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Comparing Achievement Trends in Reading and Math across Arizona Public School Student Subgroups. REL Technical Brief. REL 2012-No. 019
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Crane, Eric W.; Huang, Min; Barrat, Vanessa X. – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2011
This technical brief examines the 2008/09 reading and math proficiency levels among subgroups of Arizona public school students defined by students' race/ethnicity (American Indian, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White), English language learner status (English language learner students and non-English language learner students), disability status…
Descriptors: High Schools, Race, Charter Schools, Middle Schools
Emerging Practices in Asian and Pacific-American Bilingual Education: Models for Observing Bilingual Education.
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Cerenio, Virginia R.; Lum, John B. – 1983
Observations of Chinese and Filipino middle school and junior high school classes in the San Francisco (California) and Seattle (Washington) areas show that the political and practical realities of the bilingual classroom are far removed from the models favored by bilingual education researchers. The typical APA (Asian Pacific American)…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education
The Demise of the Asian Math Gene.
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
The 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress math scores for eighth-graders show that when socioeconomic status is considered, English-proficient Asian students have no achievement advantage over other ethnic groups. However, Chinese sixth-graders, using abstract reasoning skills, outperformed American students on 12 open-ended math…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Asian Americans, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education
A Study of the Bilingual Instructional Support Component in New Instructional Model Schools. Prepared Pursuant to the Remedial Plan for Limited English Proficiency Asian Students. Report No. 9119.
Goodwin, Judy; And Others – 1991
This study assessed the bilingual instructional support component in Philadelphia's (Pennsylvania) New Instructional Model schools in the 1990-91 school year. Focus was on the following topics: (1) the extent to which the bilingual instructional support component had been implemented in the 32 schools; (2) the appropriateness and quality of the…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Tracking: Implications for Student Race-Ethnic Subgroups. Report No. 1.
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Braddock, Jomills Henry, II – 1990
This study analyzes data from multiple national representative samples to describe the status of curriculum tracking and ability grouping in middle and high schools and the effects on the following student groups: (1) African Americans; (2) Hispanic Americans; (3) American Indians; (4) Asian Americans; and (5) Whites. Statistical data from the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian American Students, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Asian Remedial Plan: A Study of Asian Students Who Exited from ESOL at the Seven "Original" New Instructional Model Schools. Report No. 9209.
Goodwin, Judy; And Others – 1991
This document describes how Philadelphia's (Pennsylvania) Asian students who exited from the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESOL) program in June 1990 at seven New Instructional Model schools functioned in mainstream classes. The study population included 42 high school students, 6 middle school students, and 13 elementary school students. The data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education