…receive specialized instruction and supports to overcome language barriers and learn English, including receiving direct bilingual or English as a Second Language instruction, and modifications to instruction and testing in…

…2011–2012 statewide testing data, 71.94% of districts 6 Kevin McCorry, Pa. says 2015 standardized test scores dropped precipitously because of added rigor, NEWSWORKS (July 14, 2015), http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/education/84114-pa-says-2015-standardized-test- scores-dropped-precipitously-because-of-added-rigor. 10 reporting…

…Pa. Code § 4.26; PDE Basic Education Circular “Educating Students With Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and English Language Learners (ELL),” available at http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_codes/7501/educating_students_with_limited_english_proficiency_%2 8lep%29_and_english_language_learners_%28ell%29/507356. 114 Ibid. 115 For information about…

…¶ 45. The other is McCaskey East, also known as the International School, which operates a program essentially designed to teach English to those students who speak little English, if…

1 PROFESSIONAL WORKING GROUP Ensuring Access and Engagement for Students/Parents who are English Learners (ELs) Summary of Recommendations The Professional Working Group Ensuring Access and Engagement for English Learner (EL)…

…the Rules of Appellate Procedure. Proof of service. I caused true and correct copies of the brief and Reproduced Record to be served today by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed…

…was not English and that approximately 19,760 families had requested documents in a language other than English. During the same time period, the School District’s records indicate that 1,887 students…

…Teaching Credential” refers to the valid credential that a teacher providing English language development instruction (otherwise known in Pennsylvania as “English as a second language” or “ESL”) to ELs must…

1 Meeting the Needs of English Learners Testimony of Maura McInerney, Esq. before School Reform Commission December 14, 2017 Good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to speak today….

services to empower students to become proficient in English, learn critical content and graduate from high school. As multilingual students strengthen their English skills through bilingual or English as a…

support to modify instructional methods and implement effective instructional programs across content areas. The failure to provide both quality ESOL programs and modified instruction through all teachers can result in…

migratory, whose native language is a language other than English, and who comes from an environment where a language other than English is dominant. Citation: ESEA Section 8101(20). English Learner…

…regular classroom. 23 http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/Browse/Single/?id=4db2885acd69f9c443330000&bor=ag=Preschool* *l=English 24 http://pattan.net-website.s3.amazonaws.com/files/materials/forms/ER-Ann060908.pdf 97 http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/Browse/Single/?id=4db2885acd69f9c443330000&bor=ag=Preschool**l=English http://pattan.net-website.s3.amazonaws.com/files/materials/forms/ER-Ann060908.pdf http://drnpa.org/File/publications/the-right-to-early-intervention-for-infants-and-toddlers-and-their-families-in-pennsylvania-.pdf http://drnpa.org/File/publications/the-right-to-early-intervention-for-infants-and-toddlers-and-their-families-in-pennsylvania-.pdf http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/Browse/Single/?id=4db2885acd69f9c443330000&bor=ag=Preschool**l=English http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/Browse/Single/?id=4db2885acd69f9c443330000&bor=ag=Preschool**l=English http://pattan.net-website.s3.amazonaws.com/files/materials/forms/ER-Ann060908.pdf The most likely way for a preschooler with a disability to get a free appropriate…

…student services must be “an integral part of the instructional program at all levels of the school system.” 22 Pa. Code § 12.41(c)(1); planned instruction in “[v]ocational-technical education, . ….