1. Introduction 2. Who Are These ELLs? Foundations, Demographics, and Outcomes 3. Understanding RTI and How It Will Help Your ELLs Succeed 4. The Critical Variable: Academic Language Proficiency and Its Impact on Students Learning English as a Second Language 5. Best Practices in Assessment and Interaction for ELLs at Tier 1 6. Monitoring Progress, Determining Growth Rates, and Intensifying Instruction for ELLs at Tiers 2 and 3 7. Special Education Referral and Evaluation Consideration for ELLs Who Have Not Responded to Instruction and Intervention 8. Next Steps: Conclusions and Directions for the Future
Educators and school psychologists throughout the country are working with growing numbers of English language learners (ELLs), but often feel unprepared to help these students excel. This highly informative book presents evidence-based strategies for promoting proficiency in academic English and improving outcomes in a response-to-intervention (RTI) framework. Illustrated with a detailed case example, the book describes best practices for working with K-5 ELLs in all stages of RTI: universal screening, progress monitoring, data collection, decision making, and intensifying instruction. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the book includes more than two dozen reproducible worksheets. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by T. Chris Riley-Tillman.