Teachers in SIG schools with a greater PD focus on ELL-related topics more often reported that PD improved their effectiveness as teachers of ELLs¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across the 11 schools, a greater reported PD focus on ELL-related topics was generally associated with teachers reporting improved effectiveness teaching ELLs. → Andrea Boyle 2014

Evidence¶

Andrea Boyle 2014¶

Andrea Boyle, Laura Golden, Kerstin Carlson Le Floch, Jennifer O'Day, Barbara Harris, Sarah Wissel. (2014). Building Teacher Capacity to Support English Language Learners in Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Cross-school survey association: teachers in schools with "a greater PD focus on ELL-related topics" generally appeared more likely to report PD improved their effectiveness teaching ELLs. The brief reports this as an apparent association, not a tested effect.

"Teacher survey respondents in schools that reported a greater PD focus on ELL-related topics, such as instructional strategies for advancing English proficiency or instructional strategies to use for ELLs within content classes, also generally appeared more likely to report that PD improved their effectiveness as teachers of ELLs."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Most teachers in the 11 SIG schools participated in ELL-related professional development, but it accounted for less than 20 percent of their total PD hours — related
• Few SIG schools with high ELL enrollments used staffing strategies to build teacher capacity for serving ELLs — related
• Over 96 percent of surveyed low-performing schools adopted three SIG-promoted improvement practices: data-informed differentiated instruction, expanded technology access or computer-assisted instruction, and collaborative or leader-facilitated ongoing professional development — related
• Field testing the Persuasion across Time and Space unit changed teachers' beliefs about ELL students' capabilities — related