coe-staff: EMPL June 6 Colloquium

[Mara Kanbergs]

The EMPL Colloquium Committee is pleased to welcome all COE faculty and students to attend the final colloquium of the 2013-14 year with Dr. Stella Flores.

When: Friday, June 6th, 11:30-1:00pm
Where: Hedco Room 230T
Speaker: Dr. Stella Flores
Attendees: All COE faculty & students

Dr. Stella Flores is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education at Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Flores' work employs large-scale databases and quantitative methods to investigate the impact of state and federal policies on college access and completion for low-income and underrepresented populations. Her talk will focus on the recent work illustrated in the abstract below. Hope to see you there!


The effect of English Language Learner program participation on college-access outcomes

Using a quasi-experimental matching technique, we examine the college-access trajectories of a cohort of English language learners (ELLs) in Texas beginning when they were in first grade. We compare ELLs with non-ELL peers, and with students whose parents allowed them to waive participation in a language program. We find that ELL identification has no significant relationship with the outcomes of AP/IB course taking and postsecondary enrollment and a negative relationship with high school graduation.  However, ELLs who participated in a program for one to three years had more positive outcomes in all three outcomes than similar non-ELLs. Finally, waiver ELL students performed significantly poorly on AP/IB and high school graduation outcomes than similar peers that engaged in ELL programming for three years.

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