Collaboration and funding. (Biliteracy -- A Pairing of Research and Funding).(Brief Article)

In the mid-1990s, questions concerning what we know about the effectiveness of reading instruction for English Language Learner (ELL) children began to receive heightened attention. The largest ELL group consists of children whose home language is Spanish. To respond to the limited data available on effectiveness of approaches used to establish English literacy in these children, a major collaborative research effort was initiated by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and jointly funded with the U.S.

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