Why the ELPS?

1. English Language Learners benefit from content area instruction that is accommodated to their need for comprehensible input (Krashen, 1983; Echevarria, Bogt, and Short, 2008).

2. English Language Learners benfit from academic language instruction integrated into content area instruction ( Crandall, 1987; Snow et. al. 1989).

3. English Language Learners benefit from programs that hold high expectations for students for academic success (Collier, 1992; Lucas et al, 1990, Samway & McKeon 2007).

 4. Language Proficiency Standards provide a common framework for integrating language and content instruction for English Language Learners (Short, 2000).