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Planning Micro-Level Language Education Reform in New Diaspora Sites: Two-Way Immersion Education in the Rural Midwest
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Paciotto, Carla; Delany-Barmann, Gloria – Language Policy, 2011
Discontinuities are often found between top-down language education policies and local language policy enactments, as de facto language policymaking results from stakeholders' negotiation and interpretation of policy mandates. Teachers occupy a particular role in the execution of language education policies, as they are the "final…
Descriptors: Expertise, Rural Schools, Language Planning, Immersion Programs
Secondary Options and Post-Secondary Expectations: Standards-Based Mathematics Programs and Student Achievement on College Mathematics Placement Exams
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Davis, Jon D.; Shih, Jeffrey C. – School Science and Mathematics, 2007
Research on student achievement within the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) and Core-Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP) at the secondary level is beginning to accumulate, however, much less is known about how prepared these students are for post-secondary education. Therefore this study involving students within one tracked…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Placement, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement