Common+Core+and+ELLs

In the fall of 2010, the Council of Chief State School Officers convened the Charting the Course of Success for ELLs Conference, an event focused on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards for ELLs. Panels featured experts and practitioners such as Diane August, Margo Gottlieb, Lily Wong Fillmore, Shelly Spiegel-Coleman, Aida Walqui, and Susan Lafond. Session topics included: http://programs.ccsso.org/projects/ELLCONF/material.php
 * What ELL Students Will Need to Meet the Common Core State Standards
 * Considerations for Assessing ELL Students
 * Implementation of Standards for English Language Learners with Special Needs
 * Aligning Curriculum and Practice to the Common Core State Standards
 * What We Are Doing Now in Preparation for the Classrooms of 2014
 * RESOURCE PAGES from speakers/ presentations are at this link:

Currently, each state has its own ELP standards. These ELP standards have not, at this point, been aligned with the Common Core State Standards. However, the American Federation of Teachers has compiled a number of recommendations focused on aligning the ELP standards with the Common Core State Standards. These recommendations were presented at Making the Common Core Standards Work for English Language Learners, an education policy forum held in October 2010.

[|Stanford to Lead Creation of ELL Standards for ‘Common Core’] is by Mary Ann Zehr, and appeared in her blog, Learning The Language. URL: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-lan...eedfetcher

[|ELL Researchers Hope to Launch Effort on ‘Common Core’] is also by Mary Ann. URL: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-lan...aunch.html

[|Application of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners] is from Common Core. URL: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/application...arners.pdf