Resources 

PDE SAS LINK: pdesas.org
1. Click on tab called "CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK"
2. Click on tab called "ELL OVERLAY" 
 
This is the site that takes you to the ELL Overlay:
 
ELL Standards:  
 
 
 
References

**Pleasenote that the opinions expressed within the website references do notnecessarily reflect the opinions of the website designers.**

General Resources:

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

http://www.gonomad.com/alternatives/0010/davis_teaching.html  

http://www.cultureconnect.com/content/local/dipak3.htm  

http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/www/en/laenderinfos/laender/laender_ausgabe_html?type_id=13&land_id=120

http://www.unicef.org/pon96/edgirls.htm

http://www.worthington.org/sayama/fam.htm

http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2294/is_1999_Nov/ai_60013046


State College Area School District English as a second language     resource guide. (Available from State College Area School District , 131 W. Nittany Avenue , State College , PA 16801 )

McKibbin-Roseberry, C. (1995). Multicultural students with special language needs: Practical strategies for assessment and intervention. Oceanside , CA : Academic Communication Associates.

Al-Issa, I. (1987). Ethnicity, Immigration, and Psychopathology. In I. Al-Issa & M. Tousignant (Eds.), Ethnicity, Immigration, and Psychopathology (pp. 3-15). New York : Plenum Press.  

Contreras, A. R. (2002). The Impact of Immigration Policy on Education Reform: Implications for the New Millennium. Education and Urban Society, 34, 134-155).  

Cummins, J. (1984). Bilingualism and special education: Issues in assessment and pedagogy. San Diego : College Hill Press.  

Goodwin, A. L. (2002). Teacher Preparation And The Education of Immigrant Children. Education and Urban Society, 34, 156-172.  

Nuttall,E. DeLeon, B., & Valle, M. (1990). Best practices in consideringcultural factors. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.), Best Practices in school psychology (pp. 219-233). Washington , DC : The National Association of School Psychologists.  

Ochoa,S. H., Galarza, A., & Gonzalez, D. (1996). An Investigation ofSchool Psychologists? Assessment Practices of Language Proficiency withBilingual and Limited-English Proficient Students. Diagnostique, 2, 17-36.  

Rong,X. L., & Brown, F. (2002). Editorial Immigration and UrbanEducation in the New Millennium: The Diversity and the Challenges. Education and Urban Society, 34, 123-133.  

Thomas, T. N. (1992). Psychoeducational Adjustment of English-Speaking Caribbean and Central American Immigrant Children in the United States . School Psychology Review, 21, 566-576.  

U.S. Departmentof Commerce. (2001). Detailed Tables for Current Population Reports. InEthnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch Population Division (Ed.), The Foreign-Born Population in the United States (Series, P20-534). Washington , DC : U.S. Census Bureau.  

Webster?s II New Riverside Dictionary (Office Edition). (1984). New York : Berkley Books.

Specific Resources:
 
Chile
 
 
 
 

China

 
 
France
 
 
 
 
Germany
 
 
http://library.thinkquest.org/26576/schoolpage.htm

http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/germanschools.html
 

Ghana

Learning in Ghana - http://www.settlement.org/cp/english/ghana/learning.html

Japan

The Japanese Education System (1) - http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/99061000.html

Japan-guide.com -

www.japan-guide.com/e/ez150.html

http://www.settlement.org/cp/english/japan/family.html

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2150.html

http://web-japan.org/nipponia/nipponia16/sp01.html

http://www.educationjapan.org/jguide/school_system.html

http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/culture/culture.html

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/subject_matter/social_studies/japan/

Kuwait

Kuwait - Family Life - http://www.settlement.org/cp/english/kuwait/family.html

Kuwait Information Office - http://www.kuwait-info.org/Country_Profile/education.html

The Country & People of Kuwait - http://www.hejleh.com/countries/kuwait.html

Mozambique

Mozambique-People and Society

www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/world/mozambique/mozpeop.htm

School Systems in Mozambique

www.2.unesco.org/wef/countryreports/mozambique/rapport_1.html

Nepal

About Deep Roots Nepal - questions@deeproots.org

Nepal: Let's work together community based action for inclusion - www.eenet.org.uk/parents/stories/nepal.shtml

Family Life - www.settlement.org/cp/english/india/family.html & www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/Cole/nepalfamily.html

www.globalbrianstorm.com/girlednep.html

http://www.nepal-school-projects.org/the%20nepalese%20administration.htm

http://countrystudies.us/nepal/34.htm

Nicaragua

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1850.htm  

 http://www.freestudentessays.com/geograph/27.shtml

 http://www.lclark.edu/~woodrich/WoodhouseSandinista.html

http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/nicaragua_proj/Library/Society/Family/Soc-familylife.pdf

http://www.settlement.org/cp/english/nicaragua/family.html

http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/28.htm

 http://atheism.about.com/library/world/KZ/bl_NicaraguaWomen.htm

http://www.unesco.org/iau/onlinedatabase/systems_data/ni.rtf

Russia

Family Structure in Russia - http://www.tulane.edu/~rouxbee/kids00/russiaz.html

Russian School System - http://www.sv-agency.udm.ru/sv/school_sistem.htm

http://www.settlement.org/cp/english/russia/family.html  

http://www.dating-world.net/Russia%20and%20Russians.htm  

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/russia.html?tqskip1=1  

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Stalin's%20Russia.htm  

http://www.russianstamps.com/links.htm  

http://sv-agency.udm.ru/sv/school_sistem.htm  

http://www.euroeducation.net/prof/russco.htm  

http://www.afs.org/partners/rus/fea/schol_uk.htm

Saudi Arabia

http://www.saudinf.com/

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sa.html

http://www.hejleh.com/countries/saudi.html

http://www.immigration-usa.com/flags/saudi_arabia_flags.html

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=5243

http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/newsletter2004/saudi-relations-interest-01-12.html

 http://www.settlement.org/cp/english/arabia/family.html

South Korea

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/ks.html

 

 http://www.siue.edu/EASTASIA/Turner_1001.htm

 http://aped.snu.ac.kr/cyberedu/cyberedu1/eng/eng5-01.html

 http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-12284.html

 http://www.cato.org/dailys/06-15-00.html

 http://www.askasia.org/Korea/r8.html

 http://countrystudies.us/south-korea/38.htm

http://www.asianweek.com/2001_10_19/news_koreanwomen.html

Taiwan

Taiwan Family Life - http://www.settlement.org/cp/english/taiwan/family.html

Togo

http://members.lycos.fr/aisl/

http://www.bsl.tg/

http://www.vglob.org/togo_nav.htm

Togo-Education System (Copyright, IAU, World Higher Education Database (WHED)

Ukraine

http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/ukraine/family.html

http://www.euroeducation.net/prof/ukro.htm