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Singh, Malkeet; Dunn, Hugh H. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The Every Student Succeed Act (ESSA) brings significant changes as well as opportunities for schools to improve their students' academic outcomes. One proposed regulation is for states to analyze the performance of student subgroups separately in order to show how states are levelling the playing field over time to ensure educational equity. This…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Hawaiians, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students
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Leal, Priscila – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2015
This article investigates the potential benefits of using children's literature in adult second language (L2) classrooms. A short-term, intensive university course for English reading and writing was designed incorporating children's literature into the curriculum. The author describes the course and discusses how children's literature can be used…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Benefits
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Abe, Yasuyo; Thomas, Vanora; Sinicrope, Castle; Gee, Kevin A. – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2012
Major federal education initiatives, including the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, have highlighted the importance of teacher quality in improving student achievement. The federal government has committed significant funding and resources to professional development programs for teachers through Title II of the Act and other initiatives. There…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Characteristics, Federal Government
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Fien, Hank; Kame'enui, Edward J.; Good, Roland – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2009
This study examined the school and student predictors of early reading outcomes for kindergarten students enrolled in schools that participated in a beginning reading reform program. The study employed a nested design with students nested within schools and applied hierarchical linear modeling analyses to account for the organizational structure…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Beginning Reading, Reading Improvement, Kindergarten
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Au, Kathryn H. – 1976
The Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) is a research and development program designed to develop, demonstrate, and disseminate methods for improving the education of Hawaiian and part-Hawaiian children; this report contains a description of the reading curriculum used in the KEEP demonstration school during the 1975-76 school year. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decoding (Reading), Educational Improvement, Primary Education
Ervin, Gerard L., Ed. – 1981
Papers in this volume on individualized instruction in foreign languages include: (1) "Individualized Instruction and 'Back to Basics': Are They Compatible?" by Howard B. Altman; (2) "Individualized Instruction in French at Northwestern University" by Margaret Sinclair Breslin; (3) "An Individualized French Program for…
Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conversational Language Courses