We recognize the many assets English Learners bring to the classroom, and ensuring they achieve academic success with rigorous grade-level content is our priority. English Language Learners (ELLs) have unique academic needs. They also bring unique background experiences, language, personalities, and learning styles into the classroom. ELL curriculum tailored to these students ensures they receive access to vital academic content.
From the start, we design our product suite with English Learners in mind. We leverage research-based best practice guidance from researchers and frameworks from organizations such as the Council of the Great City Schools, the English Learners Success Forum, and others to identify non-negotiable criteria in our curriculum for English Language students. The following are principles of our English Language Learners curriculum and instruction:
Ensure English Learners acquire content knowledge while also acquiring language through culturally responsive content.
Provide the right amount of scaffolded support to help English Learners build on their knowledge to achieve independence.
Offer multiple opportunities for English Learners to acquire and use language that moves toward complexity.
English Learners who received recommended levels of i‑Ready Personalized Instruction experienced greater learning gains in mathematics and reading than English Learners who did not receive the instruction.
English Learner and All Student Comparisons from the ESSA Level 3 2017–2018 Study (Curriculum Associates Research Report No. RR 2019-96)
From the start, we design our programs with English Learners in mind to support access to rigorous grade-level instruction.
A single system that combines powerful assessments with effective and engaging online instruction in reading and mathematics. i‑Ready is proven to accelerate learning gains for English Learners.
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A K–8 core mathematics program that sparks meaningful discourse, strengthens understanding, and inspires learning.
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A reading program that helps all learners develop critical reading skills through opportunities to read, talk, and write about rich, engaging literary and informational texts from a variety of genres
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This phonics intervention program for Grades 3–12 includes embedded supports that emphasize the inherent strengths of English Learners and address their unique needs.
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Learn how we incorporate an asset-based philosophy to support and inspire English Learners.
Learn how a school district where nearly 25 percent of students are English Learners used data to focus instruction for individual students, small groups, and whole classes.
