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District partners with Harvard fellowship to evaluate English learner programs; recommends standardization and site-based EL specialists
Summary
A district staff member selected for Harvard's Strategic Data Project presented a three-year English Learner program evaluation and recommended districtwide program guidance, data dashboards and hiring EL specialists at each site to reduce variation in pullout models and improve outcomes.
Justine Ingram, a Gilbert Public Schools staff member serving as a fellow in Harvard University's Strategic Data Project, presented the fellowship's work to the Governing Board on Feb. 25 and outlined an English Learner (EL) program evaluation that will inform a districtwide evaluation model.
Ingram said the project pivoted from a districtwide data-literacy plan to a focused evaluation of the EL program after continuous improvement meetings identified English learners as an area of need. The fellowship provided research methods training, external technical advising and networking; Ingram said she worked with a technical advisor from Boston College and…
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