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Author: Catherine Bitter and Laura Golden | Published: April 2010

Approaches to Promoting College Readiness for English Learners

In this report, researchers from the American Institutes for Research highlight best practices to improve college readiness for English language learners that they identified when they conducted a series of interviews with practitioners at five high schools in San Diego. This study was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Author: Trish Williams, Mary Perry, Isabel Oregón, Noli Brazil, Kenji Hakuta, Edward Haertel, Michael Kirst, and Jesse Levin | Published: January 2007

Similar English Learner Students, Different Results: Why Do Some Schools Do Better?

The authors examine Academic Performance Index and survey data in more than 200 California elementary schools. They explore why the academic performance of English learners varies widely in schools that serve similar numbers of low-income and English learner students.

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Author: Thomas Parrish, Amy Merickel, Maria Perez, Robert Linquanti, Miguel Socias, Angeline Spain, Cecilia Speroni, Phil Esra, Leslie Brock, and Danielle Delancey | Published: January 2006

Effects of the Implementation of Proposition 227 on the Education of English Learners, K-12

This report examines the impact of Proposition 227, which was passed in California in June 1998, on the education of English language learners (ELLs). The authors analyze the impact of the policy on the achievement of ELLs and identify factors, other than the policy, that are related to academic success for ELLs. Based on the results of their analyses, the authors make recommendations to the state.

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