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Download full textOffice of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2020
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page sheets on a variety of subjects. This fact sheet focuses on: (1) States Reporting American Indian/Alaska Native Languages as One of the Top Five Most Common English Learner Languages Spoken: School Year 2016-17; (2) Number of English…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, Language Usage
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2020
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page sheets on a variety of subjects. This fact sheet focuses on: (1) Native-born and Foreign-born Black/African American Youth Aged 5-17 Who Speak a Language Other than English at Home: Year 2016; (2) Total Percentages of Public School…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Blacks, African American Students, Language Usage
Reframing the Discourse: Ethnography, Bernstein and the Distribution of Reading Attainment by Gender
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Direct linkMoss, Gemma – European Educational Research Journal, 2018
This paper has two aims: to introduce readers to Bernstein's concept of languages of description, interpreted through the lens of ethnography; and to demonstrate the value of this approach to theory-making by showing how a qualitative study conducted on these principles led to new explanations for gender differences in literacy attainment that can…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Reading Achievement, Gender Differences
Northwest Evaluation Association, 2015
To help provide context to Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) normative percentiles, this document includes multiple College and Career Readiness (CCR) benchmarks, including those from ACT® and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced).
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Benchmarking, College Entrance Examinations
de Chaisemartin, Talia – Global Partnership for Education, 2017
An estimated 274 million primary school children in low and middle income countries are not learning the basic foundational skills necessary to lead productive and healthy lives. The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is committed to improved and more equitable student outcomes, and has framed this as goal 1 of its strategic plan for…
Descriptors: International Programs, Partnerships in Education, Equal Education, Developing Nations
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2018
The Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) discretionary grants program aims to reduce the persistent achievement gap between Native American and Alaska Native (NA/AN) youth and their peers in reading and English language arts (ELA) and college readiness in reading. NA/AN students enter school with varying levels of skill in…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, Achievement Gap, American Indian Languages
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
This report focuses on the development of reading proficiency during the transition from adolescence to early adulthood. The span of time between the ages of 15 and 24 is a critical period of development for young people. Once compulsory education is completed, individual decisions about post-secondary education, employment and other life choices…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Compulsory Education, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1996
In the 1995-96 school year, the 16th year of the Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing Program, the state Board of Education mandated testing for grades 4, 7, and 10. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) were administered at grades 4 and 7, and the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) at grade 10. Test scores are reported by subject, subtest,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Grade 10
