No Child Left Behind Policy and English Language Learner Research
TESOL 2005 Board-Sponsored Colloquium

Introduction
Mary Lou McCloskey (Chair), Educo, Atlanta GA - mlmccloskey@comcast.net

NCLB Assessment issues for English Language Learners
Jamal Abedi, CRESST; UCLA, Los Angeles CA- jabedi@cse.ucla.edu

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The Good News and Bad News for School Districts and ELLs
Jim Stack, San Francisco USD, San Francisco CA - jstack@muse.sfusd.edu

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NCLB: Implications of NCLB for ELL Literacy Education and Research
Sarah Hudelson, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ - sarahh@asu.edu

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NCLB: The Trojan Horse of Educational Reform
Candace Harper, University of Florida, Tallahassee, FL - charper@coe.ufl.edu

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First, Do No Harm: Accountability Systems for English Language Learners
James Crawford, NABE, Washington DC - j_crawford@nabe.org

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References and Resources

Abedi, J. (2004). The No Child Left Behind Act and English language learners: Assessment and accountability issues. Educational Researcher. Vol. 33, No 1, 4-14.

TESOL Position Statement on Research and Policy (February, 2005)

TESOLPosition Statement on Highly Qualified Teachers under NCLB (February 2005)

Wright, Wayne E. Evolution of Federal Policy and Implications of No Child Left Behind For Language Minority Students. Tempe, AZ: University of Arizona Language Policy Research Unit.