Converging Trajectories: Reading Growth in Language Minority Learners and Their Classmates, Kindergarten to Grade 8

Autor/in	Kieffer, Michael J.
Titel	Converging Trajectories: Reading Growth in Language Minority Learners and Their Classmates, Kindergarten to Grade 8
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 48 (2011) 5, S.1187-1225 (39 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831211419490
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Language Minorities; Native Speakers; Limited English Speaking; Language Proficiency; Reading Achievement; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Socioeconomic Status; Longitudinal Studies; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachminderheit; Muttersprachler; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Leseleistung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Using longitudinal data on a nationally representative U.S. cohort, this study examined the roles of language minority (LM) status and English proficiency in English reading growth across the elementary and middle school years. Piecewise growth modeling was used to compare English reading growth trajectories for native English speakers and LM learners of differing initial English proficiency, with and without controlling for socioeconomic status. LM learners who enter kindergarten fluent in English catch up with native English speakers nationally by first grade and maintain nationally average levels through eighth grade. LM learners with initially limited English proficiency demonstrated English reading trajectories that remain substantially below national averages, but converge with those of their peers from similar socioeconomic backgrounds during middle school. (Contains 5 notes, 5 figures, and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10