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Download full textChu, Haiwen; Fong, Anthony B. – Grantee Submission, 2015
This report is part of a long-term collaboration of the Quality Teaching for English Learners initiative at WestEd with the Fort Worth Independent School District. The objective of this report is to explore how ninth grade data can predict the graduation outcomes of newcomers. Based upon predictor variables, binary indicators can identify students…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Graduation Rate, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Walqui, Aída; Chu, Haiwen – Grantee Submission, 2015
This policy brief focuses on a specific subgroup of ELL students: newcomers who enter a school district in the ninth grade knowing little or no English. Many of these immigrant students also have interrupted or limited formal education. In this brief we address two issues within the control of local school districts: 1) how to define and track…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, School Districts, English Language Learners, Immigrants
Walqui, Aida; Chu, Haiwen – Grantee Submission, 2015
Exploring Longitudinal Outcomes and Trajectories of English Language Learners (ELOTE) is a Researcher-Practitioner Partnership between WestEd and the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD). ELOTE addresses a key gap in knowledge about the outcomes and trajectories of immigrant newcomers who enroll in the ninth grade. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Longitudinal Studies, Immigrants, Partnerships in Education
Chu, Haiwen; Fong, Anthony B. – Grantee Submission, 2015
This report is part of a long-term collaboration of the Quality Teaching for English Learners initiative at WestEd with the Fort Worth Independent School District. The focus of this report is on a historical cohort of ninth graders who were enrolled at the International Newcomer Academy in the 2009-2010 school year. This report follows this cohort…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Spanish Speaking, Low Income Students, Student Mobility
Chu, Haiwen; Fong, Anthony B. – Grantee Submission, 2015
This report is part of a long-term collaboration of the Quality Teaching for English Learners initiative at WestEd with the Fort Worth Independent School District. The focus of this report is on comparisons between ninth grade newcomers and other groups of English language learners (ELLs). Analyses compare newcomers to 1) long-term ELLs who were…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Schmida, Mary; Chu, Haiwen – Grantee Submission, 2016
Newcomer students who arrive in the secondary grades face daunting challenges in order to achieve desired academic outcomes such as high school graduation and college access. Besides simultaneously developing conceptual understandings analytical and linguistic practices, newcomers also need to adapt to a new country, a new schooling system, and a…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Direct linkGarcía, Ofelia; Woodley, Heather Homonoff; Flores, Nelson; Chu, Haiwen – Urban Education, 2013
This article explores the results of a study of Latino youth in New York City public high schools. We propose that the common element among the schools is what we call here "transcaring," an overarching culture of care that allows for the creation of third spaces within school, transcending traditional dichotomies around language,…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Bilingual Students, Urban Schools, Public Schools
