US: Critiques of Arizona's Take on Research

[Francis Hult]

Education Week

 

Critiques of Arizona's Take on Research

 

The Institute for Language and Education Policy-which says its mission is to educate the public on research-based strategies for English-language learners-has posted a 10-page critique of a 13-page document that an Arizona task force is using to justify changes in programs for ELLs.

 

Also, the Washington-based Center on Education Policy released a report, "Caught in the Middle: Arizona's English Language Learners and the High School Exit Exam," today that includes the following recommendation: "The state's structured English-immersion models should be rethought to require school districts to implement instructional models that are truly research-based." That report quotes a task force member anonymously as admitting that Arizona's new requirements for ELLs aren't informed by research.

 

Full text:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2007/11/a_critique_of_arizonas_take_on.html

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