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Paul Beaufait

Successful Strategies for English Language Learners - 19 views

  • Between 1979 and 2008, the number of school-age children (ages 5-17) in the United States who spoke a language other than English at home increased from 3.8 to 10.9 million, or from 9 to 21 percent of the population in this age range, according to the latest figures from the National Center on Education Statistics (NCES).
  • Perhaps one of the greatest examples of inequity lies in a joint investigation of the Department of Justice and the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights that revealed last October that Boston Public Schools had failed to properly identify and adequately serve thousands of ELLs since 2003 as required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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    Angela Pascopella reported on U.S. school district and national measures "to address surging ELL enrollment-and dropout rate[s]" (deck).
Karen Vitek

Create A Graph - 0 views

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    This is a nice graphing tool.
Maggie Verster

See how you compare to other students with this Timms database questionbank - 0 views

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    So, how do you compare with students nationally and from around the world? Pick a subject, a grade and how many questions you want to see (500+ currently in database), then click the Show Questions button below.
Maggie Verster

Technology in Schools. Suggestions, Tools and Guidelines for Assessing Technology in El... - 33 views

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    "This guide was written by the National Forum on Education Statistics under NCES's Cooperative Education Statistics System. Directed toward state and local education agencies, it describes how to measure technology use by examining planning and policies; finance; equipment and infrastructure; technology applications; maintenance and support; professional development; and technology integration."
Martin Burrett

Create A Graph - 0 views

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    This is a great tool for creating charts and graphs with lots of options to get your data looking just right. But this also makes it complicated for younger users. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
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