Recommended Web Sites for Bilingual/ESL
Texas Education Agency – Bilingual/ESL Education
provide information on Bil/ESL guidelines curriculum, assessment, rules, textbooks, etc. for individuals working to provide high quality programs for limited English proficient students.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/curriculum/bilingual.html
Texas Education Agency - Student Assesment
Division manages and oversees development, administration, scoring, and analysis of the statewide assessment program.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment
TESOL (professional organization)
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
US Department of Education
Comprehensive education resource covers access, grants, programs, and teaching materials.
Center for Applied Linguistics
CAL has resources and databases dedicated to linguistics teaching, assessing and policy-making.
ADDITIONAL USEFUL WEBSITES
Bilingual Education
Links to lesson plans and resources that can be used in bilingual and English as second language classrooms.
www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html
Bilingual Education Links
Central resource for sites on most aspects of bilingual education and ESL. www.ncbe.gwu.edu/links/biesl/index.htm - check back for link updates
Bilingual Education Resources on the Internet
Contains government resources, journals, digests and research resources, math/science resources, and schools and projects online.
www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/ci/bilingue/resources.html
Education Week
Publication addresses bilingual education in response to the 1998 approval in Proposition 227 in California.
Internet Resources in Bilingual Education
Contains general information Web links, Bilingual Education Act text, and resources for the classroom Listservs and Usenet newsgroups.
National Association for Bilingual Education
Learn about relevant legislation and policies, and look over press releases. www.nabe.org
National Clearing House for Bilingual Education
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
www.ncbe.gwu.edu - check back for link updates
New York State Assoc. for Bilingual Education Journal
Peruse this article about the influence of Chinese parents on the academic performance of their children.
www.ncbe.gwu.edu/miscpubs/nysabe/vol10/nysabe106.htm - check back for link updates