Education and Educators | Cradle to Career Roadmap

Education plays a significant role in our local communities as well as in society as a whole. Educated individuals typically have better job opportunities and are economically successful adults.

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Footsteps2Brilliance

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Data Team Test # 3

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Multilingual FAQ - CDE Website

Multilingual Education frequently asked questions on instructional approaches and other issues.

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CDE Multilingual Education Website

The resources on this web page offer information on the development, implementation, and location of multilingual programs.

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Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessments for California Scale Score Ranges

Fact Sheet that provides information on the Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessments for California Scale Score Ranges.

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The Correction of Classification Process At-a-Glance - ELPAC (CA Dept of Education)

A Fact Sheet that explains the correction process for the Initial ELPAC, Initial Alternate ELPAC, Summative ELPAC, and Summative Alternate ELPAC.

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Task Type Information Sheet - Initial Alternate and Summative Alternate ELPAC

Information/Fact sheet that provides an overview of the Initial Alternate and Summative Alternate ELPAC, namely the Expressive and Receptive Task Types.

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INITIAL ALTERNATE ELPAC Fact Sheet

Fact sheet that answers the who, what, when, how and why of the Initial Alternative ELPAC.

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SUMMATIVE ALTERNATE - English Language Proficiency Assessments for California

Fact sheet that answers the who, what, why, and how of Summataive Alternative ELPAC.

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Alternate Assessment Decision Confirmation Worksheet

This resource document confirms the decision of the individualized education program (IEP) team that the student is eligible to participate in the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) and the Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (Alternate ELPAC).

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Alternate Assessment IEP Team Guidance

This document is intended for IEP teams to help guide them in determining whether the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) and the proposed Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (Alternate ELPAC) would be the most appropriate assessments for an individual student with the most significant cognitive disabilities.

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Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education

Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education has been used for over a decade by dual language programs and educators across the United States as an effective tool for planning, self-reflection, and continual improvement. The third edition of this widely-used resource has been updated to reflect new knowledge, practices, and policies in the arena of dual language education.

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Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English

Educating dual language learners (DLLs) and English learners (ELs) effectively is a national challenge with consequences both for individuals and for American society. Despite their linguistic, cognitive, and social potential, many ELs—who account for more than 9 percent of enrollment in grades K-12 in U.S. schools—are struggling to meet the requirements for academic success, and their prospects for success in postsecondary education and in the workforce are jeopardized as a result.

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State Seal of Biliteracy

This website provides information about the California State Seal of Biliteracy program and its requirements for students, parents, and educators.

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Preschool English Learners: Principles and Practice to Promote Language, Literacy, and Learning

This resource guide, Preschool English Learners: Principles and Practices to Promote Language, Literacy, and Learning (Second Edition), provides teachers with the knowledge and tools they seek to educate preschool English learners most effectively. It was developed by a group of experts who collectively brought strong practical, academic, and research backgrounds to the topic of educating young English learners. In their work the group demonstrated its steadfast commitment to assisting such children enrolled in California’s schools and their families.

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Global California 2030 - Speak ,Learn, Lead

The mission of Global California 2030 is to equip students with world language skills to better appreciate and more fully engage with the rich and diverse mixture of cultures, heritages, and languages found in California and the world, while also preparing them to succeed in the global economy.

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ELPAC Task Type Information Sheet Initial Alternate and Summative Alternate

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ELPAC Domain Information Sheets

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English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC)-CDE

CDE's Website for English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) resources

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ENGAGING TEACHERS WITH THE ENGLISH LEARNER ROADMAP A GUIDE FOR ADMINISTRATORS, COACHES, DISTRICT PERSONNEL

Toolkits are also a mechanism and means for site and district administrators to engage their teachers in understanding and implementing the EL Roadmap and to elicit teacher voices and commitment to school and district level planning for powerful English learner education.

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California's Best Practices for Young Dual Language Learners

California’s Best Practices for Young Dual Language Learners: Research Overview Papers, a publication we believe will provide early childhood educators with valuable information on the most current research on the development of young dual language learners. This series of research overviews spans the disciplines of neuroscience, cognitive science, developmental psychology, assessment, educational research, family engagement, and special needs.

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Parent Toolkit for Multilingual Education

The Parent Toolkit includes PowerPoint presentations and printable parent guides about the benefits of multilingual education, multilingual programs, and how to become involved in their children's education.

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Multilingual Instructional Programs & Languages of Instructions

This list provides the public the Multilingual Instructional Programs & Languages of Instructions in California.

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Alternate ELPAC Website

CDE website that provides resources, updates, and guidance on the Alternate ELPAC, which is statewide alternate assessment for English language proficiency (ELP) for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.