The standard methodology for many large-scale assessments in education involves regressing latent variables on numerous contextual variables to estimate proficiency distributions. To reduce the number of contextual variables used in the regression and improve estimation, we propose and evaluate principal component analysis on the covariance matrix…

Many factors within the learning environment interplay to shape student experiences and academic outcomes. Understanding and optimizing these elements can lead to environments that nurture not only academic success but also holistic personal growth and lifelong learning skills. The present study explored the relationship between learning…

Mathematical achievement and the factors that influence students' skills to apply their knowledge and reasoning to solving real-world problems are considered a critical area of study within the PISA framework. This study presents a systematic review of the impact of teaching strategies and practices on students' mathematical achievements in PISA.…

While existing research has extensively explored the theoretical dimensions of translanguaging, there is a notable gap in empirical studies on its pedagogical applications. Specifically, the combined impact of translanguaging and collaborative techniques like the jigsaw technique on language competencies remains under-researched. This study aimed…

Formal autism diagnosis is often critical for children to access early, autism-specific services and supports. However, barriers to traditional in-person evaluations, including long waitlists, delay diagnosis. The goal of the current study was to compare diagnostic impressions (i.e. clinical judgments) made by primary care clinicians and autism…

Objective: Children born preterm are at an elevated risk of developmental challenges, often exhibiting a distinct "preterm behavioral phenotype" characterized by particular attention difficulties. This review focuses on examining the phenotypical attention profile in preterm children aged 5 to 11 years, considering both clinical and…

Background: Executive function (EF) is significantly associated with reading comprehension outcomes, yet the interaction between EF and critical language skills (including vocabulary, morphological awareness (MA) and syntactic knowledge), across these levels of reading comprehension (literal, inferential and evaluative comprehension) has rarely…

This book is an evidence-based, practical guide to enable pre- and in-service teachers, system, school, and middle leaders to maximise students' understanding of classroom teaching and assessment, improving outcomes and expanding opportunities for all students. Developing accessible assessment and pedagogy is especially critical when students have…

A collective intelligence factor (CI) was introduced by prior research to characterise the cognitive ability of groups. Surprisingly, individual intelligence did not predict CI. Instead, it correlated with individual social sensitivity, the equality of conversational turn-taking, and the proportion of females in a group. However, these findings…

This study followed a cohort of former ELLs for two years after they exited the EL program. The exit school year for this cohort was between August 2022 and June 2023. We compared their academic achievement in English language arts (ELA) and math with a cohort of students who were never English learners (non-ELL). We used propensity score matching…

This quasi-experimental study investigated the impact of Coursemojo, an AI-powered literacy platform, on sixth-grade English Language Arts achievement in a large Texas district during the 2024-2025 academic year. The study compared 541 students using Coursemojo across two schools with 2,786 comparison students across 11 schools. Students using…

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the learning potential of French-speaking children, either with typical development (TD) or with developmental language disorder (DLD), when learning an invented inflectional morphological rule. We tested the children's performance in learning pseudomorphemes of gender and number with dynamic assessment…

A growing literature points to the conclusion that information collected while screening applicants has the potential to improve teacher hiring decisions. However, this work sheds little light on the extent to which the predictive validity of screening assessments varies across teacher types or teaching contexts. The author uses information on…

Background: This mixed-method, controlled quasi-experimental study aimed to examine the effects of metaverse-based English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction on high school students' listening skills and self-determination levels. The lessons, which were designed based on social constructivist theory, were implemented for a total of 8 weeks…

This brief examines early literacy screening data in Massachusetts from 2021 to 2024, focusing on students identified as significantly below benchmark and their later performance on the state test (MCAS). It finds that most students flagged as at risk remain so 1 and 2 years later, with persistence increasing in higher grades. Early identification…