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Operationalizing Culturally Responsive Instruction: Preliminary Findings of CRIOP Research
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Powell, Rebecca; Cantrell, Susan Chambers; Malo-Juvera, Victor; Correll, Pamela – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background: Many scholars have espoused the use of culturally responsive instruction (CRI) for closing achievement gaps, yet there is a paucity of research supporting its effectiveness. In this article, we share results of a mixed methods study that examined the use of the Culturally Responsive Instruction Observation Protocol (CRIOP) as a…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Mixed Methods Research, Faculty Development, Program Implementation
Reconciling Data from Different Sources: Practical Realities of Using Mixed Methods to Identify Effective High School Practices
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Smith, Thomas M.; Cannata, Marisa; Haynes, Katherine Taylor – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: Mixed methods research conveys multiple advantages to the study of complex phenomena and large organizations or systems. The benefits are derived from drawing on the strengths of qualitative methods to answer questions about how and why a phenomenon occurs and those of quantitative methods to examine how often a phenomenon…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, School Effectiveness, High Schools, Best Practices
The Arts, the Common Core, and English Language Development in the Primary Grades
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Greenfader, Christa Mulker; Brouillette, Liane – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background/Context: Throughout schooling, English learners (ELs) perform well below their monolingual English-speaking peers on literacy assessments, and Hispanics make up the majority of EL students in the United States. There is a strong consensus about the importance of early English oral language skills for ELs' literacy development, yet…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Oral Language, Language Skills, Urban Schools
Instruction Matters: Lessons from a Mixed-Method Evaluation of Out-of-School Time Tutoring under No Child Left Behind
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Good, Annalee G.; Burch, Patricia Ellen; Stewart, Mary S.; Acosta, Rudy; Heinrich, Carolyn – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: Under supplemental educational services ("supplemental services"), a parental choice provision of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), schools that have not made adequate yearly progress in increasing student achievement are required to offer low-income families free, afterschool tutoring. Existing research shows low…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Educational Indicators, Federal Programs, Federal Legislation
ELL Policy and Mathematics Professional Development Colliding: Placing Teacher Experimentation within a Sociopolitical Context
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Battey, Daniel; Llamas-Flores, Silvia; Burke, Meg; Guerra, Paula; Kang, Hyun Jung; Kim, Seong Hee – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: A number of recent policies have specifically attacked immigrants and English Language Learners (ELLs), including Georgia's HB 87 (2011), Arizona's SB 1070 (2010), and Alabama's HB 56 (2011), among others. The policy focus of this study is Arizona's HB 2064 (2006), which added additional requirements that mandate tracking…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Educational Policy, Mathematics Education, Faculty Development