The purpose of this project is to examine known cognitive factors (e.g., word level factors, oral language, strategy use), as well as novel cognitive malleable factors (e.g., EF skills: inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility) and reading engagement components involved in the development of reading comprehension in English Learners (ELs) and English Monolinguals (EMs). Although ELs have adequate word reading skills in the early elementary grades, they perform relatively...

Federal funding program:

Education Research Grants

Award number:

R305A160280

Grant

Approaches for Weighting and Estimation of Public-release Education Data using Two-level Covariance Structure Models

This project identified best methods for estimating parameters and their sampling variances when using multilevel analyses with data collected via complex sampling designs typically used in education research.

Federal funding program:

Statistical and Research Methodology in Education

Award number:

R305D110050