| Owner: |
Nirmal Ghimire
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| Owner Email: |
ghimire.nirmal@yahoo.com
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| Paper Title: |
Focus on Teacher Education for Closing English Learner Achievement Gap: A Study of One-Plus Model
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| Session Title: |
Finding Language for Linguistic Justice in Teacher Education
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| Paper Type: |
Paper
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| Presentation Date: |
4/10/2021
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| Presentation Location: |
Virtual
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| Descriptors: |
Achievement Gap, School/Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education - Pre-Service
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| Methodology: |
Quantitative
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| Author(s): |
Nirmal Ghimire, University of Central Florida-Orlando; Joyce Watson Nutta, University of Central Florida
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| Unit: |
Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education
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| Abstract: |
This study assessed the effectiveness of a model of teacher preparation program (TPP) that infuses a focus on teaching English learners (ELs), the One-Plus model, by examining pre-service teachers’ (PST) effectiveness in narrowing EL achievement gaps and the rate of change in effectiveness over five semesters. It utilized archival teacher work sample (TWS) data with an n of 20,809 K-12 students who attended the 768 One-Plus PSTs. The results showed statistically significant EL achievement gap (βELs = -8.53, p < .001)) after controlling for students’ socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and disability status. There was an approximately 50% decrease in EL’s achievement gap after teaching intervention by One-Plus PSTs. Results also showed linear growth in students’ posttest scores during the study period.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/1685427
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