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This guide informs parents about some instructional practices that work well for all elementary school students, in particular English learners. It includes questions parents can ask teachers and principals to help them understand how their children's school approaches teaching and learning. Both English and Spanish versions of the document are…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Cultural Pluralism, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
Williams, Trish; Perry, Mary; Oregon, Isabel; Brazil, Noli; Hakuta, Kenji; Haertel, Edward; Kirst, Michael; Levin, Jesse – EdSource, 2007
In Spring 2006 California released its first ever school-level Academic Performance Index (API) scores for English Learners (ELs). These EL-API scores were based on California Standards Tests in English language arts and math taken in the spring of 2005. The new EL-API data make it clear that elementary schools vary widely in their ability to get…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), State Standards, Achievement Tests
EdSource, 2007
This report summarizes a research analysis examining which instructional practices had a positive relationship with the achievement of low-income, English learner students as measured by the English Learner Academic Performance Index (EL-API) and other achievement tests. Based on a research study that surveyed teachers and principals in 237…
Descriptors: Textbooks, State Standards, Teacher Qualifications, Academic Achievement
Williams, Trish; Kirst, Michael; Haertel, Edward – EdSource, 2005
By conducting a large scale survey of elementary schools across California serving similarly challenged low-income student populations, a collaborative research team (EdSource, Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, and American Institutes for Research) sought to find which current K-5 practices and policies are most strongly correlated with high…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Elementary Schools, Academic Achievement, Correlation
