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2012 CREATE Conference

English Learners in the Content Area Classes: Teaching for Achievement in the Middle Grades

Presentations and Handouts

Click on the presentation titles to view the PowerPoints. The handouts for each breakout session are available under each title.

Keynote Sessions

• Assessing English Language Proficiency and its Importance in Content Area Achievement (4.20 MB)
  H. Gary Cook, Wisconsin Center for Education Research at
    the University of Wisconsin
  Robert Linquanti, WestEd

• Assessing the Vocabulary Needed to Meet the New Standards (8.92 MB)
  Diane August, Center for Applied Linguistics
  David Francis, Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics,
    University of Houston
  Lauren Artzi, Center for Applied Linguistics

• A Brief History of Sheltered Instruction Research and Its Influence on CREATE (7.91 MB)
  Deborah Short, Center for Applied Linguistics

• Improving Reading Comprehension Among Middle School EL Students
  (4.10 MB)
  Nonie Lesaux, Harvard Graduate School of Education

• Next Generation Science Standards for English Language Learners
  (9.88 MB)
  Okhee Lee, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and
    Human Development

• Teaching 10,000 Words: Vocabulary Instruction in the Middle Grades for English Language Learners (4.77 MB)
  Michael Graves, University of Minnesota, Emeritus

• Towards Defining and Assessing Academic Language (3.64 MB)
  Paola Uccelli, Harvard Graduate School of Education

• Welcome and Overview (1.71 MB)
  David Francis, Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics,
    University of Houston
  Jana Echevarría, University of California, Long Beach

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Breakout Sessions

• Assessing Academic Language
  Paola Uccelli, Harvard Graduate School of Education
     Handout (1.75 MB)

• Assessing Different Aspects of Vocabulary Knowledge (6.34 MB)
     Handout (100 KB)
  Diane August, Center for Applied Linguistics
  Lauren Artzi, Center for Applied Linguistics

• CREATE Update: Social Studies (5.23 MB)
     Handout 1 (890 KB)
     Handout 2 (1.55 MB)
     Handout 3 (1.40 MB)
     Handout 4 (76.2 KB)
  Sharon Vaughn, The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk,
    University of Texas, Austin
  Colleen Reutebuch, The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk,
    University of Texas, Austin

• CREATE Update: Quality English and Science Teaching (16.0 MB)
     Handout 1 (1.31 MB)
     Handout 2 (123 KB)
  Diane August, Center for Applied Linguistics
  Jennifer Powell, Center for Applied Linguistics

• CREATE Update: Word Generation for English Learners (2.61 MB)
     Handout 1 (2.62 MB)
     Handout 2 (2.48 MB)
     Handout 3 (1.10 MB)
     Handout 4 (1.13 MB)
  Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  Patrick Hurley, Strategic Education Research Partnership

• Improving Reading Comprehension (2.60 MB)
     Handout (1.02 MB)
  Nonie Lesaux, Harvard Graduate School of Education

• Next Generation Science Standards for English Language Learners: Effective Classroom Strategies (3.58 MB)
  Okhee Lee, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human
    Development
  Lora Meade, Duval County Public Schools, FL
  Mariel Milano, Orange County Public Schools FL
  Carlos Negron, School District of Lee County, FL
  Ryan R. Zimmerman, Duval County Public Schools, FL

• Strengthening Assessment for English Learner Success: Key Challenges and Opportunities Under Common Core Standards (2.64 MB)
     Handout 1 (171 KB)
     Handout 2 (808 MB)
  H. Gary Cook, Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of
    Wisconsin
  Robert Linquanti, WestEd

• The SIOP Model and Professional Development: Supporting Teachers' Instruction of Middle School English Learners Across the Content Areas
  (6.26 MB)
     Handout (1.38 MB)
  Cara Richards, University of California, Long Beach
  Jennifer Himmel, Center for Applied Linguistics

• Teaching 10,000 Words (2.33 MB)
     Handout (7.38 KB)
  Michael Graves, University of Minnesota, Emeritus

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Panel Discussion

• Attention to the Needs of EL Learners in Assessments Developed by PARC and SBAC
     The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College
  and Careers (2.62 MB)
     Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (773 KB)
  Magda Chia, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
  Robert Linquanti, WestEd
  Diane August, Center for Applied Linguistics
  H. Gary Cook, Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University
    of Wisconsin

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Poster Sessions

• The GLOBE Program: Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (705 KB)
  Teresa Kennedy, University of Texas at Tyler

• Implementing Best Practices without Layering (141 KB)
  Kristi L. Santi, University of Houston

• Online Course: Linguistic Accommodations for English Language Learners (92.9 KB)
  Mabel O. Rivera, Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, University of Houston
  David J. Francis, Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, University of Houston

• Research-based Recommendations for the Use of Accommodations in Large-Scale Assessments - 2012 Update (30.6 KB)
  Mabel O. Rivera, Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, University of Houston
  David J. Francis, Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, University of Houston

• Word Learning Strategies: POWER to Unlock Word Meaning (12.3 MB)
  Michael Graves, University of Minnesota, Emeritus