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Wackerle-Hollman, Alisha; Durán, Lillian; Brunner, Stephanie; Palma, Jose; Kohlmeier, Theresa; Rodriguez, Michael C. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Spanish speakers in the United States are a steadily increasing population, up by 233% since 1980. Given the growing population of dual language learners (DLLs) and the large numbers of Spanish-speaking children enrolled in pre-kindergarten programs, addressing the educational needs of preschool-aged DLLs has become a national imperative.…
Descriptors: Spanish, Spanish Speaking, English, Bilingual Students
Durán, Lillian K.; Wackerle-Hollman, Alisha K.; Kohlmeier, Theresa L.; Brunner, Stephanie K.; Palma, Jose; Callard, Chase H. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The population of Spanish-speaking preschoolers in the United States continues to increase and there is a significant need to develop psychometrically sound early language and literacy screening measures to accurately capture children's ability in Spanish. In this paper, we describe the innovative design and calibration process of the new…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Preschool Children, Screening Tests, Oral Language
Russo, Jaclyn M.; McKown, Clark; Russo-Ponsaran, Nicole M.; Allen, Adelaide M. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Few Spanish language tools are available for assessing important social-emotional learning (SEL) skills. The present study presents evidence of the psychometric properties of a Spanish-language version of SELweb (SELweb-S), a web-based system for assessing children's ability to recognize others' emotions and perspectives, solve social problems,…
Descriptors: Spanish, Reliability, Validity, Social Development
Durán, Lillian K.; Wackerle-Hollman, Alisha K.; Kohlmeier, Theresa L.; Brunner, Stephanie K.; Palma, Jose; Callard, Chase H. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The population of Spanish-speaking preschoolers in the United States continues to increase and there is a significant need to develop psychometrically sound early language and literacy screening measures to accurately capture children's ability in Spanish. In this paper, we describe the innovative design and calibration process of the new…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Preschool Children, Psychometrics, Screening Tests
Borman, Trisha H.; Borman, Geoffrey D.; Houghton, Scott; Park, So Jung; Zhu, Bo; Martin, Alejandra; Wilkinson-Flicker, Sidney – Grantee Submission, 2019
Given the growing number of Latino English learners and the lack of evidence-based educational opportunities they are provided, we investigated the impact of one potentially effective literacy intervention that targets struggling first-grade Spanish-speaking students: Descubriendo La Lectura (DLL). DLL provides first-grade Spanish-speaking…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, English Language Learners