Literacy panel to study language barriers. (Curriculum update: the latest developments in math, science, language arts and social studies).Research-based literacy programs are key to the No Child Left Behind legislation. But how can schools ensure that children whose home language is different from their school language don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. get held back? At least 50 percent of children living in poverty must also deal with this language difference, says Alan Farstmp, executive director of the International Reading Association. To help educators understand what enables these students to acquire English reading and writing abilities, the U.S. Department of Education's Research Office has established the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth. The 13-member group includes scholars from the fields of psychology, curriculum and instruction, modern languages, special education and at-risk students The term at-risk students is used to describe students who are "at risk" of failing academically, for one or more of any several reasons. The term can be used to describe a wide variety of students, including,
"This panel will be taking a good, hard look at the existing research that could enhance literacy achievement among our nation's youth," says Russ Whitehurst, U.S. assistant secretary for education research and improvement. Farstrup adds, "It is critically important that this group review the research and provide recommendations to our schools on what we know and what needs to be researched." Panel members will also solicit input from representatives of the research, policy and education communities to ensure that the review and their recommendations are based on the highest standards of inquiry. The two-year project, which is an extension of a 1999 literacy initiative that focused on children whose first language is Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river. , will culminate culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit. in a report of evidence-based conclusions and recommendations. www.cal.org |
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