Policy Reports
The University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute (UC LMRI), is a multi-campus research unit of the University of California that was established in 1984, in response to the California Legislature's request that the University of California's Office of the President pursue "...knowledge applicable to educational policy and practice in the area of language minority students' academic achievement and knowledge," including their access to the University of California and other institutions of higher education.
There are 8 publications in this collection, published between 1999 and 2007.
Maxwell-Jolly, Julie; Gándara, Patricia; Méndez Benavídez, Lina: Promoting Academic Literacy Among Secondary English Language Learners: A Synthesis of Research and Practice, 2007
Gold, Norm; Maxwell-Jolly, Julie: The High Schools English Learners Need, 2006
Kaufman, Phillip: The Feasibility of Developing a California Education Longitudinal Study, 2002
Linquanti, Robert: The Redesignation Dilemma: Challenges and Choices in Fostering Meaningful Accountability for English Learners, 2001
Gándara, Patricia; Maxwell-Jolly, Julie; García, Eugene; Asato, Jolynn; Gutiérrez, Kris; Stritikus, Tom et al.: The Initial Impact of Proposition 227 on the Instruction of English Learners, 2000
Hakuta, Kenji: How Long Does It Take English Learners to Attain Proficiency, 2000
Rumberger, Russell W.; Gándara, Patricia: The Schooling of English Learners, 2000
Gándara, Patricia: Review of the Research on Instruction of Limited English Proficient Students: A Report to the California Legislature, 1999