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Morita-Mullaney, Trish; Singh, Malkeet – Educational Policy, 2021
The conjoining of Indiana state and federal accountability plans during the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) flexibility waiver (2012-2015) was an attempt at one combined system to furnish information in a simple and transparent manner, while obscuring the performances of English learner's (EL) English progress and EL reclassification. We identify how…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Policy, Educational Policy, Classification
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Menken, Kate; Solorza, Cristian – Educational Policy, 2014
Although educational policies for emergent bilinguals in New York City schools have historically supported the provision of bilingual education, the past decade has borne witness to a dramatic loss of bilingual education programs in city schools. This study examines the factors that determine language education policies adopted by school…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Attribution Theory, Federal Legislation, English Only Movement
Christensen, Laurene L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigated the inclusion of English language learners (ELLs) in state standards and assessments, as measured by comments made by peer reviewers in the federal evaluation of states' standards and assessments. As required by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), reauthorized in 2004 as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), states…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Research Methodology, State Standards
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Li, Xiaoping; Zhang, Mingyuan – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2004
Reading difficulty is often the result of a host of interacting factors, including cognitive, linguistic, psychological, social, emotional, physical, and educational, but educational factors are at the heart of many instances of low achievement in English learning. This study explores the educational factors that failed Mei, a 14-year-old sixth…
Descriptors: Informal Reading Inventories, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Difficulties