The ACCELA Alliance (Access to Critical Content and English
Language Acquisition) is a federally-funded professional development
partnership between the University of Massachusetts Amherst, three
local school districts, and several community organizations in
Western Massachusetts. The purpose of this partnership
is to support the academic literacy development of linguistically
and culturally diverse students attending public schools in the
region by providing sustained, data-driven professional development
to local teachers, administrators, community leaders, teacher
educators, researchers, and policymakers. As part of this effort,
the ACCELA Alliance has developed four programs. These programs
are designed to support local educators in fully understanding
and responding to the combined influences of current district,
state, and federal policies shaping the academic achievement of
English Language Learners.
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