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Opportunity Gaps: Findings From Initial Analysis of Student Performance in Early Literacy in Massachusetts
Drawing from data collected and analyzed in the report A First Look at Early Literacy Performance in Massachusetts, this brief provides information about student literacy performance of students with different learning environments and background characteristics, including economically disadvantaged students, English learner students, students receiving special education services, Black, and Hispanic students.
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Budgeting for Educational Equity Podcast S2E4: Seizing the Moment to Expand Access to Student Services by Maximizing Interagency Collaboration and Funding Sources
Dr. Chaun Powell, Senior Chief of Student Services for the Alameda COE, shares approaches for maximizing funding sources to help schools increase equity by expanding whole child services, including behavioral and mental health supports.
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Making Data Meaningful in Educator-to-Family Communication
This document describes strategies for sharing data and engaging in data-driven discussions with families to improve student and school outcomes.
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What Works Brief #4: School Connectedness
Connected youth look forward to seeing their friends and teachers at school because they feel valued, respected, and supported by them. This What Works Brief provides strategies for improving students' school connectedness.
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How Next-Generation Standards and Assessments Can Foster Success for California’s English Learners: Policy Brief
This policy brief argues that next-generation college- and career-ready standards signal a fundamental shift in the expectations for sophisticated language practices required of all students. This shift has enormous systemic and policy implications for English learners, who represent more than 40 percent of the state's K-12 students.
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Parents as Partners in Student Achievement
Parent-teacher conferences are key to boosting students' academic success, and have long been the primary tool that schools use to promote school-family engagement. Through one case study, learn how WestEd's Academic Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT) project put a new and effective twist on parent-teacher interaction.
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Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) Study: Findings from the Second Year of Implementation
Early findings from this randomized controlled study demonstrate that the Reading Apprenticeship 9th Grade Academic Literacy Course had a positive and statistically significant impact on student reading comprehension scores — representing a 33 percent improvement over and above what the Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy students would have achieved if they had not had the opportunity to attend the intervention course.
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Handbook of Research on Literacy and Diversity
"A much-needed resource, this handbook addresses both the promises and challenges of working with the richly diverse students attending schools today." — Kristen H. Perry, University of Kentucky
$54.00