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Download full textDai Gu; Sujin Kim – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2025
This paper explores how "English learners (ELs)" or who we prefer to call "multilingual learners" are labeled and positioned in policy documents and leading education research documents respectively. Attending to the urgent call for serving the growing number of linguistically and culturally diverse learners, this study delves…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2021
This is the 2020-2021 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. This report addresses the following three areas: (1) Demographic characteristics of students classified as English Language Learners (ELL); (2) English language acquisition results of ELL students on the State's English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Public Schools, English (Second Language)
Direct linkMancilla-Martinez, Jeannette; Hwang, Jin Kyoung; Oh, Min Hyun; Pokowitz, Elena Lauren – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Elementary-age dual language learners (DLLs) from Spanish-speaking homes in the United States are often characterized as at risk for low vocabulary in both Spanish and English. This longitudinal study examined conceptually scored receptive and expressive vocabulary development among DLLs from Spanish-speaking, low-income homes and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary School Students, Vocabulary Development, Spanish Speaking
Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2020
This is the 2019-2020 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. This report addresses the following two areas: (1) Demographic characteristics of students classified as English Language Learners (ELL); and (2) English language acquisition results of ELL students on the English Language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Public Schools, English (Second Language)
Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2019
This is the 2018-2019 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. This report addresses the following three areas: (1) Demographic characteristics of students classified as English Language Learners (ELL); (2) English language acquisition results of ELL students on the English Language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Public Schools, English (Second Language)
Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2018
This is the 2016-2017 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The purpose of the report is to: (1) Describe the demographic characteristics of students classified as English Language Learners (ELL); (2) Compare and contrast the academic achievement of students in the English for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Public Schools, English (Second Language)
Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2018
This is the 2017-2018 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. This report is the first annual report designed to satisfy the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that was signed into law in 2015. School year 2017-2018 was the first year in which state and local…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Public Schools, English (Second Language)
Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2016
This is the 2015-2016 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The purpose of the report is to: (1) Describe the demographic characteristics of students classified as English Language Learners (ELL); (2) Compare and contrast the academic achievement of students in the English for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Public Schools, English (Second Language)
Hwang, Jin Kyoung; Lawrence, Joshua Fahey; Snow, Catherine E. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
We investigated general vocabulary and academic vocabulary growth trajectories of adolescent language minority students using an individual growth modeling approach. Our analytical sample included 3161 sixth- to eighth-grade students from an urban school district in California. The language minority students in our sample were classified as…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, High Achievement, Language Minorities, Limited English Speaking
Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2015
This is the 2014-2015 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The purpose of the report is to: (1) Describe the demographic characteristics of students classified as English Language Learners (ELL); (2) Compare and contrast the academic achievement of students in the English for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Public Schools, English (Second Language)
Greenfader, Christa Mulker; Brouillette, Liane; Farkas, George – Reading Research Quarterly, 2015
Although English oral language proficiency in the primary grades is critical to the literacy development of English learners (ELs), we know little about how to foster these skills. This study examined a yearlong K-2 drama and creative movement intervention. A randomized experimental design (N = 5,240) was used to address two research questions:…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Drama, Creativity, Movement Education
Bailey, Alison L.; Carroll, Patricia E. – Review of Research in Education, 2015
The purpose of this chapter is twofold: (1) to provide a detailed review of current language assessment policies and practices with English language learner (ELL) students under the federal requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB; 2001) and relevant research in order to evaluate their technical quality and validity, and (2) to examine…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Course Content, Academic Standards, Educational Policy
Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2014
This is the 2013-2014 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The purpose of the report is to: (1) Describe the demographic characteristics of students classified as English Language Learners (ELL) in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS); (2) Provide data regarding ELL students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Public Schools, English (Second Language)
Sireci, Stephen G.; Faulkner-Bond, Molly – Review of Research in Education, 2015
Across the globe, educational tests are being used at a rapidly increasing rate. More recently, educational tests are being used to inform educational policy and for holding educators accountable for student learning. One reason educational assessments are used for these important purposes is that they are considered to provide reliable and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Accountability, Educational Testing, Student Evaluation
Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2013
This is the 2012-2013 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The purpose of the report is to: (1) Describe the demographic characteristics of students classified as English Language Learners (ELL) in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS); (2) Provide data regarding ELL students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Public Schools, English (Second Language)
