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.
WIDA 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 |
|---|---|
| National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC) | U.S. Department of Education, International Research and Studies Program, via subcontract from Georgetown University |
| National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) | U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) |
| National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) | U.S. Department of Education, International Research and Studies Program, via subcontract from Iowa State University |
| National K-12 Foreign Language Survey | U.S. Department of Education, International Research and Studies Program |
| National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth | U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences |
| NYSESLAT (New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test) | New York State, via subcontract from MetriTech |
| Online Professional English Writing Program | U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Language and National Security Education Office, via subcontract from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Parent Engagement Adult ESL Curriculum Project | National Council of La Raza |
| Peace Corps TEFL Certificate Validation | Peace Corps |
| Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Curriculum | National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, via subcontract from ASPIRA Association, Inc. |