The Institute for Second Language Achievement (ISLA) at the College of Education is supported by a Texas Education Agency grant award made to the Texas A&M University System Institute for School-University Partnerships.

ISLA is to serve as a research center for schools with a high population of English Language Learners and educational entities identified by the Texas Education Agency as English Language Learner (ELL) Student Success Initiative awardees. Foremost is our goal to provide technical assistance and support to these educational entities through provision of an intensive instructional program which will accelerate the academic achievement of English Language Learners (ELL) at those campuses. Examples of technical assistance services to be provided by ISLA include but are not limited to the following:

• Research on effective instruction and delivery systems for English Language Learners.
• Curriculum analysis and alignment for English Language Learners.
• Monitoring of English Language Learner students' performance analysis and instructional needs assessment.
• Professional development for teachers and administrators of all populations.
• Development of comprehensive campus improvement plans.
• Monitoring of improvement plans to support effective implementation.

Vital educational information will be offered to you the campus administrator, campus educator or parent of an ELL learner by the Institute for Second Language Achievement (ISLA). This educational technical assistance and information is vital to the success of the ELL learner!