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Instructional Delivery Models Available for English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities from Latin America: A Qualitative Case Study
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St. Clair, Carolyne Francis – ProQuest LLC, 2019
There have been numerous studies about the instructional delivery models utilized for meeting the needs of ELLs, and particularly for ELLs with LD, but no specific studies were discovered that identify the instructional delivery models available for ELLs with LD from Latin America. Therefore, the problem that was addressed in this study was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, English Language Learners, Learning Disabilities
Differential Item Functioning across Race and Ethnicity for the Emotional and Behavioral Screener
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Lambert, Matthew C.; January, Stacy-Ann A.; Cress, Cynthia J.; Epstein, Michael H.; Cullinan, Douglas – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
The objective of this study was to assess the measurement invariance of items from the Emotional and Behavioral Screener (EBS) across racial and ethnic groups and assess the impact of differential item functioning (DIF) on test scores from the EBS. Participants were 4,856 first-grade students (49% female) who were diverse with regard to race and…
Descriptors: Test Bias, At Risk Students, Screening Tests, Emotional Problems
Predicting ELL Students' Beginning First Grade English Oral Reading Fluency from Initial Kindergarten Vocabulary, Letter Naming, and Phonological Awareness Skills
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Yesil-Dagli, Ummuhan – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
The precursors of early English reading success have been widely studied for native English-speaking students, and those findings have been generalized to the English language learner (ELL) student population. However, the development of English language acquisition may be different for ELL students. The purpose of this study was to investigate…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Phonological Awareness, Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy
Reading First in Florida: Five Years of Improvement
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Petscher, Yaacov; Lefsky, Evan B.; Toste, Jessica R. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2010
Five years of reading comprehension data in Florida Reading First schools were analyzed to address questions regarding student improvement, reduction in the achievement gap, efficacy of site visits to schools making no achievement gains, and effects of student mobility on growth in reading comprehension. Participants were 120,000 students (about…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Achievement Gains, Economically Disadvantaged