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Direct linkSlama, Rachel B. – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Using eight waves of longitudinal data on a statewide kindergarten cohort of English learners (ELs), I examined ELs' tenure in language-learning programs and their academic performance following reclassification as fluent English proficient. I employed discrete-time survival analysis to estimate the average time to and grade of reclassification…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Cohort Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language)
Download full textBrunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2011
Twenty-nine percent of 2010-2011 Austin Independent School District students were English language learners (ELLs). The majority of ELLs (62%) made progress in English proficiency and they showed overall improvement in most state academic test (TAKS) content areas for most grades.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Condelli, Larry; Wrigley, Heide Spruck; Yoon, Kwang – 2002
This study sought to identify ways in which programs can provide effective instruction to improve the English language and literacy skills of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy students. The study also examined attendance patterns of adult ESL literacy students and instructional factors related to attendance and provided descriptive…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Attendance Patterns, English (Second Language), Instructional Effectiveness
Gonzalez, Rosa Maria – 1992
The Title VII Newcomers Program of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District served 104 students in its second year of operation. The program was designed to improve the English language proficiency and academic skills of limited-English-proficient (LEP), immigrant students in 3 high schools. Most were native Spanish speakers. Major findings…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, English (Second Language)
Martinez, Ana L. – 1988
Project TEACH (Technological Enrichment and Achievement for Cambodians and Hispanics), administered by Theodore Roosevelt High School's foreign languages and bilingual education department, was designed to provide newly arrived students with bilingual instruction in computer technology and business. In its third year, the program served 275…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Bilingual Education Programs, Business Education, Cambodians
Fischer, Joseph C. – 1994
An adult workplace program of literacy and basic skills is described and evaluated both for its effectiveness in the year 1992-93 and as a model for similar program efforts elsewhere. The evaluation addresses three specific program objectives: (1) establishment of a governance structure to assess actual workplace literacy requirements at the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Attendance Patterns
Boyter-Escalona, Margaret – 1994
Final evaluation of the Workplace Education Program, funded by the National Workplace Literacy Program to provide workplace literacy education programs to 425 members of Chicago (Illinois) area clothing and textile workers union members, is presented. The program's goal was to enhance workers' basic literacy skills for present job stabilization…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Attendance Patterns
Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The 2012 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 48th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information
covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Adult Education
