Resources

Reading

August, D., & Shanahan, T. (Eds.) (2006). Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners: A Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Executive Summary available online at http://www.cal.org/projects/archive/nlpreports/Executive_Summary.pdf

Francis, D., Rivera, M., Lesaux, N., Kieffer, M., & Rivera, H. (2006). Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-Based Recommendations for Instruction and Academic Interventions. (Under cooperative agreement grant S283B050034 for U.S. Department of Education). Portsmouth, N.H: RMC Research Corporation, Center on Instruction. Available online at http://www.centeroninstruction.org/files/ELL1-Interventions.pdf.

Gersten, R., Baker, S. K., Shanahan, T., Linan-Thompson, S., Collins, P., & Scarcella, R. (2007). Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction For English Learners in the Elementary Grades (K-3): A Practice Guide (NCEE 2007-4011). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Available online at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee.

Torgesen, J. K., Houston, D. D., Rissman, L. M., Decker, S. M., Roberts, G., Vaughn, S., Wexler, J. Francis, D. J, Rivera, M. O., Lesaux, N. (2007). Academic literacy instruction for adolescents: A guidance document from the Center on Instruction. Portsmouth, NH: RMC Research Corporation, Center on Instruction. Available online at http://www.centeroninstruction.org.

Websites

Center on Instruction (http://www.centeroninstruction.org)

Doing What Works (http://dww.ed.gov)

Schools Moving Up (http://www.schoolsmovingup.net)

Every Child a Reader and Writer (http://www.insidewritingworkshop.org)

Inside Teaching (http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/insideteaching)