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           Are California's Reading Textbooks Adequate for Teaching English Language Learners?

             Robert Calfee, UC Riverside
            In 2002 the California State Board of Education adopted textbook programs that required publishers to meet the specific needs of English Language Learners (ELLs) in order to ensure "universal access" to the language arts curriculum within the regular classroom setting.  Publishers of the two reading series adopted by the Board, Open Court  and Houghton Mifflin, responded to the mandate by publishing a set of Supplements as part of the basal system and by providing teacher workshops in the use of the materials.  This study reviewed the Teacher's Edition (TE) and the ELL Supplement for the two adopted series and interviewed a sample of 57 elementary teachers about their use of the Supplements.   The study found:  (1) The materials offered little specific ELL assistance to students or teachers, and what was offered was contrary to best practice; (2) The professional development for ELL instruction was limited in both time and scope; and (3) The "Supplement" strategy mandated by the Board was practically unworkable. In short, the Supplement did not fulfill the intentions of policy makers.


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