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Park, So Jung – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
In 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) called for "highly qualified" teachers in every classroom in order to increase student outcome and provide equitable learning opportunities to all students including poor and minority students. content and pedagogical knowledge before they come into the classrooms. However, research evidence…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Correlation
Garrett, Rachel; Hong, Guanglei – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether small group instruction in kindergarten widens or closes the achievement gap in mathematics between EL students and non-EL students. The first objective is to examine whether the impacts of small group instruction on math learning differ between EL kindergartners and their non-EL peers. For…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, English Language Learners, Small Group Instruction
Engel, Mimi; Claessens, Amy; Finch, Maida – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This study describes children's early math skills and the kindergarten mathematics content to which they are exposed. The authors focus specifically on teacher survey responses to items about content coverage that align most closely with the content covered on the ECLS-K kindergarten mathematics achievement test. They examine the influence…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Curriculum