This volume reports the findings of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority
Children and Youth. The formal charge to the panel—a distinguished group of expert …

In the past decade the proportion of school-aged children in the United States who are
English language learners (ELLs) grew by 32%, compared with a 4.9% overall increase in …

In an effort to identify effective instructional practices for teaching writing to elementary grade
students, we conducted a meta-analysis of the writing intervention literature, focusing our …

There is considerable concern that the majority of adolescents do not develop the
competence in writing they need to be successful in school, the workplace, or their personal …

Challenges are bound to arise as the vast majority of states strive to help English learners
meet the Common Core State Standards. In calling for students to read complex texts, these …

As English learners face the double demands of building knowledge of a second language
while learning complex grade-level content, teachers must find effective ways to make …

This is the most comprehensive, up-to-date volume on the state of bilingual education in the
United States and, in particular, on effective curriculum and instructional approaches …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 The study of bilingualism and all of its aspects—from theory and models
to social approaches and their practical applications—form the cornerstone of the second …

Students' writing constitutes a topic of major concern due to its importance in school and in
daily life. To mitigate students' writing problems, school-based interventions have been …

Concern about plagiarism by students from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) has
grown apace with the increased numbers of international students attending western …