Unpacking the Relationship Between Classroom Teacher Characteristics and Time to English Learner Reclassification

Reclassification is a crucial outcome for English learner (EL) students’ academic progress. Though ELs spend a large portion of their academic time with general education teachers, we know little about the role general education teachers play in developing ELs’ English language proficiency. Drawing...

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Published in:American educational research journal 2023-04, Vol.60 (2), p.257-292
Main Author: Joshi, Ela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classification
Education
Elementary School Students
Elementary School Teachers
English
English as a second language
English as a second language learning
English Language Learners
English proficiency
English Teachers
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Language Arts
Language Proficiency
Language teachers
Multilingualism
Regular and Special Education Relationship
Second language learning
Student teacher relationship
Teacher Characteristics
Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Role
Time
Time Factors (Learning)
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Summary:Reclassification is a crucial outcome for English learner (EL) students’ academic progress. Though ELs spend a large portion of their academic time with general education teachers, we know little about the role general education teachers play in developing ELs’ English language proficiency. Drawing from a longitudinal administrative dataset from Tennessee, this study uses discrete-time survival analysis to estimate the relationship between ELs’ likelihood of reclassification and characteristics of their general education English language arts (ELA) teachers in Grades 3–8. The study finds that several measures of teacher effectiveness consistently predict EL reclassification. Sensitivity and robustness checks substantiate these relationships. Findings have important policy implications for the identification and assignment of ELs to effective general education ELA teachers.
ISSN:0002-8312
1935-1011
DOI:10.3102/00028312221144755