English Learner Literacy in Elementary Schools: Instructional Quality, Professional Development, and the Impact of COVID-19

As the United States’ English Language Learner (ELL) population grows, so does the need to understand how literacy instruction truly unfolds in classrooms, especially in under-resourced and rapidly changing communities. This timely publication presents findings from three interconnected studies that explore instructional quality, professional development, and the impact of COVID-19 on ELL education across rural and urban districts in Indiana.

Drawing on over 150 hours of classroom video and...