NCEO - LEP Projects Report 6 - Grade-Level Standards-Based Science Outcomes for English Language Learners and Language Minority Students: A Review of

2012

After a time of standards-based education reform focused almost solely on increasing reading and math achievement for all students, science is now entering the spotlight. Starting in 2007, all states are required to assess student attainment of science standards in elementary and secondary school. Patterns of differential science achievement between subgroups of students are cause for concern and must be addressed through changes in programs, services, and curricula as well as through instruction. This report focuses on what peer-reviewed research literature tells us about standards-based science outcomes for K-12 English language learners and for the broader group of students who speak a language other than English at home (i.e., language minority students) and who may have been English language learners at one time. The results of the literature review suggest promising directions for future research efforts.

Reports and monographs

Professionals

Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

http://cehd.umn.edu/NCEO/OnlinePubs/LEP6/default.html

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