Issue Briefs

• Assessment
• Accountability
• Bilingual Education
• 'Immersion'
• Language Policy
• Official English
• Reading
• School Finance
• Teachers

Short Papers on Major Issues in
Language and Education Policy

Assessment

• Testing the Limits of No Child Left Behind
  by James Crawford
• DIBELS: Measuring the Sounds of Silence
  by Priscilla Shannon Gutierrez
• Standardized Testing in the Lives of ELL Students: A Teacher's Firsthand Account
  by J. Ryan Monroe
• Harmful and Unsound Assessment Policies for ELLs in New York State
  by Luis Reyes and Kate Menken

Accountability

• ‘Accountability’ Versus Science in the Bilingual Education Debate
  by James Crawford
• No Child Left Behind: Misguided Approach to School Accountability for English Language Learners
  by James Crawford
• NCLB: No Impact on State Fourth Grade Reading Test Scores
  by Stephen Krashen
• Talking Points on NCLB and English Language Learners
  by James Crawford

Bilingual Education

• Toward an Expanded Understanding of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Education: Constructing Identity through a Critical, Additive Bilingual/Bicultural Pedagogy
  by Sharon Adelman Reyes and Trina Lynn Vallone
• Bilingual Education Accelerates English Language Development
  by Stephen Krashen
• The Decline of Bilingual Education: How To Reverse a Troubling Trend?
  by James Crawford
• How Well Are They Doing? The Impact of English Immersion for English Learners in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts
  by Stephen Krashen
• Improvement for ELLs in California? What CELDT Scores Really Tell Us
  by Stephen Krashen
• There Was No 'Oceanside Miracle'
  by Stephen Krashen

'Immersion'

• Review of “Research Summary and Bibliography for Structured English Immersion Programs” of the Arizona English Language Learners Task Force
  by Stephen Krashen, Kellie Rolstad, and Jeff MacSwan
• Review of the Lexington Institute's Immersion Not Submersion, Vol. III
  by Jeff MacSwan

Language Policy

• Making Sense of Census 2000
  by James Crawford
• Heritage Languages: Tapping a 'Hidden' Resource
  by James Crawford

Official English

• Frequently Asked Questions about Official English
  by James Crawford

Reading

• Did Reading First Work?
  by Stephen Krashen

School Finance

Teachers