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	Research Brief: Improving Teaching and Learning for English Language Learners in Urban Schools  This research brief identifies the fundamental challenge involved in bringing English language learners (ELL) to full academic proficiency, reviews the major programmatic approaches to addressing this challenge and discusses implications for policy, practice and future research. Publication date: October 2007  Download research brief- 14 pages
	Title III of No Child Left Behind: A Status Report from the Great City Schools   This report is the result of a survey conducted by the Council of the Great City Schools of its members districts to determine how Title III of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)Act was being implemented in America’s major urban schools.  Publication date: Fall 2004 46 pages $10.00  Download Publication
	English Language Learners in the Great City Schools   This survey is the Council of the Great City Schools’ second report on the characteristics of education services provided to English Language Learners (ELLs). A majority of the Council’s districts (36) responded to various questions ranging from number of ELLs in K-12 to the languages spoken by the population . Publication date: March 2003 18 pages $6.00    Download publication
	Assessing English Language Learners in the Great City Schools   This publication offers guidance to urban school officials on the assessment of ELLs in both English language proficiency and academic performance. The report also serves as a reference to the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act that pertain to the assessment of ELLs. Publication date: March 2003 21 pages $6.00    Download publication
	Educating English Language Learners in the Nation’s Urban Schools   This publication presents results from a survey distributed to the Council’s membership on the characteristics of and educational services provided to ELL’s. Publication date: October 2001    Download publication