Unpacking Reading Performances of Reclassified Fluent English Proficient Students

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Abstract

We examined academic vocabulary, general vocabulary and reading comprehension growth trajectories of adolescent reclassified English proficient (RFEP) students using individual growth modeling analysis. Our sample included 1,226 sixth to eighth grade RFEP students from six schools in an urban school district in California. Students completed up to four waves of reading-related measures during two-year time period. Our findings indicate that 1) students’ scores on vocabulary and reading assessments were correlated with their years since redesignation and 2) students showed growth over time on all outcomes on average and the rate of growth did not differ by their years since redesignation. The results underscore the heterogeneity in reading-related outcomes within the RFEP student population.

Authors

• Jin Kyoung Hwang, University of California - Irvine

• Joshua Fahey Lawrence, University of California - Irvine