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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English Learner Tool Kit for State and Local Education Agencies (SEAs and LEAs)

The English Learner Tool Kit, which is intended to help state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) meet their obligations to English Learners (ELs). It was released by the U.S. Department of Education.

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SELPA Resources

Various resources to build capacity of SELPAs statewide.

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Content Standards (CDE Website)

CDE website that contains the 12 California content standards. Content standards were designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.

The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Website

The CAASPP website is your source for access to test administration systems, training resources and materials, the latest CAASPP news, and important dates regarding administering the CAASPP tests.

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Smarter Balanced Website for Teachers

Webpage that provides guidance and support on administering the Smarter Balanced state assessment.

TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR ENSURING MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT PARENTS

This is the tenth chapter of the English Learner Tool Kit, which is intended to help state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) meet their obligations to English Learners (ELs). This chapter focuses on ensuring meaningful communication with limited English Proficient parents.

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Guidance on Diagnostic and Formative Assessments

Resource that includes diagnostic tools that offer lessons in which formative tools are embedded, accompanied by instructional guidance on how teachers might respond to various conceptions or misconceptions students appear to hold.

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Discerning — and Fostering — What English Learners Can Do with Language

This resource provides guidance on gathering and interpreting complementary evidence of classroom language uses for reclassification decisions.

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The ELPAC Website

The English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) website serves as the portal for resources that a local educational agency (LEA) will need to administer the ELPAC and the Alternate ELPAC.

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2022–23 English Language Proficiency Assessments for California Information Guide

The 2022–23 ELPAC Information Guide is designed to provide local educational agencies, schools, educators, and families with the information they need to understand the differences between the Initial ELPAC and the Initial Alternate ELPAC and the Summative ELPAC and the Summative Alternate ELPA; understand the initial identification and reclassification processes for English learner (EL) students; prepare teachers to understand and use their students’ ELPAC results; and communicate ELPAC results to parents and guardians.

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ELD Implementation Support Videos

A compilation of videos aligned with the ELA/ELD Framework.

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Improving Education for Multilingual and English Learner Students

This publication presents current evidence-based pedagogy and practices in the areas of developing multilingualism, early education, assets-based environments, English language development, and the creation of systems that support the implementation of these practices. Further, the publication provides a deeper dive into accessing actionable examples of how evidence based pedagogy and practices may be implemented in districts, schools, and classrooms to positively impact multilingual and English learner students.

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Supporting Content Learning in the Secondary Classroom through Literacy: Resources for Science, Mathematics, History/Social Science, ELD, and ELA

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ELD Video Series

The California Department of Education (CDE) developed a series of videos demonstrating integrated ELD instruction and its related designated ELD instruction during ELA, mathematics, and science. The Integrated and Designated ELD Video Series demonstrates the relationship between the California English Language Development Standards (CA ELD Standards) and the state content standards. When used in tandem, English learner students build English proficiency, refine academic use of English, and access subject area content in transitional kindergarten/kindergarten through grade twelve.

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ELA/ELD Framework Vignettes and Snapshots Chart

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Vignette Collection of the ELA/ELD Framework

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Differentiated Assistance Playlist - English Learners

This Differentiated Assistance playlist will provide valuable evidence based practice resources and tools to accelerate the academic achievement of English learners.

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