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Direct linkCerna, Lucie; Andersson, Hanna; Bannon, Meredith; Borgonovi, Francesca – OECD Publishing, 2019
Within OECD countries, Sweden has historically welcomed large numbers of migrants, in particular migrants seeking humanitarian protection. Since 2015, this large influx of new arrivals with multiple disadvantages has put a well-developed integration system under great pressure and highlighted a number of challenges for education policy given…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Diversity, Immigrants, Achievement Tests
Peer reviewedHill, Kathryn; McNamara, Tim – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
Those who work in second- and foreign-language testing often find Koretz's concern for validity inferences under high-stakes (VIHS) conditions both welcome and familiar. While the focus of the article is more narrowly on the potential for two instructional responses to test-based accountability, "reallocation" and "coaching,"…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Validity, High Stakes Tests, Inferences
Cummins, Jim – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
The present paper synthesizes the international research literature on the educational achievement of immigrant and minority language students by articulating three propositions for which there is strong empirical evidence: (a) print access and literacy engagement play a key role in promoting reading comprehension; (b) the development of bilingual…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Immigrants, Language Minorities, Literacy
Frede, Ellen; Barnett, W. Steven – Principal, 2011
The recently released results of the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) comparison of educational achievement across 65 countries has brought renewed attention to the achievement gap and recommended changes to improve U.S. performance. The U.S. was well down in the middle of the pack for reading, math, and science while…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Foreign Countries, Grade Repetition, Academic Achievement
Sierra, Josu – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
The evaluation of bilingual education in the Basque Country has gone through different stages during the last 25 years. From 1983 onwards, language models of schooling A, B and D were developed, according to parental choice. Model A is not considered a bilingual education model, since L2 is taught as a subject only, while models B and D are…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Compulsory Education, Bilingual Education, Official Languages
Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2006
School systems that track students into certain classes and academic programs based on ability end up worsening disparities between high and low performers, according to a far-ranging report that offers recommendations for improving education across Europe. The study, commissioned by a branch of the European Union (EU), also found that bilingual…
Descriptors: Reports, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, Track System (Education)
