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Finding Their Stride: Kindergarten English Learners’ Time to Proficiency in Philadelphia

Finding Their Stride: Kindergarten English Learners’ Time to Proficiency in Philadelphia

Supporting English Teachers


By: Joshua Lin, Ruth Curran Neild

June 2017

This study provides evidence on the progress toward English proficiency of ELs who entered the District in kindergarten across four cohorts of students: 2008–09 through 2011–12.

Educating English Language Learners: Opportunities for Improved Infrastructure

Educating English Language Learners: Opportunities for Improved Infrastructure

Supporting English Teachers


By: Jeannette Rowland, Rebecca Reumann-Moore, Rosemary Hughes, Joshua Lin

June 2016

This brief examines the challenges schools face in these areas and the strategies they use to mediate them. The purpose of this brief is to share these strategies across schools and with the larger Philadelphia community, in order to help schools continue to improve ELL programming.

Working Together to Support English Language Learners: School-Family-Community Engagement

Working Together to Support English Language Learners: School-Family-Community Engagement

Supporting English Teachers


By: Rosemary Hughes, Rebecca Reumann-Moore, Jeannette Rowland, Joshua Lin

June 2016

This brief focuses on the ways family and community engagement can enhance schools’ efforts to improve outcomes for ELLs and highlights specific strategies schools can use to more effectively engage families and communities.

Educating English Language Learners: Instructional Approaches and Teacher Collaboration in Philadelphia Public Schools

Educating English Language Learners: Instructional Approaches and Teacher Collaboration in Philadelphia Public Schools

Supporting English Teachers


By: Rebecca Reumann-Moore, Jeannette Rowland, Rosemary Hughes, Joshua Lin

June 2016

This brief highlights key findings about how Philadelphia public schools were crafting instructional approaches to serve their ELs and creating possibilities for teachers to collaborate to strengthen teaching and learning.

Student Characteristics of English Language Learners in the School District of Philadelphia

Student Characteristics of English Language Learners in the School District of Philadelphia

Supporting English Teachers


By: Joshua Lin, Rosemary Hughes, Daniel Long, Dae Kim

June 2016

This brief focuses on descriptive characteristics of the ELL students served by the School District of Philadelphia in 2014-2015.

Blended Learning: Lessons from Best Practice Sites and the Philadelphia Context

Blended Learning: Lessons from Best Practice Sites and the Philadelphia Context

Supporting English Teachers


By: Jessica K. Beaver, Brittan Hallar, Lucas Westmaas, Katie Englander

September 2015

This research brief presents educators’ perspectives on blended learning implementation.

The Philadelphia Education Research Consortium is a partnership of the School District of Philadelphia’s Office of Research and Evaluation and Research for Action, a nonprofit education research organization.

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