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BOOSTING TEST SCORES 24.7%

Strategies for Boosting Test Scores 24.7%

According to the study done by Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, using a word to word dictionary as testing accommodations for English Language Learners shows testing improvement of 0.247 mean. (24.7%...

Strategies for Boosting Test Scores 24.7%

According to the study done by Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, using a word to word dictionary as testing accommodations for English Language Learners shows testing improvement of 0.247 mean. (24.7%...

Academic Vocabulary

Tips for Teaching Academic Vocabulary

At a very basic level we define academic vocabulary as the vocabulary that is critical for students to understand the concepts of the content taught in schools.  It is vocabulary...

Tips for Teaching Academic Vocabulary

At a very basic level we define academic vocabulary as the vocabulary that is critical for students to understand the concepts of the content taught in schools.  It is vocabulary...

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Mor...

More than 10,000 graduating high school students across California have earned the first state recognition in the nation for achieving proficiency in multiple languages, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson...

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Mor...

More than 10,000 graduating high school students across California have earned the first state recognition in the nation for achieving proficiency in multiple languages, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson...

Governor Cuomo

Governor Cuomo Signs Bill to Recognize High Sch...

Governor Cuomo today signed into law a bill to recognize New York State high school graduates who demonstrate academic excellence in attaining proficiency in one or more languages other than...

Governor Cuomo Signs Bill to Recognize High Sch...

Governor Cuomo today signed into law a bill to recognize New York State high school graduates who demonstrate academic excellence in attaining proficiency in one or more languages other than...

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Summer Learning with Parents and Families

Summer is here.  Some of us ask, “Where did the time go?”  Summer has always been associated with fun and relaxation, particularly for our students.  They look forward to summer. ...

Summer Learning with Parents and Families

Summer is here.  Some of us ask, “Where did the time go?”  Summer has always been associated with fun and relaxation, particularly for our students.  They look forward to summer. ...

Home-School Communications - Velàzquez Press | Biliteracy

Home-School Communications

As I interviewed parents forEnhancing Partnerships Between Teachers and Parents of English Language Learners, I was expecting public school parents to complain that they did not have good communication with...

Home-School Communications

As I interviewed parents forEnhancing Partnerships Between Teachers and Parents of English Language Learners, I was expecting public school parents to complain that they did not have good communication with...