Students classified as English learners (EL) are a protected class of students with core legal rights. There are clear opportunities to strengthen education policies and practices to improve opportunities and outcomes for EL-classified students. This dissertation is comprised of three studies examining key issues in EL education with the goal of…

This study examines the extent of developmental education participation among Oregon high school graduates students who attend community college and the relationship between high school experiences and subsequent developmental education course-taking. An analysis of state and national data from more than 101,000 Oregon public high school graduates…

THIS TEST--"THE ODYSSEY"--WAS DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A 10TH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. IT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY THE CURRICULUM UNIT AVAILABLE AS ED 010 828. (MM)

THESE TWO TESTS--"JULIUS CAESAR" AND "AUTOBIOGRAPHY"--WERE DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A 10TH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 817 AND ED 010 818. (MM)

THESE TWO TESTS--"HUCKLEBERRY FINN" AND "DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE"--WERE DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A 10TH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 821 AND ED 010 822. (MM)

THIS TEST--"DECISIONS, DECISIONS"--WAS DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A 10TH-GRADE RHETORIC CURRICULUM. IT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 809 AND ED 010 810. (MM)

THESE TWO TESTS--"TWENTIETH CENTURY LYRICS" AND "SCIENCE AND POETRY"--WERE DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A 10TH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 819 AND ED 010 820. (MM)

THIS 10TH-GRADE CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR TEACHERS DEALT WITH (1) 20TH-CENTURY LYRIC POETRY AND (2) THE COMPARISON BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC AND POETIC WRITINGS. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS INCLUDING BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, TEACHING METHODS, SUGGESTIONS, EXERCISES, AND COMPOSITION TOPICS WERE PRESENTED FOR BOTH PARTS. THE STUDENT VERSION IS…

A CURRICULUM GUIDE ON "THE ODYSSEY" WAS PREPARED FOR TEACHERS. A COMPLETE EXPLANATION OF THE POEM AND A DISCUSSION OF THE EPIC TRADITION, OF WHICH THE POEM IS REPRESENTATIVE, WERE PROVIDED. THIS UNIT DEPARTED FROM THE PATTERN OF OTHER LITERATURE CURRICULUM GUIDES BY PRESENTING ONLY A TEACHER VERSION TO SEE HOW WELL GRADE 10 STUDENTS…

A CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR THE TEACHING OF "HUCKLEBERRY FINN,""DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE," AND FOUR SHORT STORIES WAS PRESENTED. THE SHORT STORIES WERE (1) "THE APPLE TREE" BY JOHN GALSWORTHY, (2) "THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND" BY H.G. WELLS, (3) "A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER" BY O. HENRY, AND (4) "A MYSTERY…

THESE FOUR TESTS--"THAT-NOUN CLAUSES (ABSTRACT NOUNS, ABSTRACT ADJECTIVES, AND TRANSITIVE ANIMATE VERBS),""REVIEW OF EMBEDDING AND CONJUNCTIVE TRANSFORMATIONS,""COMPLEMENT VERBS," AND "IMPERATIVE"--WERE DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A 10TH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO…

A TEACHER VERSION OF A RHETORIC CURRICULUM GUIDE WAS DEVELOPED CONTAINING THREE DISTINCT UNITS. THE FIRST DEALT WITH PRINCIPLES OF GENERALIZATION AND SUPPORT, THE SECOND WITH METAPHOR AND ANALOGY, AND THE THIRD WITH SEMANTICS. DETAILED DISCUSSIONS ACCOMPANIED THESE ASPECTS OF RHETORIC. SUGGESTIONS WERE PRESENTED FOR DISCUSSIONS, EXERCISES, AND…

THIS 10TH-GRADE ENGLISH CURRICULUM GUIDE WAS PREPARED TO ASSIST TEACHERS IN THE PRESENTATION OF AN ENRICHED READING AND STUDY PROGRAM OF SHAKESPEARE'S "JULIUS CAESAR," GIVING SOME ATTENTION TO PLUTARCH'S BIOGRAPHIES OF CAESAR, BRUTUS, AND MARK ANTONY WHICH BEAR DIRECTLY ON SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY. AN INSTRUCTIONAL UNIT ON…

FACETS OF GRAMMAR INTRODUCED BEFORE THE 10TH GRADE WERE FURTHER EXPLAINED AND AMPLIFIED IN THIS GUIDE FOR TEACHERS OF 10TH-GRADE ENGLISH. IN ADDITION, PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES WERE INTRODUCED, AND A REVIEW SECTION WAS INCLUDED. WHILE ADMITTING TO THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME SECTIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH DEALT WITH COMPLEMENTS, THE GUIDE SUGGESTED…

REWRITE OR PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES AND TRANSFORMATION RULES OF GRAMMAR WERE FEATURED IN THIS STUDENT VERSION GRAMMAR GUIDE. THE PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES DEFINED WAYS TO REWRITE OR SUBSTITUTE ONE SYMBOL FOR ANOTHER UNTIL AN UNDERLYING, OR KERNEL, SENTENCE IS FORMED. THE TRANSFORMATION RULES DESCRIBED THE WAYS THAT THESE KERNEL SENTENCES COULD BE…