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The National Charter School Resource Center created this list of resources for charter school educators who would like to learn more about students with interrupted formal education (SIFEs). SIFEs are a subgroup of English language learners who have recently immigrated to the United States and, for a variety of reasons, have gaps in their formal education. Explore these resources to learn more about the unique needs of SIFEs and best practices to meet their needs.

In this report, researchers from the American Institutes for Research highlight best practices to improve college readiness for English language learners that they identified when they conducted a series of interviews with practitioners at five high schools in San Diego. This study was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

This executive summary outlines the findings of the larger report authored by the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth. The U.S. Department of Education commissioned the distinguished experts to conduct a comprehensive review of the research focused on literacy development in language-minority youth.

The Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE) is a National Research and Development Center funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. CREATE is conducting a number of rigorous studies to expand the empirical base of research about educating English language learners . This brief describes the RTI framework, assessments used with RTI, and instructional considerations and effective practices for English learners.