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This issue of AccELLerate! deals with the challenge of educating and assessing English Language Learners (ELLs) in math and science—subjects that have high cognitive and academic language demands, require advanced skills in English reading comprehension, and may have different, culturally bound symbols and algorithms for problem solving.

In this Issue:
* Wilde: NAEP, the "Nation’s Report Card," and ELL Students-Mathematics
* Kopriva: Assessing the Skills and Abilities in Math and Science of English Language Learners with Low English Proficiency: A Promising New Method
* Powers & Stansfield: Developing Science Literacy for English Language Learners
* Freeman & Crawford: Embedded Instructional Support in Math Content
* Kennedy: Using Open Source Software to Connect Science, Technology, English, and Math for English Language Learners
* Chilton & Martin: "Equals" is the Point: A Perspective on Math Instruction for English Language Learners

Also in this issue:
* Teachers' Gems of Wisdom: Nemeth and Vara
* Information about math and science web resources for ELLs , NCELA webinars, and conferences
* askNCELA's Inbox

You can read AccELLerate! 2.1 on the NCELA website in pdf or html format.

For the pdf version: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/files/accellerate/7/Accellerate_2_1.pdf
For the html version: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/accellerate/edition/7
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