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Vivian Louie

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Digest, Issue 2: Spring 2017

Toward New Research and New Data

Strengthening practice and policy in state and local education systems will be an essential part of reducing inequality for young people in the coming years. And a fundamental piece of the effort to raise student outcomes will be building and ...
Vivian Louie
Toward New Research and New Data
Digest, Issue 2: Spring 2017

Learning English in the Era of the Every Student Succeeds Act

By moving accountability systems from the federal to the state level and highlighting the importance of English learner progress in accountability, ESSA provides an opportunity to develop state accountability systems that better support the learning of ELs. Assessments and data ...
Vivian Louie
Learning English in the Era of the Every Student Succeeds Act
Blog Post

Reducing Inequality for English Learners: Research Questions for the Field

At the William T. Grant Foundation, we have made it a priority to support research on reducing inequality among young people in the United States. A key area for progress is in the policies, programs and practices to reduce unequal ...
Vivian Louie
Reducing Inequality for English Learners: Research Questions for the Field
Blog Post

Toward a New Research Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Adolescent English Learners

Systematically considering programs, practices, and policies that may move the needle in some of these important areas is the next frontier of research if we want to address inequality for this fast growing group of students.
Carola Suarez-Orozco
 and Vivian Louie
Toward a New Research Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Adolescent English Learners
Digest, Issue 1: Summer 2016

The Value of Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research: Examples from our Portfolio on the Social Settings of Youth Development

Taken together, these studies produced deep insights that would not have been accessible through quantitative research alone.
Vivian Louie
The Value of Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research: Examples from our Portfolio on the Social Settings of Youth Development
Digest, Issue 1: Summer 2016

How and Why: Questions that are Well-suited for Qualitative and Mixed Methods

Understanding the social processes that involve interactions between individuals, or between individuals and their contexts, is essential to responding to inequality.
Vivian Louie
How and Why: Questions that are Well-suited for Qualitative and Mixed Methods
Digest, Issue 1: Summer 2016

Why Qualitative Research?

We believe that qualitative and mixed-methods research is essential to building, understanding, testing, and improving responses to inequality.
Vivian Louie
Why Qualitative Research?
Blog Post

Changing the Conversation About Inequality: Applying for Research Grants

After reviewing nearly 400 letters of inquiry, we share some thoughts about the research we want to support, along with recommendations for future applicants.
Vivian Louie
Changing the Conversation About Inequality: Applying for Research Grants

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