Literacy Specialists in Math Class! Closing the Achievement Gap on State Math Assessments

If you were ever intimidated by word problems in math, imagine how it would feel to take a math test when you didn’t speak the language! Here, literacy specialists worked with classroom and ESL teachers to help ELLs recognize the critical components of math concepts and problems, and become familiar with math vocabulary. As a result, there were increases in scores, learning, and confidence.