Hispanic ELLs proficient before sixth grade performed better in ninth-grade courses than other Hispanic subgroups¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

Reading the evidence codes

q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? Hispanic students who entered CPS as ELLs and obtained English proficiency before sixth grade performed better in ninth-grade courses than other Hispanic subgroups. → Ninth Grade Course Performance Found to Be the Strongest Predictor of High School Graduation for Chicago English Language Learners 2012

Evidence¶

Ninth Grade Course Performance Found to Be the Strongest Predictor of High School Graduation for Chicago English Language Learners 2012¶

Ninth Grade Course Performance Found to Be the Strongest Predictor of High School Graduation for Chicago English Language Learners. (2012). University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research / National High School Center. http://www.betterhighschools.org

q2 · i? · associational · r?

Subgroup comparison in the CPS 2004-05 cohort study: students proficient "before sixth grade performed better in their ninth grade courses in comparison to other Hispanic sub-groups"; no effect size printed.

"Hispanic students who entered CPS as ELLs and obtained English language proficiency before sixth grade performed better in their ninth grade courses in comparison to other Hispanic sub-groups in the study"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

English-Learner Status — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Timing of English learner reclassification influences later outcomes such as high school graduation — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
Course performance indicators predict ELL graduation better than ELL-specific indicators such as proficiency level or education interruptions — related
Long-term Hispanic ELLs had the worst course performance and graduation rates, with only 52 percent graduating within four years — related
Hispanic ELLs new to CPS in middle or high school performed as well or better than any group in ninth grade but graduated at lower rates than all groups except long-term ELLs — related
Graduation rates differed by timing of English proficiency: 60 percent for middle-grades proficiency versus 68 percent for pre-sixth-grade proficiency — related
Hispanic students graduated at far lower rates than white and Asian ELL students despite similar course performance patterns — related

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