For over a decade, immersion programs around the U.S. have used CAL's SOPA and ELLOPA to assess oral language development, a key component in evaluating the development of bilingualism and biliteracy in dual language learners. These innovative language proficiency assessment instruments are designed to allow young students to demonstrate their highest level of performance in oral fluency, grammar, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

SOPA Online Training courses teach participants how to administer and rate students' oral language using the SOPA (Student Oral Proficiency Assessment) or the ELLOPA (Early Language Listening and Oral Proficiency Assessment).

The DVD includes 30 minutes of extra footage of discussions on topics such as diversity in Spanish dialects and Spanglish, the quinceañera, and music. Learn more.

Forbidden Language: English Learners and Restrictive Language Policies
This book reviews recent research on the effects of restrictive language policies on English language learners, with a focus on what we know about outcomes in states where these policies have been adopted. These outcomes are examined by legal experts in bilingual education to determine if they undermine the legal viability of the policies. An overview of English language learners in the United States and a brief history of policies that have guided their instruction provides background to the discussion of issues related to these policies. In the final section, contributors suggest how better policies, that rely on empirical research, might be constructed. The volume includes contributions from well-known educators and scholars in bilingual education, including Diane August from the Center for Applied Linguistics. Learn more.

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