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Arnelar Jenkins – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The achievement performance of English language learners (ELLs) continues to fall behind non-ELL peers. The problem is a lack of leadership guidance for teachers of English language learners (ELLs) to close the achievement gap between ELL and non-ELL students. The purpose of this basic qualitative research was to explore the perceptions and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Language Teachers, Leadership Role
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Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2021
These are the appendixes for the report, "Trends and Gaps in Reading Achievement across Kindergarten and Grade 1 in Two Illinois School Districts." This study examined reading achievement data for kindergarten and grade 1 students in two districts in Illinois: District U-46 (Elgin Area Schools) and District 186 (Springfield Public…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement, Kindergarten
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Adrienne Coleman; Traci Ellis – Athens Journal of Education, 2023
Both the United States and the United Nations have identified, examined, and put out a call to action to address the educational inequities that have disproportionately and negatively affected racially minoritized students, as well as those from a lower socioeconomic background, and poorer countries. Data from the Nations Report Card and the…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Action Research
Rachel Carly Feldman; Johanna S. Quinn; Alannah S. Caisey; Carol Chen – NORC at the University of Chicago, 2024
The Partnership for College Completion (PCC) was founded to "advance equity in higher education" by supporting colleges and universities to improve college completion for Black, Latinx, and Pell-eligible students--those groups that experience persistent disparities in completion. Simultaneously, PCC engages in state policy reform to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education
Dawn Marie Gates Hill – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This qualitative study will explore the educational beliefs and practices of elementary principals and teachers in inclusive schools. Nine elementary schools in a unit district are the focus of this study given the significant gains made in closing the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their non-disabled peers. The research…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Principals, Beliefs
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Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2021
To assess education progress in the early grades and identify achievement gaps, this study examined reading achievement data for kindergarten and grade 1 students in two districts in Illinois: District U-46 (Elgin Area Schools) and District 186 (Springfield Public Schools). Drawing on a different reading assessment in each district, the study team…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement, Kindergarten
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Haya Shamir; Erik Yoder; David Pocklington – Online Submission, 2023
Identifying effective means of ameliorating achievement gaps and addressing literacy deficits is essential. Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is one avenue for providing this effective instruction to the students that can most benefit from it. In the current study, kindergarten students in a public school district in Illinois received…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Achievement Gap
Kogan, Vladimir; Lavertu, Stéphane; Peskowitz, Zachary – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Political scientists have largely overlooked the democratic challenges inherent in the governance of U.S. public education--despite profound implications for educational delivery and, ultimately, social mobility and economic growth. In this study, we consider whether the interests of adult voters who elect school boards in each community are…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Public Education, Voting, Boards of Education
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Lewis Presser, Ashley; Lavigne, Heather; Bowdon, Jill; Lemieux, Camille; Zhang, Xinxin; Xia, Jingyan – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2021
To assess education progress in the early grades and identify achievement gaps, this study examined reading achievement data for kindergarten and grade 1 students in two districts in Illinois: District U-46 (Elgin Area Schools) and District 186 (Springfield Public Schools). Drawing on a different reading assessment in each district, the study team…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Reading Achievement, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Lewis Presser, A.; Lavigne, H.; Bowdon, J.; Lemieux, C.; Zhang, X.; Xia, J. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2021
To assess education progress in the early grades and identify achievement gaps, this study examined reading achievement data for kindergarten and grade 1 students in two districts in Illinois: District U-46 (Elgin Area Schools) and District 186 (Springfield Public Schools). Drawing on a different reading assessment in each district, the study team…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement, Kindergarten
Barrera, Angela; Keppler, Lauren; Becker, Melody – Educational Leadership, 2020
At J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 in Cicero, Illinois, nearly 65 percent of the students are English learners. In 2014, the school started looking into how to create a culture where multilingual students were considered an asset. They created a dual-language program with an emphasis on pride and changing the status of bilingualism in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Urban Schools, High School Students, Hispanic American Students
UnidosUS, 2023
Since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down public school buildings across the United States in early 2020, research on academic indicators has documented disproportionate--and potentially long-lasting--impacts on Latino students. This report examines several strategies and practices that have tremendous promise for accelerating Latino students'…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Outcomes of Education
Collis, Jessica; Sharpe, Rachelle; Couturier, Lara; Moore, Cristen; DiBenedetto, Katelyn; Roberson, Amanda Janice – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2023
TransferBOOST (Bachelor's Opportunity Options that are Straightforward and Transparent) is a multi-year state-level initiative developed to provide students with affordable, quality, well-supported two- to four-year pathways. Affordability matters a great deal for transfer students, but it has typically not been understood or prioritized. The IHEP…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, State Programs, Access to Education, Bachelors Degrees
Illinois State Board of Education, 2022
In the wake of the global pandemic, equity has increasingly been on the hearts and minds of educators, policymakers, legislators, families, and students. Students of color, students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, students that have English as a second language, and/or have a learning disability have historically faced obstacles at…
Descriptors: Equal Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Districts
Advance Illinois, 2019
The 2019 edition of "The State We're In" measures Illinois' educational performance from early childhood through postsecondary. It tracks how students have performed over the past decade and how that performance compares with students in other states. To assess how well Illinois educates its students, the report tracks roughly 80 metrics…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Public Education
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