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Kamhi-Stein, Lia D.; Jacob, Sharin Rawhiya; Herrera, Ana; Seaborne, Robert – CATESOL Journal, 2021
Immigrant adults in the United States often have limited opportunities to learn English. To address this issue and to strengthen the preparation of future English language teachers, a practicum course offered in a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) program in California was modified to engage student…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Na, Li; Gregory, Jolene Castillo; Téllez, Kip – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
Learning standards have become a prominent feature for schools and school systems worldwide. Our paper describes the development of recent English teaching standards in California, China, and Mexico, as well as analyzing them for their theoretical orientations. We begin with an overview and critique of the standards movement. Our analysis of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Academic Standards, Educational Change
Marissa Taylor – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Not all students have equal access to world language classes in school, and research has shown access to these classes enhances student outcomes and success in access to higher education institutions. The purpose of this qualitative, embedded case study was to explore the beliefs of teachers and administrators in a school district in northern…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Policy
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Kenji Hakuta; Sarah C. K. Moore – Language Policy, 2024
This paper describes the author's personal involvement with issues of policy and implementation that were sparked by the "Lau" decision. Topics included are student assessment, the bilingual education wars, the role of research, the paradigm shift with the advent of standards, and California state policy in the education of English…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Court Litigation, Student Evaluation
Hill, Laura; Prunty, Emmanuel – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
California is on the cusp of implementing universal preschool--a step that could help level the playing eld for young children. Over the next few years, all four-year-olds will become eligible for Transitional Kindergarten (TK), which has been part of the state's early learning programs since 2012. In this report, the authors examine the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, State Programs, Equal Education, Access to Education
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Matthew L. Love; Marcella Cardoza McCollum; Wendy Quach – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2025
This study explores the efficacy and challenges of interprofessional learning opportunities for preservice special education teachers and speech-language pathologists through a novel Interprofessional Summit. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the research examined how interdisciplinary collaboration impacts the preparation of these professionals…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Cooperation, Preservice Teachers, Special Education Teachers
Sarah Novicoff; Thomas S. Dee – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
While policymakers have demonstrated considerable enthusiasm for "science of reading" initiatives, the evidence on the impact of related reforms when implemented at scale is limited. In this pre-registered, quasi-experimental study, we examine California's recent initiative to improve early literacy across the state's lowest-performing…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Block Grants, Reading Research, Reading Achievement
Kretz, Andrew; Newell, Mallory – RP Group, 2020
This report provides a summary of the results of the AB 705 Implementation Survey, which was distributed in early February 2020 by the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) to California Community Colleges (CCC) chief instructional officers. The purpose of the survey is to help inform planning to best support…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Implementation, Surveys, Educational Planning
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Choi, Jeong Hoon; McCart, Amy B.; Miller, Dawn H.; Sailor, Wayne – Journal of School Leadership, 2022
Tiered instructional supports are on a steep growth trajectory in the US and getting underway internationally as a means to providing equitable education to all student groups. In the US, the Department of Education funded the expansion of multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) through school and personnel improvement grants to states. This…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Student Needs, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior
Humphrey, Daniel C.; O'Day, Jennifer – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2019
California's new Statewide System of Support is grounded in the fundamental principles of the Local Control Funding Formula, especially its emphasis on the central role of local educators in determining the best approaches to improvement. This report examines the early implementation of the System of Support, with a focus on the work of the county…
Descriptors: State Programs, Funding Formulas, Program Implementation, School Districts
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Hopkins, Megan – Educational Policy, 2016
Drawing on institutional theory, this study describes how cognitive, normative, and regulative mechanisms shape bilingual teachers' language policy implementation in both English-only and bilingual contexts. Aligned with prior educational language policy research, findings indicate the important role that teachers' beliefs play in the policy…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Program Implementation
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Robinson-Cimpian, Joseph P.; Thompson, Karen D. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016
When students labeled English Learners (ELs) are reclassified as Fluent English Proficient, changes often occur in services and settings (e.g., changes in teachers, peers, and ancillary services). Policymakers play an important role in the reclassification process because they establish test-based criteria that an EL must attain in order to become…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Classification, Language Fluency, Evaluation Criteria
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Li, Linlin; Ringstaff, Cathy; Tripathy, Rachel Grimes; Flynn, Kylie; Thomas, Larry – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study evaluated the efficacy of the Word Learning Strategies (WLS) supplementary program to improve elementary students' vocabulary skills and reading comprehension. The study used a multi-site cluster randomized, experimental design, which randomly assigned 92 4th grade classrooms (n=2558 students) from two cohorts to a treatment or control…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Vocabulary Development, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
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Johannessen, B. Gloria Guzman; Thorsos, Nilsa; Dickinson, Gail – Education and Society, 2016
This study addresses public universities' policies and practices in the USA (United States of America) with a focus on public bilingual teacher preparation in Spanish-English programs (initial credential licensure and Masters of Education programs with, or without, endorsements). We questioned: "What do bilingual programs look like in public…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Teacher Education Programs, Program Implementation, Spanish
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Pak, Katie; McLaughlin, Jillian; Saldívar García, Erica; Desimone, Laura M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
The current context of standards-based reform has positioned regional service centers (RSCs), intermediary governmental agencies that support state policy implementation in local districts, as a critical source of professional development (PD). In this article, we ask how a governing body that districts often interact with during challenging…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Standards, State Standards, Education Service Centers
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