Strengthening Bilingual Classroom Observation Under ESSA

Within the framework of the public education system in the United States, there are a handful of policies that hold all school districts accountable for the academic progression of each student in terms of reaching adequate learning levels in the content areas of reading, language arts, and mathematics. Such educational policies (No Child Left Behind Act and Every Student Succeeds Act) are rooted in past federal policy and influential court cases that were originally intended to improve education for our language minority children such as our English language learner (ELL) student populations.