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ESSA & English Language Learners is the headline of one of my  Education Week Teacher columns.

There has been a lot written about The Every Student Succeeds Act (The Best Resources On The No Child Left Behind Reauthorization Process), though not as much on how it will affect English Language Learners.

Also, see The Best Resources For Learning About The Ins & Outs Of Reclassifying ELLs.

Here’s a start (and I’ll be adding more):

New Version Of “No Child Left Behind” Passes House – Includes Changes For English Language Learners is a post I wrote earlier this month.

Here’s a summary from the American Federation of Teachers on how the new law will affect ELLs.

TESOL Releases Statement on Every Student Succeeds Act

The Every Student Succeeds Act and Dual Language Learners is from Ed Central.

New education law puts more pressure on states to serve English learners is from Ed Source.

ELL Advocates Hopeful and Wary of New Federal K-12 Law is from Ed Week.

New Federal K-12 Law Fails to Address ‘Value of Bilingualism,’ ELL Scholars Say is from Ed Week.

What does ESSA mean for ELLs? is from Colorin Colorado.

Hope for English-Language Learners is from U.S. News.

New federal law puts spotlight on English learners is from Ed Source.

New K-12 Law Holds Promise for ELLs, Advocate Says, But Questions Remain is from Ed Week.

Tests for English-Learners Dominate ESSA Regulations Discussion is from Ed Week.

Tentative Deal Reached on Native-Language Testing Requirement for ELLs is from Ed Week.

Hitting The ELL Jackpot With Ed Week’s New Special Report

Ed. Dept Seeks Advice on ESSA’s English-Language-Learner Rules is from Ed Week.

This ESSA Update Is A “Must-Read” For Anyone Teaching ELLs In The United States

ESSA and English Language Learners is from the National Association of State Boards of Education.

Ed. Dept. Releases ESSA Guidance for English-Language Learners is from Ed Week. It’s about these guidelines just released by the Dept. of Ed.

ESSA’s impact on English Language Learners: What we know so far is from ELLevation.

4 ways ESSA will change how schools serve ELL students is from Education Dive.

WIDA panel on English Learner (EL) programs & ESSA: opportunity, challenges & concerns is from TransAct.

Effective: The Most Important Word in the ESSA is from ELLevation.

TESOL has published English Language Learners and ESSA: What Educators Need To Know.

ESSA’s Impact for English-Learners Unclear is from Ed Week.

Visualizations Of ESSA’s Impact On English Language Learners

The “Why” Behind the Extended Four-Year Monitoring Period is from ELLevation.

English-Learners and Graduation: How ESSA Could Penalize ELLs and Their Schools is from Ed Week.  I’ve previously shared similar concerns related to ESSA requirements on reclassification (see The Best Resources For Learning About The Ins & Outs Of Reclassifying ELLs).

ESSA May Harm English Learner Graduates is from Language Magazine.

In Some States, ESSA Goals for English-Learners Are ‘Purely Symbolic,’ Report Finds is from Ed Week.

The Patchy Landscape of State English Learner Policies under ESSA is from The Migration Policy Institute.