Improving Instruction for English Learners Through Improved Accessibility Decisions

Description

Developed two professional development modules on accessibility and accommodations decision making for instruction and assessment for English learners. One module is for educators and the other is for parents/guardians and families. The project also examined the efficacy of these modules by conducting several pre- and post-module administration analyses.

Contact
Sheryl Lazarus, Kristin K Liu PhD
Director
Sheryl Lazarus, Kristin K Liu PhD
Funder
U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Collaborators
West Virginia Department of Education

Staff

Charity N Funfe Tatah Mentan PhD :: Research Associate


Sheryl Lazarus :: Director, National Center on Educational Outcomes


Kristin K Liu PhD :: Director, TIES Center


Darrell H Peterson :: Education Program Specialist


Yi-Chen Wu :: Research Associate


Chris Rogers :: Research Fellow


Product

Parent-Educator Toolkit: En Español: Building Successful Communication with the School Using the Multilingual Parent Educator Toolkit

The parents of English learners need to be involved in decisions about accessibility features for their children. The multilingual Parent-Educator Toolkit consists of several concise briefs to …

Published: 11/3/2022

Parent-Educator Toolkit: Building Successful Communication with the School Using the Multilingual Parent Educator Toolkit

The parents of English learners need to be involved in decisions about accessibility features for their children. The multilingual Parent-Educator Toolkit consists of several concise briefs to …

Published: 11/3/2022

Parent-Educator Toolkit: Accessibility Features and Accommodations

Parents of English learners need to be involved in decisions about accessibility features for their children. This Toolkit created by the Improving Instruction project provides several concise …

Published: March 2021

Parent-Educator Toolkit: En Español: Working with Your Child's Teacher Using the multilingual Parent Educator Toolkit

The parents of English learners need to be involved in decisions about accessibility features for their children. The multilingual Parent-Educator Toolkit consists of several concise briefs to …

Published: 11/3/2022

Parent-Educator Toolkit: Working with Your Child's Teacher Using the multilingual Parent Educator Toolkit

The parents of English learners need to be involved in decisions about accessibility features for their children. The multilingual Parent-Educator Toolkit consists of several concise briefs to …

Published: 11/3/2022

Understanding English Learner Accommodations : Electronic Translators

The video describes one of the testing accommodations allowed for English learners on West Virginia state assessments. It describes the West Virginia policy on using an electronic translator as an …

Published: 11/3/2022

A Summary of the Research on Test Accommodations for English Learners and English Learners with Disabilities: 2010-2018

The purpose of this literature review is to examine the published English learner (EL) accommodations literature between 2010 and 2018 to provide an updated overview of research trends on this …

Published: 1/8/2020

Understanding English Learner Accommodations : Translated Test Directions

The video describes one of the testing accommodations allowed for English learners on West Virginia state assessments. It describes the West Virginia policy on using translated test directions as …

Published: 11/3/2022

Understanding English Learner Accommodations : Bilingual Word to Word Dictionaries

The video describes one of the testing accommodations allowed for English learners on West Virginia state assessments. It describes the West Virginia policy on using bilingual word to word dictiona…

Published: 11/3/2022

Topics

  • Educational accountability and assessment
    • Assessment of individuals
    • English Learners with Disabilities
    • Accessibility & Accommodations
    • Instruction
    • Parents & Families