LINGUISTIC MINORITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Historical database of all reports from UC LMRI-funded grants (not peer-reviewed).

• Grants Database

Quarterly publication with featured cover story and news of UC LMRI activities.

• Current Newsletter (Vol. 18, No. 2) (PDF)
• Newsletter Archive

Commissioned studies on topics with policy relevance central to UC LMRI's mission (peer reviewed except where noted). All documents are in PDF.

• Resource Needs for English Learners: Getting Down to Policy Recommendations, Patricia Gándara, Julie Maxwell-Jolly, Russell W. Rumberger (April 2008)     |     More Info
• Promoting Academic Literacy Among Secondary English Language Learners: A Synthesis of Research and Practice*, Julie Maxwell-Jolly, Patricia Gándara, Lina Méndez Benavídez (February 2007)     |     More Info
  *Because it draws on both research knowledge and expert knowledge this report has not been peer reviewed.
• The High Schools English Learners Need, Norm Gold, Julie Maxwell-Jolly (June 2006)    |     More Info
• The Feasibility of Developing a California Education Longitudinal Study, Phillip Kaufman (August 2002)    |     More Info
• The Redesignation Dilemma, Robert Linquanti (September 2001)    |     More Info
• The Initial Impact of Proposition 227, Patricia Gándara, et al (April 2000)     |     More Info
• The Schooling of English Learners, Russell W. Rumberger, Patricia Gándara (April 2000)     |     More Info
• How Long Does it Take English Learners to Attain Proficiency?, Kenji Hakuta (January 2000)    |     More Info
• Review of the Research on Instruction of Limited English Proficient Students, Patricia Gándara (1997 - revised Feb. 1999)    |     More Info

Reports and policy briefs published in collaboration with other research centers. All documents are in PDF.

• Resource Needs for California's English Learners
  IREPP / UC LMRI (December 2006)   |   More Info
• Listening to Teachers of English Learners
  UC LMRI / CFTL / PACE (May 2005)   |   More Info
• Preschool for California's Children: Promising Benefits, Unequal Access
  UC LMRI / PACE (September 2004)   |   More Info
• Preparing Teachers for Diversity: A Dilemma of Quality and Quantity
  UC LMRI / CFTL (2000)   |   More Info

Noncommissioned papers by UC LMRI affiliated faculty (peer-reviewed). All documents are in PDF

• Preschool Participation and the Cognitive and Social Development of Language Minority Students, Russell W. Rumberger and Loan Tran (January 2006)     |     Executive Summary
• Academic English: A Conceptual Framework, Robin Scarcella (April 2003)     |     More Info

Papers by UC LMRI affiliated faculty for subsequent publication (not peer-reviewed). All documents are in PDF.

• Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School, Russell W. Rumberger, Brenda Arellano Anguiano (July 2004)     |     More Info
• The Inequitable Treatment of English Learners in California's Public Schools, Patricia Gándara, Russell W. Rumberger (April 2003)     |     More Info
• Educational Outcomes and Opportunities for English Language Learners, Russell W. Rumberger (September 2000)     |     More Info

Reports written by UC LMRI's Postdoctoral Fellows (2001-06).

• Report Status Update (Word doc) as of 1/31/07 (Maricela Correa-Chávez, 2005-06)
• Tracking and High School English Learners: Limiting Opportunity to Learn (published in American Educational Research Journal, Summer 2005, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 305-328) and The Intersection of Accountability and Language: Can Reading Intervention Replace English Language Development? (published in Bilingual Research Journal (BRJ), Vol. 30, No. 1, Spring 2006) (Rebecca M. Callahan, 2003-04)
• Effectiveness of Explicit Phonological Awareness Instructions for At-Risk English Learners (Jill Leafstedt, 2002-03)
• Listening to Teachers of English Language Learners (Julie Maxwell-Jolly, 2001) (*Note that this report is also an LMRI Joint Publication with CFTL and PACE.)

Statistical briefs summarizing current data on English learners. All documents in PDF.

• California's Linguistic Minority Public School Students, 2005 (April 2007)
• The Growth of the Linguistic Minority Population in the U.S. and California, 1980-2005 (December 2006, corrected February 2007)
• Tenth Grade Dropout Rates by Native Language, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status (October 2006)
• The Growth of California's Linguistic, Racial, and Ethnic Populations, 1986-2013 (November 2005
• The Intersection of Language, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration Status, and Poverty (September 2005)
• Percent of Population 5-17 Years of Age Who Report Speaking a Language Other Than English and Speaking English with Some Difficulty, California and U.S., 1990 and 2000 (April 2003)
• Certification of California Teachers Providing Instructional Services to English Learners, 1997-98 to 2001-02 (February 2003)
• Instructional Services for California English Learners, 1997-98 to 2001-02 (February 2003)
• California Enrollment by Language Background, 1991-92 to 2001-02 (February 2003)

UC LMRI-published books based on conference proceedings (peer-reviewed).

• Ensayos de lengua y pedagogía, 2003. (PDF, 98 pgs., 640 KB) Title is currently out of print; no hard copies available.     |     More Info
• Jornadas Anthology, 1997. (PDF, 47 pgs., 287 KB) Title is currently out of print; no hard copies available.     |     More Info
• Changing Schools for Changing Students (1995)   This book is in print and currently available free from UC LMRI.     |     More Info