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August, Diane; McCardle, Peggy; Shanahan, Timothy – School Psychology Review, 2014
In the past decade the proportion of school-aged children in the United States who are English language learners (ELLs) grew by 32%, compared with a 4.9% overall increase in U.S. school enrollment. This only heightens the already important challenge of providing effective, appropriate reading instruction for ELLs because all teachers can expect to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Fluency
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August, Diane; Shanahan, Timothy – Journal of Literacy Research, 2010
The purpose of this article is to respond to a review of the report "Developing Literacy in Second-language Learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth," written by our respected colleague Kathy Escamilla, which appeared in a recent edition of the "Journal of Literacy Research." This will also give us…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Minorities