In the context of shifting demographics and standards-based reform, school districts
in new immigrant destinations are charged with designing infrastructures that support
teaching and learning for English learners (ELs) in core academic subjects. This ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published June 23, 2016pp. 408–439
In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education distributed $2,500,000 via a competitive
grant program, the Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans, to 11 school
districts. The grants and their local effects provide an opportunity to examine the
new ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published June 1, 2015pp. 440–474
This study draws upon survey and administrative data on over 9,000 teachers in 336
Miami-Dade County public schools over 2 years to investigate the kinds of collaborations
that exist in instructional teams across the district and whether these ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published June 1, 2015pp. 475–514
Replication studies are extremely rare in education. This randomized controlled trial
(RCT) is a scale-up replication of Fuchs et al., which in a sample of 139 found a
statistically significant positive impact for Number Rockets, a small-group ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published June 1, 2015pp. 516–546
Reading Recovery (RR) is a short-term, one-to-one intervention designed to help the
lowest achieving readers in first grade. This article presents first-year results
from the multisite randomized controlled trial (RCT) and implementation study under
the $...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published June 1, 2015pp. 547–581
This research investigated the cognitive demands of reading curricula from 1910 to
2000. We considered both the nature of the text used and the comprehension tasks asked
of students in determining the cognitive demands of the curricula. Contrary to the
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Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published June 1, 2015pp. 582–617