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Exploring the Impact of a Community School Reform Initiative on the Literacy Achievement of Middle Level English Language Learners
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Exploring the Impact of a Community School Reform Initiative on the Literacy Achievement of Middle Level English Language Learners

Alia A. Ammar, Toni A. Sondergeld, Kathleen Provinzano and Brian Delaney
RMLE online : research in middle level education, v 44(4), pp 1-16
21 Apr 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19404476.2021.1893909
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Abstract

community schools literacy middle grades newcomer populations propensity score matching
Inequitable learning opportunities are a leading contributor to the persistent literacy achievement gaps evident between historically marginalized students and their more affluent peers. This study investigated the impact of a community school reform effort in an urban middle school. The community school initiative focused on meeting the complex academic and non-academic needs of newcomer (i.e., immigrant and refugee) students and families. The researchers compared the community school students to a propensity score-matched group and found that the community school students significantly outperformed the comparison group in English language arts (ELA) from Grade 6 to 8 and had significantly fewer course failures in Grade 8. Results of this study also indicate the promising contributions community school wrap-around services lend to reducing the literacy learning gap between ELL students and their non-ELL peers in the middle grades.

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