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Recommendations for Solving the Problem of Emergent Bilingual Students Failing to
Reach Proficiency Requirements on the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment
System at Navarro Independent School District in Texas
Kayle Arlaus
School of Education, Liberty University
SCHOLARLY WORKS SYNTHESIS 2
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Central Research Question:
How can the problem of emergent bilingual (EB) students failing to reach proficiency
requirements on the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) at
Navarro Independent School District (ISD) in Texas be solved?
Article #1
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Insert correctly formatted reference link to the scholarly peer-reviewed work below.and
Roper, S. H., Carpenter, D., & Garza, E. (2018b). Teacher approaches to writing in science in
bilingual elementary classrooms. International Journal of Bilingual Education and
Bilingualism 24, (8), 1107–1127. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2018.1548557
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13670050.2018.1548557
What is the theoretical or conceptual framework, if presented?
The theoretical or conceptual frameworks presented are the sociocultural learning theory,
constructivist learning theory, and language socialization theory.
What are the major topics presented?
One major topic was TELPAS and the performance level descriptors (PLDs) because this is
