Webinar Recording: Harnessing the Power of Multilingualism—Strategies for Meaningful Assessment

The Center for Applied Linguistics' webinar series titled "Research to Policy: Critical Conversations in Language Education" highlights researchers, practitioners, and policymakers at the forefront of the fight for educational equity for multilingual learners and culturally diverse populations in the United States. The series addresses the persistent challenge of breaking down barriers for multilingual learners. The 30-minute episodes look at the intersection of educational equity and student assessment, teacher education, early childhood education, students with disabilities, and more. The discussions are open to the public and provide valuable insights into the latest research and policies that move language education forward. Watch "Harnessing the Power of Multilingualism: Strategies for Meaningful Assessment" below.

Webinar Recording: Bridging Borders through Language Museums—Promoting Language Awareness

The Center for Applied Linguistics' webinar series titled "Research to Policy: Critical Conversations in Language Education" highlights researchers, practitioners, and policymakers at the forefront of the fight for educational equity for multilingual learners and culturally diverse populations in the United States. The series addresses the persistent challenge of breaking down barriers for multilingual learners. The 30-minute episodes look at the intersection of educational equity and student assessment, teacher education, early childhood education, students with disabilities, and more. The discussions are open to the public and provide valuable insights into the latest research and policies that move language education forward. Watch "Bridging Borders through Language Museums: Promoting Language Awareness" below.

Improving Instruction, Assessment, and Policies for Secondary English Learners Across Content Areas

Inaugural In-Person Conference

Join us on

May 8 - 9, 2023

Washington, D.C

The first in a series of new annual conferences jointly hosted by two federally-funded research centers created to study how to improve education for English Learners and produce actionable findings.

The joint conference, held at George Washington University, is intended for teacher educators, teachers, district and state English Learner program administrators and others playing key roles in the field, including policymakers and researchers.

Confirmed speakers include: Mark Schneider, Director, IES; Kenji Hakuta (History and Policy), Stanford University; Guillermo Solano-Flores (Assessment and Student Learning), Stanford University; Amanda Kibler (Teaching and Instruction), Oregon State University; and Jennifer O’Day (Organizational Change

and Professional Development), AIR.

Opening remarks from Aida Walqui, WestEd; David Francis, University of Houston; and Michael Feuer, George Washington University.

This is an opportunity to:

• Learn ways in which teacher education, curriculum, instruction, assessment, course taking, and policies can be dramatically improved so that secondary English Learners succeed in all content areas.

• Hear directly from leading researchers and experts in the field.

• Network across research, policy, and instructional roles to share best practices.

• Make a difference in the learning and the lives of children who need support to simultaneously learn subject matter content and practices, and the English necessary to communicate them.

We expect that the joint conference will nurture critically needed awareness of research-based findings, as well as the tools and processes available to ensure that English Learners are offered quality opportunities to learn and realize their potential.

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