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Connect to Online Information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
For your convenience, CAL has created a Web page with links to a wide variety of information about the ARRA of 2009. Learn more.

Researchers Speak Out

The Working Group on ELL Policy, a group of researchers with extensive experience in the education of ELL students, has prepared a set of recommendations designed to guide discussion and decision-making on how to use ARRA funds to better serve English language learners in schools across the United States.

Read the full report. 

  

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CAL Services and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

A major goal of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 is to improve student achievement by directing approximately $115 billion to school improvement and reform efforts in four areas: (1) adopting rigorous college‐ and career‐ready standards and high‐quality assessments; (2) establishing data systems and using data to foster improvement; (3) increasing teacher effectiveness and equitable distribution of effective teachers; and (4) providing intensive support and effective interventions for the lowest‐performing schools. The Federal government expects states, districts, and schools to spend ARRA funds targeted for education in order to improve results for students; increase educators' long-term capacity; accelerate reform; and foster continuous improvement, while at the same time avoiding recurring costs.

How CAL can help

CAL can assist states, districts and schools in effectively using ARRA funds by providing personalized technical assistance and professional development that will lead to successful educational outcomes for English language learners.

Technical Assistance:  Customized and Results-Oriented

  • Analyze data to determine English language and academic interventions for ELLs

  • Conduct data-based program evaluations and needs assessments to determine program effectiveness for ELL success

  • Link state content standards with English language proficiency standards and testing expectations to improve curricula for teachers of ELLs

  • Develop curricula and materials for ELL progress on your state’s measures of success

Professional Development: Reflective and Data-Driven

  • Provide strategic assistance with reaching your state’s English language and academic testing targets

  • Give classroom teachers the strategies and tools needed to successfully educate ELLs

  • Enhance the knowledge and skills of ELL educators

  • Develop mentoring and coaching programs to ensure knowledge transfers into practice

  • Assist with the development of Professional Learning Communities to improve instruction for ELLs

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  • Tailored to your needs and scheduling parameters

  • Face-to-face and on-line options

  • Training of trainers, in-service workshops, graduate-level courses

  • Mentoring support, classroom observations and consultations

Contact us to learn more about how CAL can help
info@cal.org
202-362-0700