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From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2015/12/report_recommends_for_longer_s.html

Report Recommends Longer School Day for English-Language Learners
by Corey Mitchell
December 16, 2015

A report from the National Center on Time and Learning explores how three U.S. schools are using expanded school days to provide extra support for English-language learners.

The report profiles two Massachusetts expanded-time schools—Hill Elementary in Revere and Guilmette Elementary in Lawrence—and Godsman Elementary in Denver, and examines the strategies educators used to boost the achievement of English-learners.

The study, Giving English Language Learners the Time They Need to Succeed, identified four best practices that worked in the schools:

  Extended literacy blocks, with upwards of 2.5 hours per day focused on skills needed for reading and writing.
  Using data to pinpoint areas where individual students struggle, then subdividing those students into small groups where staff can help address the challenges.
  Maintaining support and services for fluent-speaking English-learners who need to boost their academic English skills
  Ensuring that teachers meet often to align lesson plans, and identify and address student needs.

Read the full article at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2015/12/report_recommends_for_longer_s.html
The report is available at http://www.scribd.com/doc/293428914/ell-report-12-14-15