroom, I usually teach English language arts in 70-minute blocks. And he was successful again, largely due to his grit and hard work, but also because of the newfound confidence he gained from being so adaptable during virtual learning.

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Where Does Personalized Learning End and Special Education Begin?

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I’ve committed to personalizing learning, but how can I do that for every student in my inclusion classroom when the range of abilities among them is so vast? Many of my students need to take two English classes simultaneously—which is difficult considering their schedule is usually overloaded with repeat classes across all subject areas.