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Jennifer Anne Freeman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation consists of three empirical studies that explore the educational experiences and trajectories of English learners (ELs) and students with disabilities. The first study uses longitudinal data from four large California school districts to examine the characteristics of long-term ELs (LTELs) and former ELs--those reclassified as…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Larrotta, Clarena; Adversario, Jan – Adult Learning, 2022
This article provides an account of a group of adult Chinese immigrants learning English at a cultural center serving the local Asian community. The focus of this teacher-research descriptive case study is on learner experiences as they relate to "transition" theory and "Confucian learner" principles and as these materialized…
Descriptors: Adults, Immigrants, Chinese Americans, English (Second Language)
Poulsen, Helen – Online Submission, 2020
This report summarizes the academic performance of students in the AISD secondary dual language program during 2019-2020. Topics include program and student characteristics, performance on the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS), enrollment in advanced placement (AP) courses and performance on AP exams. Due to the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement, Dual Enrollment, Second Language Learning
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Hsin, L.; Rapaport, A.; Osman, D.; Kilborn, M.; Pierson, A.; Garrett, R. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
These are the appendixes for the report, "English Proficiency and the Pandemic: How Texas English Learner Students Fared during the COVID-19 Pandemic. REL 2023-144." This study examined levels of English proficiency before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among English learner students in grades 3-12 in Texas. In 2020-2021, nearly…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
Peña, Mayra Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The demographics of the education system are quickly shifting and demonstrating a significant increase in the number of English learners in schools. Due to the exponential growth across the country and the state of Texas, it is evident the linguistic diversity of students is an area of interest to educators and educator preparation programs.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Hispanic American Students
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García-Mateus, Suzanne – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
The two-way immersion dual language education program design includes the use of language labels to identify students as either the English speaker or the speaker of a language other than English. This paper examines four focal student and two teacher interviews to consider the ways in which the idea of a 'language expert' transpired during…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Native Language
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Hsin, Lisa; Rapaport, Amie; Osman, David; Kilborn, Mitchell; Pierson, Ashley; Garrett, Rachel – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
This study examined levels of English proficiency before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among English learner students in grades 3-12 in Texas. In 2020-2021, nearly 750,000 students in grades 3-12--approximately one in five Texas students--were English learner students. In accordance with Texas state law and the Every Student Succeeds Act,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, COVID-19, Pandemics, English (Second Language)
Texas Education Agency, 2021
This report presents Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) examination participation and performance results in Texas public schools for the 2019-20 school year. Data are provided by student characteristics, including race/ethnicity; gender; and economic, at-risk, dyslexia, English learner, foster care, homeless, immigrant,…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Test Results, Public Schools, Race
Texas Education Agency, 2020
This report presents Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) examination participation and performance results in Texas public schools for the 2018-19 school year. Data are provided by student characteristics, including race/ethnicity; gender; and economic, at-risk, dyslexia, English learner, foster care, homeless, immigrant,…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Test Results, Public Schools, Race
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Khoshlessan, Rezvan; El-Houbi, Ashraf – International Research and Review, 2015
This study examines international students' study anxiety in a mid-sized university in Southeast Texas comparing their existing study anxiety along lines of nationality, gender, age, major, degree, and stage of education. It focuses on the students' perceptions and the dominant goal of this research was to investigate whether there is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Anxiety, Questionnaires, College Students
Texas Education Agency, 2019
This report presents Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) examination participation and performance results in Texas public schools for the 2017-18 school year. Data are provided by student characteristics, including race/ethnicity; gender; and economic, at-risk, dyslexia, English learner, foster care, homeless, immigrant,…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Test Results, Public Schools, Race
Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2019
This report includes findings regarding demographic characteristics and academic outcomes of DELTA students; highlights emerging topics from the student, teacher, and staff surveys; and provides recommendations for future program implementation.
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Student Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Credits
Chu, Haiwen; Fong, Anthony B. – Grantee Submission, 2015
This report is part of a long-term collaboration of the Quality Teaching for English Learners initiative at WestEd with the Fort Worth Independent School District. The focus of this report is on comparisons between ninth grade newcomers and other groups of English language learners (ELLs). Analyses compare newcomers to 1) long-term ELLs who were…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Park, Maki; O'Toole, Anna; Katsiaficas, Caitlin – Migration Policy Institute, 2017
This fact sheet provides demographic information for the young Dual Language Learner (DLL) population in Texas, based on Migration Policy Institute (MPI) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) data pooled over the 2011-15 period. DLLs, defined as children ages 8 and under with at least one parent who speaks a language other…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Care, Federal Aid, Grants
Hill, Daya D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study was designed to determine if a relationship exists between student characteristics and the practice of grade retention. Specifically, student characteristics include gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, early birth date, and students who are English Language Learners (ELL). The student sample included 1,187 participants from a large…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Geometric Concepts, Student Characteristics, Teaching Methods
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