This course is based on a publication of the U.S. Department of Education entitled Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades. This report is relevant to English instruction within mainstream classrooms, and is relevant to administrators, educators, speech-language pathologists, school psychologists, counselors, and instructional coaches. Course #20-55 | 2011 | 14 posttest questions | 5 page course download includes instructions, link to online document and posttest questions

1. Describe the role of practice guides for instruction

2. Describe levels and quality of evidence of research on reading instruction

3. Describe the quality of research on ELL interventions

4. Describe recommendations for ELL reading instruction

5. Identify empirically-supported reading interventions for ELL learners

6. Describe potential roadblocks to effective ELL instruction and ways of overcoming

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