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Teacher Language Skills Survey, 377
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, 113n, 125, 127, 253
Teachers serving English-language learners, 7, 74, 351-352
development of, 3, 7, 250-273 (See also Effective practices)
evaluating, 258
inservice, 254
of nonspecialists, 9, 156
programs for, 253-266
of specialists, 9
education of, 3, 7-9, 17, 267-269
readiness of, 21
evaluating, 268-269
shortage of, 251-253
Theory-based programs. See Learning theory
Title I programs, 9, 118-119, 126-127, 133, 354
Title VII programs, 2, 9-10, 16, 23, 126-127, 134, 158, 165-166, 336, 367, 370, 372, 384, 406
Transitional bilingual education. See Bilingual education
Two-way bilingual education. See Bilingual education
U
Underachievement, 91-92
Underfunded schools. See School characteristics influencing learning
Universal Grammar framework, 35
U.S. Department of Education, 4-5, 7-10, 118-119, 140, 296, 433-439
U.S. Department of Education Organization Act, 132
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 24, 368
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 294, 309, 393-395
U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), 146-147, 252, 331n
V
Validity issues, 114-115, 121, 130-131, 164n, 186-188, 293
Vocabulary, 56
W
Weschler Intelligence Scales for Children (WISC), 124
Whole-language instruction, 58-59
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 402-403, 462
WISC. See Weschler Intelligence Scales for Children
Word recognition, 61-62
Y
Young children, needs of, 6, 123, 191-192