A Series of Topic Briefs

"These briefs are designed to aid New York State educators in implementing the NYS Next Generation Learning Standards; complement and support the Next Generation Standards and related documents;  offer an expansion and deeper explanation of concepts embedded in the Standards, Introduction, and Preface; and provide additional guidance to the field particularly in settings serving linguistically diverse learners" (http://www.nysed.gov/bilingual-ed/english-language-learnermultilingual-learner-educator-tools-and-best-practices)