ECS regularly issues useful compilations, summaries and/or comparisons of state policies — enacted or pending — on a wide variety of education topics, listed on the right. For a list of our most current documents, please see our What's New page.
Please use the links below to download PDFs that include all the documents for a given year.
If you'd like to order a print copy, contact the ECS Distribution Center
at 303.299.3692 or jivey@ecs.org.
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(Note: Not all topics have an ECS document associated with them. If you are looking for information on a specific topic, you can use our search function.)
Bilingual/ESL
 English Language Learners: Which approaches best impact achievement? - Access related research titles from the ECS Research Studies Database. Links embedded in titles will take you to each study's major findings and recommendations....
Special Populations: Inclusion in State High School Assessments - This database provides 50-state information on how English language learners and students with disabilities are included in statewide high school-level assessments and exit exams. (Tim Taylor and Michael Colasanti, Education Commission of the States, June 2007)...
Accommodations for English Language Learners in State Assessments  PDF - Students wo do not speak English as their first language are often provided with certain testing accommodations on state assessments. For English language learners, these accommodations can be described as direct and indirect linguistic support accommodations. This ECS StateNote explores the accommodations made in each state. (Michael Colasanti, Education Commission of the States, July 2007)...
A Survey of State ELL/ESL Funding Systems  MS Word PDF - This ECS StateNote describes describes how selected states fund English Language Learner/English as a Second Language (ELL/ESL) programs. The states chosen for this survey include: California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Texas. (Michael Griffith and John Hancock, Education Commission of the States, March 2006)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: Bilingual/ESL - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Instructional Approaches--Official English - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
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