Working paper
The effects of early college opportunities on English Learners
English Learners (ELs) lag behind their peers in postsecondary attainment. New research reports findings from the first three years of an intervention that offers Early College opportunities in high schools serving large EL populations.
By: Diana Mercado-Garcia
Topics: English Language Learners, Equity, High school
This study presents a framework that uses academic trajectories in the middle grades for identifying students in need of intervention and providing targeted support.
By: Angela Johnson, Megan Kuhfeld, Greg King
Topics: Student growth & accountability policies, College & career readiness, Middle school
Looking back: how prior-year attendance impacts starting achievement
This research uses interim assessment test results to measure the impact of prior year attendance on starting achievement the following year. Results show the impacts are significant and persistent.
By: Shannon Bi, Emily Wolk
Topics: School & test engagement, Student growth & accountability policies
Dual identification? The effects of English Learner status on special education placement
This study examines the effects of English Learner (EL) status on subsequent Special Education (SPED) placement.
By: Mark Murphy, Angela Johnson
Topics: Equity, English Language Learners
Dual language education and academic growth
This study examined math and reading academic achievement and growth in grades 2 to 8 for Hispanic participants and nonparticipants of a Spanish-English dual language program.
By: Angela Johnson
Topics: Equity, English Language Learners, Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss
GGMncv: Nonconvex penalized Gaussian graphical models in R
A new software package, GGMncv, provides alternatives to graphical lasso (ā1-regularization) for study of complex relations in multivariate datasets.
By: Donald Williams
Topics: Measurement & scaling
Within-year achievement gains for English Learners
This study reports achievement levels and fall-to-spring gains in grades K to 8 for three groups of English Learners (ELs):Ā ever-ELs who were ever eligible for service; current-ELs who continue to require service; and dually-identified students eligible for both EL and Special Education services.
By: Angela Johnson
Topics: Equity, English Language Learners