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López, Francesca; McEneaney, Elizabeth; Nieswandt, Martina – American Journal of Education, 2015
Little research currently examines language instruction educational programs (LIEPs) in states with a more recent growth of the Latino English learner population. To meet this need, the authors examined the content each of the state LIEPs, focusing chiefly on the extent to which the types of language support, as well as the stipulations associated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Programs, Bilingual Education Programs
Diaz-Zamora, Jennifer – Online Submission, 2014
There is a sizable number of English Language Learners (ELL) that are not succeeding in schools and are academically "falling through the cracks." The purpose of this thesis is to gather information that identifies reasons why students are not succeeding academically and which strategies individual teachers can implement to help these…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Middle School Teachers
Garcia, Eugene E.; Lawton, Kerry; Diniz de Figueiredo, Eduardo H. – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2010
This report reviews achievement gaps in both reading and math between ELL and non-ELL students in Arizona over the post-Proposition 203 period 2005-2009 and during the first year of implementation of the 4 hour ELD block, 2008-09. The study finds that Arizona has made little to no progress in closing the achievement gap between ELL and non-ELL…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Limited English Speaking, English (Second Language), Achievement Gap