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Study Questions
1.
To what extent do English language learners have
opportunity to learn the subject content specified in state
academic standards and assessed on state assessments?
2.
What is the relationship of academic English language
development standards and assessments to state academic
standards?
3.
What instructional practices and strategies are used to teach
academic English language skills across different subject
areas or courses?
4.
What is the relationship between the extent of alignment of
instruction to standards and student achievement?
Study Goals
1.
Measure and report the degree of alignment between instruction, state
standards, and student assessments for English language learners in a
sample of classrooms and schools in the Consortium states.
2.
Advance and improve the alignment procedures and definitions for the
Surveys of Enacted Curriculum alignment method to increase capacity for
applying the method to English language development practices and
materials.
3.
Provide expert technical assistance for Consortium States to apply
alignment analysis results with state leaders to improve the quality and
validity of assessment instruments for ELL students, and to assist districts
and school leaders to improve instructional practices for ELLs and other
students.
4.
Collaborate with Consortium states to analyze growth in student
achievement in relation to the degree of alignment of classroom instruction
to standards (i.e., differences in “opportunity to learn”).
5.
Disseminate products and findings to education leaders across states.