Projects
Project Portfolio
English for Heritage Language Speakers (EHLS)
CAL designed and manages English for Heritage Language Speakers (EHLS), an intensive program that enables adult native speakers of critical languages to develop the English proficiency they need to succeed in professional positions in the federal government. EHLS is funded by the National Security Education Program and is conducted in partnership with Georgetown University.
World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium Partnership
CAL collaborates with the 39-state WIDA Consortium in its work to provide standards-based assessments for English language learners, most prominently on the Consortium’s assessment of English language proficiency, ACCESS for ELLs®. The test is currently taken by over 1,000,000 students annually.
STARTALK
STARTALK was created in 2006 to provide learning opportunities in the critical languages for students (K-16) and professional development for teachers of the critical languages, mainly through programs offered during the summer.
Promoting Educator Networks: Standards-Based Instruction for Secondary English Learners
CAL is partnering with the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, on this two-year project to provide support for secondary teachers working to implement the Common Core with English learners.
Investigating Language Policies in IB World Schools
CAL conducted research on behalf of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization to examine language policy development and implementation in IB schools.
Our Projects
CAL's experienced staff conduct large-scale and small-scale projects on a wide variety of topics related to our mission, with as many as 50 projects at any given time, with periods of performance from a few days to 5 years or more.
| Name | Funder |
|---|---|
| Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) – Evaluation of Study Abroad Programs | The Council on International Educational Exchange |
| Cultural Orientation Resource (COR) Center | U.S. Department of State; Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration |
| Development of Literacy in Spanish Speakers (DeLSS) | The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education |
| Djibouti Early Grade Reading Activity (DEGRA) | United States Agency for International Development, via subcontract from Family Health International (FHI360) |
| Do You Speak American? Teacher Development Materials | Carnegie Corporation of New York, via subcontract from MacNeil Lehrer Productions |
| Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent English Language Learners | Carnegie Corporation of New York |
| Education Connections | |
| EL (English Literacy) Civics Online Courses | U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education |
| English for Heritage Language Speakers (EHLS) | U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Language and National Security Education Office, National Security Education Program |
| English Language Training for International Teachers of English | University of Maryland, College Park |