This brief handbook, sponsored by Comprehensive School Reform program (CSR), offers information regarding opportunities to improve the education of ELLs in the United States.
Type of Material:
Workshop and Training Material
Recommended Uses:
This handbook can be used by to support ELL teachers and education programs.
Technical Requirements:
Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader to be able to read this handbook on a computer or download as a hard copy
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Its stated goals are to
Raising consciousness about ELL issues in comprehensive school reform among policymakers, school improvement team members, and administrators
Helping educators and advocates of ELLs extend their influence from the classroom and the categorical program to the whole school and beyond
Influencing schools to reform and restructure in ways that are beneficial to their populations of ELLs
Target Student Population:
College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
A background in ELL education would be helpful; knowledge of the US school system is also important background information.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
This handbook presents existing research on both CSR and ELL educational reform.
Concerns:
The problems pertinent to the education of ELLs may be different according to the different education systems in the schools of the US, but this issue is not addressed in this handbook. The material appears to be a response to the Educational Reform Act of 2001.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
This material can be used to help educators and advocates of ELLs extend their influence from the classroom and the categorical program to the whole school and beyond.
Concerns:
None
It is dated: 2003 Because it appears to be a response to the Educational Reform Act of 2001.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The Handbook displays the issues in a very interesting fashions. It demonstrates these issues in form of questions that are posed to attract the attention of its users. Then the facts grounded on these questions are elaborated in a target-to-the-point style. The material can easily be used online or downloaded.
It is a long report with an executive summary.
Concerns:
It is a basic pdf, without interactivity. It lacks live links or a clickable table of contents.
It has a number of accessibility issues including tagging and graphic alt text.
Creative Commons:
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