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• PreK–12 English Language Proficiency Standards
  Using TESOL’s 1997 landmark publication ESL Standards for PreK-12 as a building block, the 2006 PreK–12 English Language Proficiency Standards expands the scope and breadth of ESL content standards.
• Implementing the ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students Through Teacher Education
  Written by experienced ESL teachers and teacher educators who played key roles in TESOL's Standards and Assessment Project, this volume gives teachers the necessary background to work effectively with linguistically and culturally diverse populations in U.S. public schools. Each chapter contains tasks designed to assist readers in the implementation process. The volume also includes a glossary of terms and a comprehensive list of references promising to be a rich resource for teachers.
• Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice: Grades Pre-K-2
  The four volumes in Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice show teachers how to use the standards. The series covers four sets of grade levels: pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Each volume contains six units, some designed with a particular grade level or proficiency level in mind, others designed to span grade and proficiency levels.
• Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice: Grades 3-5
  The four volumes in Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice show teachers how to use the standards. The series covers four sets of grade levels: pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Each volume contains six units, some designed with a particular grade level or proficiency level in mind, others designed to span grade and proficiency levels.
• Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice: Grades 6-8
  The four volumes in Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice show teachers how to use the standards. The series covers four sets of grade levels: pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Each volume contains six units, some designed with a particular grade level or proficiency level in mind, others designed to span grade and proficiency levels.
• Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice: Grades 9-12
  The four volumes in Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice show teachers how to use the standards. The series covers four sets of grade levels: pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Each volume contains six units, some designed with a particular grade level or proficiency level in mind, others designed to span grade and proficiency levels.
• Parent Guide to the ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students: Introduction and Common Questions
  In 1997, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) published ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students. Some parents want to know what these ESL standards mean for their child who is learning English as a second language. How will this document affect their child's education? How can it be used to improve the services the school district offers to their child? Are there negative consequences to implementing these standards? This guide answers these questions for the parents and educators of English as a second language (ESL) students.
• Program Evaluation: English as a Second Language: A Comprehensive Guide for Standards-based Program Evaluation for Schools Committed to Continuous Improvement
  This volume helps school staff analyze their current ESL program from a data-driven and standards-based perspective. It encourages schools to reflect on how well they serve the academic and language learning needs of students learning English.
• Scenarios for ESL Standards-Based Assessment
  ESL Standards are the starting point for discussions about how best to serve the needs of ESOL students. Building rich curricula and designing effective instruction are key components of effective programs. This book adds assessment to that discussion. It presents an assessment process for measuring students' progress in attaining ESL standards.
• School Administrators' Guide to the ESL Standards (PDF)
  This resource shows administrators how to use all the ESL standards products to establish goals that measure compliance with federal guidelines and goals that are aligned with the school accreditation process. Examples of schoolwide and classroom-based instructional approaches are included.
• Standards for Adult Education ESL Programs
  What are the components of a quality education ESL program? TESOL's Standards for Adult Education ESL Programs answers this question by defining quality components from a national perspective. Using program indicators in eight distinct areas, the standards can be used to review an existing program or as a guide in setting up a new ESOL program.
• Training Others to Use the ESL Standards: A Professional Development Manual
  Developed over the course of 4 years, this manual was created for staff developers, teacher trainers, teacher education faculty, and others who deliver pre- and in-service programs to practicing teachers. It contains the tools that will prepare ESL, bilingual, and content teachers and curriculum and assessment specialists to incorporate ESL standards in their programs.

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