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Charter schools and English learners in the lone star state

Published Year

2023

Resource Type

Report

Target Audience(s)

Educators of English Learners

Administrators

State Education Agencies

Researchers

Thanks to rapid increases in the state's Hispanic and Asian populations, the number of Texas students classified as English Learners has surged in the past decade, from approximately 830,000 in 2010 to more than 1.1 million today. In the charter sector, change has been even more rapid.

Making “Small Waves of Change”: Dual Language and General Education Teacher Transformation through Instructional Coaching

Published Year

2023

Resource Type

Journal

Target Audience(s)

Administrators

Educational Leaders

Elementary Educators

Researchers

This multisite qualitative case study explores ways in which instructional coaching focused on English language development (content)and teachers’ individual beliefs (process) can help general education and dual language bilingual education elementary teachers work within and through perceived in

Developmental evaluation: Bridging the gaps between proposal, program, and practice.

Published Year

2018

Resource Type

Journal

Developmental evaluation supports grant-funded initiatives seeking innovation and change. Programs born from aspirational grant language and plans often need guidance as they work toward creating workable models for social innovation.

No Excuses Charter Schools: A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence on Student Achievement.

Published Year

2017

Resource Type

Journal

Many most well-known charter schools in the United States use a No Excuses approach. We conduct the first meta-analysis of the achievement impacts of No Excuses charter schools, focusing on experimental, lottery-based studies.

Educational attainment effects of public and private school choice.

Published Year

2017

Resource Type

Journal

The two fastest growing school choice options are charter schools and private school choice programs, which include vouchers, tax credit scholarships, and education savings accounts. Most research assessing the effects of these programs focuses on student achievement.

Evidence on charter school practices related to student enrollment and retention.

Published Year

2017

Resource Type

Journal

Opponents of charter schools argue these schools cream-skim the best students from traditional public schools and push out hard-to-educate students.

"El pasado refleja el futuro": Pre-Service Teachers' Memories of Growing up Bilingual

Published Year

2017

Resource Type

Journal

This study examined the school memories of a cohort of bilingual pre-service teachers who experienced school as English Learners. As part of a course assignment, participants described a memory from elementary school and later used that memory to reflect on its future impact on their teaching.

Same Program, Distinctive Development: Exploring the Biliteracy Trajectories of Two Dual Language Schools

Published Year

2017

Resource Type

Journal

Using a mixed methods comparative case study, the researcher explored the dual language contexts at each school before examining the second- through fifth-grade Spanish and English reading biliteracy trajectories.

Graduation Outcomes of Students Who Entered New York City Public Schools in Grade 5 or 6 as English Learner Students. REL 2017-237

Published Year

2017

Resource Type

Report

This longitudinal study analyzes high school graduation outcomes of students who entered New York City public schools in grade 5 or 6 as English learner students.

How Do Algebra I Course Repetition Rates Vary among English Learner Students by Length of Time to Reclassification as English Proficient? REL 2017-222

Published Year

2017

Resource Type

Report

Research has found high repetition rates for students in Algebra I, with one study finding a repetition rate of 44 percent for students in a large urban high school district.