RMC Research offers materials and resources to build educators’ knowledge on instruction for students with disabilities, including guidance on the application of scientifically based research.

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Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-based Recommendations for the Use of Accommodations in Large-scale Assessments/2012 Update

Book 4 in the Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners series presents results from a new quantitative synthesis of research on the effectiveness and validity of test accommodations for English language learners (ELLs) taking large-scale assessments.

Effective Practices for English Language Learners: Principals from Five States Speak

This document addresses questions about how best to assist students who face the significant dual challenge of acquiring the content knowledge necessary for academic success and simultaneously developing their English language competency.

Language Development for English Language Learners Professional Development Module

This professional development module provides background knowledge on language development, language assessment of English Language Learners, academic language instruction and vocabulary K-12.

Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-Based Recommendations for Instruction and Academic Interventions

This book is the first in a series of three Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners.

Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-Based Recommendations for Serving Adolescent Newcomers

This book is the second in a series of three Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners.

Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-Based Recommendations for the Use of Accommodations in Large-Scale Assessments

This book is the third in a series of three Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners.

Is Public Pre-K Preparing Hispanic Children to Succeed in School?

This policy brief presents statistics and research findings to determine if Pre-K programs are preparing young Hispanic children to be successful in school.

Helping Newcomer Students Succeed in Secondary Schools and Beyond

This report is based on a three-year national research study, Exemplary Programs for Newcomer English Language Learners at the Secondary Level, conducted by the Center for Applied Linguistics on behalf of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, of a national survey of secondary school newcomer programs.

Preschool for English Language Learners - Part I: Language Learning

This video clip, the first of a two-part webinar, focuses on the effectiveness of preschool education for English Language Learners.

Framework for High-Quality English Language Proficiency Standards and Assessments: Brief

This suite of materials from the Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center includes the full Framework, a Framework Brief, an Overview of Framework Criteria, and References for the Framework Brief.

Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades

This practice guide formulates evidence-based recommendations for teaching literacy to ELLs in the elementary grades.

Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth (Executive Summary)

This Executive Summary provides a thorough overview of the major findings of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth.

WebEx: Instructional Models and Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners

The Center on Instruction provided an interactive webinar on July 28, 2010, to introduce the newly released Instructional Models and Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners.

WebEx: Data-based Instructional Decision Making for ELLs

The Center on Instruction hosted a webinar on May 19, 2009, to identify key information that should be considered when planning data-based and differentiated instruction for English Language Learners.

Podcast of Presentation: Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners

Dr. David Francis of the Center on Instruction delivered a teleconference presentation providing an overview of the series of Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners.

Recommendations for Instruction of Adolescent Newcomers

Drs. Mabel Rivera and Ani Moughamian from the Center on Instruction presented at a webinar hosted by National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) March 4, 2009.

Conference Presentation: Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners

Dr. David Francis of the Center on Instruction delivered a presentation of a series of guidelines for English Language Learners which were released at the LEP Partnership meeting Washington, DC October 28-29, 2006.