Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
Author
| Allensworth, Elaine M. | 1 |
| Blanchard, Alyssa | 1 |
| Figlio, David N. | 1 |
| Freire, Silvana | 1 |
| Vega, Luis Diego | 1 |
| de la Torre, Marisa | 1 |
| Özek, Umut | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Reports -… | 1 |
Education Level
| Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| Elementary Education | 3 |
| Grade 3 | 3 |
| High Schools | 3 |
| Junior High Schools | 3 |
| Middle Schools | 3 |
| Secondary Education | 3 |
| Primary Education | 2 |
| Grade 1 | 1 |
| Grade 2 | 1 |
| Grade 4 | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| Florida | 1 |
| Illinois (Chicago) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| ACT Assessment | 1 |
| Measures of Academic Progress | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Does not meet standards | 3 |
Direct linkFiglio, David N.; Özek, Umut – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019
In this study, we use microdata from 12 Florida county-level school districts and a regression discontinuity design to examine the effects of early grade retention on the short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes of English learners. We find that retention in the third-grade substantially improves the English skills of these students, reducing the…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, English Language Learners, Human Capital, English (Second Language)
Download full textde la Torre, Marisa; Blanchard, Alyssa; Allensworth, Elaine M.; Freire, Silvana – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2019
Previous studies about ELs have reported data on active English Learners--defined as those students who have not yet reached proficiency on a state English test--at a specific moment in time. This study, for the first time, analyzed the long-term trajectories of 18,000 CPS students who began kindergarten as ELs and followed their progress all the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, English Language Learners
Vega, Luis Diego – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study explores the effects of a Two-Way Bilingual Immersion (TWBI) program on language majority and minority students. The fundamental hypothesis was that the process of receiving instruction in two languages (English and Spanish) throughout elementary school (i.e., attendance at a TWBI school) would help the native Spanish-speaking students…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Bilingual Education Programs, Quasiexperimental Design, Control Groups
