Report
Evaluation Brief
A Focused Look At Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants That Have High Percentages of English Language Learner Students
NCEE
Author(s):
Laura Golden of American Institutes for Research, Barbara Harris of Mathematica Policy Research, Diana Mercado-Garcia, Andrea Boyle, Kerstin Carlson Le Floch, and Jennifer O'Day of American Institutes for Research
Publication date:
April 2014
Publication number:
NCEE 20144014
Summary
The Study of School Turnaround examines the improvement process in a purposive sample of 35 case study schools receiving federal funds through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program over a three-year period (2010-11 to 2012-13 school years). This evaluation brief focuses on 11 of these SIG schools with high proportions of English Language Learner (ELL) students (a median of 45 percent ELLs).