CAL50 Retrospective: Timeline: 1990

CAL 50: Reflection, Celebration, Innovation

Click on the green spotlighted events to learn more about the selected landmark events and how they were influential in shaping CAL.

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		1990	Florida Consent Decree signed, impacting professional development for teachers working with English language learners.
		1990	U.S. foreign-born population reaches 19.8 million
	G. Richard Tucker Fellowship begins	1991	National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) established
National Education Goals Symposium
Recruitment of 46 EFL Fellows for Eastern Europe
	How to Integrate Language and Content Instruction: A Training Manual
National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning
	Student Oral Proficiency Assessment developed
		1992	Expansion of the World Wide Web
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		1994
CAL Web site launched View the original site or Visit our current site		1995
Management of project on ESL standards for preK-12 students for TESOL		1995
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE) begins		1996	ACTFL publishes Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century
Ñandutí Web site, providing resources on early foreign language learning, is launched		1997	TESOL publishes the first ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students
	National K-12 Foreign Language Survey results	1998	Proposition 227 passes in California
	National K-12 Foreign Language Survey results	1998	Adult Education Act repealed and replaced by the Workforce Investment Act
Foreign Language NAEP Framework Development Project		1999	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) includes foreign language in its framework
	*The American Bilingual Tradition* republished by CAL**	1999	National Reporting System for Adult Education put in place by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education

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