All Arizona Resources (cont'd)
- PreK-3rd: Next Steps for State Longitudinal Data Systems
This Policy to Action Brief recommends that the federal government convene a national advisory group to develop guidelines that will assist states in developing fully integrated PreK-12 longitudinal data systems, a critical first step to assessing children’s early education experiences and the impact of early education on later school success.
April 19, 2012 • Read MoreFoundation for Child Development Case StudiesThe Foundation for Child Development commissions case studies that offer a first-hand account of ground-breaking policy development and practice.
November 29, 2010 • Read MoreAssessment of Young English Language Learners in Arizona: Questioning the Validity of the State Measure of English ProficiencyThis study analyzes the Arizona policy of utilizing a single assessment of English proficiency to determine if students should be exited from the ELL program, which is ostensibly designed to make it possible for them to succeed in the mainstream classroom without any further language support.
August 6, 2010 • Read MorePolicy in Practice: The Implementation of Structured English Immersion in ArizonaThis study examines the implementation and organization of the state mandated curriculum in the 4-hour SEI block in 18 K-12 classrooms in 5 different districts.
August 6, 2010 • Read MoreDo the AZELLA Cut Scores Meet the Standards? A Validation Review of the Arizona English Language Learner AssessmentThe Arizona English Language Learners Assessment (AZELLA) is used by the Arizona Department of Education to determine which children should receive English support services.
August 6, 2010 • Read MoreA Return to the “Mexican Room”: The Segregation of Arizona’s English LearnersThis paper reviews the research on the impact of segregation on Latino and English learner students, including new empirical research conducted in Arizona.
August 6, 2010 • Read MoreImplementing Structured English Immersion (SEI) in Arizona: Benefits, Costs, Challenges, and OpportunitiesThis study conducted telephone interviews with 26 randomly selected English Language Coordinators from 26 Arizona school districts with enrollment patterns that were representative of the state as whole.
August 6, 2010 • Read MoreA Study of Arizona’s Teachers of English Language LearnersIn this study a representative sample of 880 elementary and secondary teachers currently teaching in 33 schools across the state of Arizona were asked about their perceptions of how their ELL students were faring under current instructional policies for ELL students.
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