Within-Year Achievement Gains for English Learners. EdWorkingPaper No. 20-337 / Angela Johnson.
This study reports achievement levels and fall-to-spring gains in grades K to 8 for three groups of English Learners (ELs): (a) ever-ELs who were ever eligible for service; (b) current-ELs who continue to require service; and (b) dually-identified students eligible for both EL and Special Education...
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http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED610251.pdf |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2020.
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| Summary: | This study reports achievement levels and fall-to-spring gains in grades K to 8 for three groups of English Learners (ELs): (a) ever-ELs who were ever eligible for service; (b) current-ELs who continue to require service; and (b) dually-identified students eligible for both EL and Special Education services. I leverage unique data that include 186,139 ever-ELs and their never-EL peers in 1,520 schools. All three EL groups have lower mean math and reading achievement than the average of all students in kindergarten. Compared to the all-student average, ever-ELs and current-ELs make larger gains in the early grades but smaller gains in the middle grades. Dually-identified students make smaller gains than the all-student average across all grades in math and in kindergarten and 1st grade in reading. The expanding achievement gaps in the middle grades suggest better academic support is urgently needed for all multilingual students, especially dually-identified students. |
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| Item Description: | Availability: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: AISR_Info@brown.edu; Web site: http://www.annenberginstitute.org. Abstractor: As Provided. Educational level discussed: Early Childhood Education. Educational level discussed: Elementary Education. Educational level discussed: Kindergarten. Educational level discussed: Primary Education. Educational level discussed: Junior High Schools. Educational level discussed: Middle Schools. Educational level discussed: Secondary Education. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (39 pages) |
| Access: | Access rights: Yes. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (Reports, Research) Numeric (Numerical/Quantitative Data) |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. |