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Best Practices for Educating English Language Learners : History, Controversy, and a Path Forward Research Brief | Written by Valerie L. Marsh, PhD July 2018 Special thanks to: Jennifer Raponi, Alicia Van Borssum, Lia Festenstein, Mary Jane Curry, and Marium Abugasea Heidt for lending their expertise during the research and writing processes. Educating English Language Learners (ELLs), one of the many ways to identify students for whom English is not a first Language , has a complicated history, characterized by competing theoretical perspectives, a relatively small pool of research, numerous, changing policy instantiations, and compounding issues surrounding ELLs sizable and rapidly growing presence in the education system. This brief sets out to understand each of these characteristics through a review of literature, with the ultimate goal of understanding what s involved in implementing best Practices in the education of ELLs. The brief begins by articulating the multifaceted challenge of ELL education by first providing context on its history, examining demographic and achievement data, and reviewing key policy initiatives.
2017). Misidentifying ELLs as having a disability presents a social justice issue, as “the cultural and linguistic resources they bring are framed as deficits, rather than differences” (WIDA, 2017, p. 3). As part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) reauthorization in 2004
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