UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIALINGUISTIC MINORITY RESEARCH INSTITUTEA University of California Multi-Campus Research Unit |
Faculty who serve on the UC LMRI Faculty Steering Committee are ineligible to receive research support through the UC LMRI competitive grants program; yet faculty members who serve on the committee are established scholars, actively engaged in research studies on issues pertaining to language and ethnic minorities, immigrants, and disadvantaged students.
This page lists current research projects being conducted by members of the UC LMRI Faculty Steering Committee.
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Providing information on educational issues affecting linguistic minorities as well as racial and ethnic minorities, and immigrants. More »
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Beverly Bavaro Leaney
- The Children of Immigrants
in Schools
This Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) links researchers from five U.S. universities with five European counterparts to examine the drivers of success or failure of immigrant children in schools which ultimately lead to incorporation of immigrant communities into society. Richard Alba of State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany heads what may be called a networked group of five-bilateral teams that are matched to investigate specific aspects of the central question. More...
- Investigating State,
District, and School Variability in the English Learner Achievement Gap
According to the 2000 Census, almost 18 percent of the school-age population in the United States spoke a language other than English at home. Many of these children are not proficient in English when they enter school and are referred to as Limited English Proficient (LEP) students or simply English learners (ELs). There is a sizeable achievement gap between these students and English only students across all subjects and grade levels, but the size of the gap varies widely among states and districts. This study will investigate the achievement gap between English learners and English only students and the variability in the achievement gap related to the policies and practices of schools, districts, and states. More...