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Direct linkBeatriz Campana – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Throughout the years, United States education reform has sought to target the most disadvantaged students. Nonetheless, during this same period, proficiency rate disparities seem to have emerged among student subgroups. This study was designed to find ways for school districts to begin closing the achievement gaps between student subgroups,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, English Language Learners, Standardized Tests
Rockhold, Jonas – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines socioeconomic status (SES), English language proficiency (ELP), vocabulary proficiency (VP), and math proficiency (MP) of students to determine if SES, as determined by the Free and Reduced Lunch Program (FRL), as well as English language proficiency (ELP) and vocabulary proficiency (VP), as measured by CELLA scale scores and…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Language Proficiency, English Language Learners, Vocabulary
Download full textConger, Dylan; Hatch, Megan; McKinney, Jessica; Atwell, Meghan Salas; Lamb, Anne – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2012
Since the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was signed into law, schools have been allowed to administer grade-level content reading exams in the native language of English Language Learner (ELL) students for up to three years after they enter the school system. From that point, the students are expected to take the state assessments in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedUber Grosse, Christine; Feyten, Carine – Hispania, 1991
Examines how six major areas of foreign language education in Florida have been significantly affected by the proficiency movement. These areas include oral testing, curricular goals, instructional materials, teaching methods, state and county initiatives, and standards of achievement for teachers and students. (11 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Instructional Materials, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedVerkler, Karen Wolz – Foreign Language Annals, 1994
Discusses a study that was conducted to determine the effects of school affiliation on the level of language competency attained by Spanish 1 students. Competency in all four language skills was measured by a Spanish 1 exam, and the differences between the two groups in attitude toward foreign language learning were examined. (JL)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Grade 8, High Schools, Introductory Courses
Dade County Board of Public Instruction, Miami, FL. – 1976
Four booklets comprise this document. One is the Dade County Test of Langugae Development (Receptive), Test 1--Elementary, a series of pictures used to measure the aural comprehension of elementary school students whose primary language is not English. There are English and Spanish editions of the teacher's manual, which include testing…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
