Language planning and policy with regard to bilingual education are greatly influenced by
the ideologies outlined by Richard Ruiz. In this article, we demonstrate that Ruiz's language …

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore and identify issues related to
training teachers to use a bilingual writing rubric designed to examine the biliterate writing of …

The present study examined the writing behaviors and cross-language transfer of these
behaviors of early elementary simultaneous bilinguals who are learning to write both in …

Emerging bilingual learners' biliteracy abilities are often underestimated when monolingual
reading assessments, such as the DIBELS, are used to identify students as having …

In this article the authors propose that biliteracy is a more challenging and rigorous form of
literacy than the English-only orientation of the Common Core State Standards (NGACBP & …

A mantra in the research literature is that explicit, systematic instruction in the “big five”
components of reading—phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and …

More than 60% of children labeled English language learners in US schools today are
simultaneous bilinguals, and little is understood about their bilingual and biliterate potential …

This study explored the application of a holistic bilingual view to assess the writing of
emerging bilingual children. The study is part of a 5-year longitudinal research and …

As the United States raises educational standards for all students, the standards for teachers
have also been set higher. Bilingual teachers in New York State, for example, have to pass …

This observational study investigates the writing processes of young, developing bilinguals
from majority-and minority-language backgrounds. The research was situated in two grade 1 …