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Gelatt, Julia; Adams, Gina; Huerta, Sandra – Urban Institute, 2014
In recent years, many states have expanded their state-funded prekindergarten programs, drawing on evidence that public investments in early childhood education bring substantial returns in children's educational trajectories and a more skilled future workforce. Evidence also suggests that returns to early education may be larger for children of…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Kindergarten, Access to Education, Barriers
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McDonald, Morva A.; Tyson, Kersti; Brayko, Kate; Bowman, Michael; Delport, John; Shimomura, Fuyu – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background: Research shows that students who are overrepresented when it comes to failure are underrepresented when it comes to being taught by highly qualified teachers who are well prepared to teach students from diverse backgrounds. Teacher education, as one aspect of the educational system, plays a critical role in preparing teachers with the…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Program Effectiveness, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs
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Yap, Kim O. – 1993
A research project was conducted in Washington State in 1992 to develop an assessment system that could be used by adult basic education (ABE) and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs to satisfy accountability requirements and to provide assessment information useful for classroom instruction. In this preliminary work, 35 ABE/ESL programs…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Classroom Research