Study of School Turnaround: case studies of 11 SIG schools with high ELL enrollments¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The Study of School Turnaround is a multi-year evaluation examining school improvement in SIG-funded schools. This brief draws on "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)" and focuses on 11 of these schools with high proportions of ELL students, a median of 45 percent ELLs, describing staffing strategies and professional development efforts to build teacher capacity for serving ELLs.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• SIG-funded schools participating in the three-year case study (2010–11 to 2012–13)

Constraints¶

• Findings are from a purposive sample of 11 SIG schools with high ELL proportions and may not generalize to other schools

Target Learners¶

• English Language Learners in K-12 SIG schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• Improving teachers' capacity to serve English Language Learners

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 [+W]
• Few SIG schools with high ELL enrollments used staffing strategies to build teacher capacity for serving ELLs [+W]
• 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 [+W]

Related Elements¶

• TNTP Turnaround Leadership Teams Strategy (TLTS)

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• 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/