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Tue, April 22, 1:00 to 5:00pm MDT, The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 304

Juno Yingzhi Dong, UCLA. Exploring Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers’ Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy (CRTSE)

Wed, April 23, 2:30 to 4:00pm MDT, The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4

Imani Dixon, UCLA. Echoes of the Past: Persistent Racial Disparities in California School Suspensions

Thu, April 24, 1:45 to 3:15pm MDT, The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1

Clemence Darriet, UCLA. Dual Language Programs in the Era of School Choice: A Case Study of Greater Los Angeles

Fri, April 25, 9:50 to 11:20am MDT, The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4

Megan Abraham, UCLA. Building Inclusive Foundations: Preservice Educators’ Beliefs About Twice-Exceptionality

Fri, April 25, 9:50 to 11:20am MDT, The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3B

Janet G. Cerda & Alison L. Bailey, UCLA. Tracing the Development of and Motivations for Biliteracy with Multilingual Students Dually Designated as English Learners and Special Education Students

Saturday, April 26^th, 11:30am -1pm MDT.

Preston Botter; Ève Ryan, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Alison Louise Bailey, UCLA; Dubravka Svetina Valdivia, Indiana University. An initial investigation of the internal consistency reliability of language learning progressions. NCME Meeting. Colorado GH.

Sat, April 26, 1:30 to 3:00pm MDT, The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3E

Alison L. Bailey (Discussant). Equity in Reclassification for Adolescent Multilinguals: A Translanguaging Approach.

We are proud to announce the following new publication authored by members of the Language and Literacy group.

Alison L. Bailey, Megan E. Abraham, Juno Yingzhi Dong, Ines M. Torres, Yifei Phoebe Wang, Edwin Zamora, Xizi Zhang (2025) Translanguaging: Conceptual underpinnings of equity-oriented instructional and assessment practices with adolescent multilingual learners, Linguistics and Education, Volume 87, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2025.101418

We are proud to announce 3 new publications authored by members of the Language and Literacy group.

Yawen Yu & Alison L. Bailey (28 Aug 2024): Self-concept in first grade andacademic performance trajectories: roles of gender and dual-language immersion versusEnglish-medium Program Enrollment, International Multilingual Research Journal, DOI: 10.1080/19313152.2024.2387990

Ryan È, Botter P, Luna ML, Bailey AL, Darriet C. Bilingual oral language development among dual language immersion students: Use of a Bayesian approach with language learning progressions. Applied Psycholinguistics. Published online 2024:1-32. doi:10.1017/S0142716424000067

Rosie Xiu (left image), Darlene Nicolas (center image) with Alison Bailey and Clémence Darriet and Yawen Yu (right image) share a brief moment before walking the stage on Saturday, June 15th, 2024. Also graduated this year with a Masters are Angel Ayala and Imani Dixon. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Joan Herman, Alison Bailey and Felipe Martinez for their editing work on the Special Issue of Educational Assessment that addresses fairness in assessment. You can find all articles of the special issue here.

Herman, J. L., Bailey, A. L., & Martinez, J. F. (2023). Introduction to the Special Issue: Fairness in Educational Assessment and the Next Edition of the Standards. Educational Assessment, 28(2), 65–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2023.2215979

Randall, J. (2023a). It Ain’t Near ‘Bout Fair: Re-Envisioning the Bias and Sensitivity Review Process from a Justice-Oriented Antiracist Perspective. Educational Assessment, 28(2), 68–82. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2023.2223924

Bennett, R. E. (2023b). Toward a Theory of Socioculturally Responsive Assessment. Educational Assessment, 28(2), 83–104. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2023.2202312

Randall, J. (2023b). Response to Solano-Flores: How Serious are We About Fairness in Testing and How Far are We Willing to Go? Educational Assessment, 28(2), 118–121. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2023.2212900

Bennett, R. E. (2023a). Let’s Agree to (Mostly) Agree: A Response to Solano-Flores. Educational Assessment, 28(2), 122–127. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2023.2215978

Solano-Flores, G. (2023). How Serious are We About Fairness in Testing and How Far are We Willing to Go? A Response to Randall and Bennett with Reflections About the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. Educational Assessment, 28(2), 105–117. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2023.2226388

Herman, J. L., Martínez, J. F., & Bailey, A. L. (2023). Fairness in Educational Assessment and the Next Edition of the Standards: Concluding Commentary. Educational Assessment, 28(2), 128–136. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2023.2215980

The language and literacy group welcomes Edwin Zamora who completed his first year as a PhD student. Edwin is also the recipient of the Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship which provides multi-year financial support for promising doctoral students. Congratulations and welcome!

Dr. Alison L. Bailey and former Language & Literacy Research Group member Dr. Kelly R. Kimberly are the recipients of the AERA Division E Human Development Distinguished Research Award 2022, given to recognize their research:

KR Kelly & AL Bailey (2021). Narrative story stem methodologies: Use and utility of quantitative and qualitative approaches across the lifespan. Narrative Inquiry 31 (1), 163-190. https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ni.20088.kel

Their research  innovatively synthesized cross-disciplinary research about narrative story stem methodologies (NSSM) and provided the first comprehensive review of this narrative methodology.

Congratulations to Alison and Kelly on this well-received award!

Our research group is pleased to welcome a new PhD student  Dominique Callahan. We’re wishing you all the best in the school year!

Members of the Language and Literacy Research Group will be presenting their work at the annual meetings of the 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting.

Alison L.  Bailey will participate as a Discussant in the Computational Thinking, Languages, and Literacies symposium session on Sun, April 24, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT (Mon, April 25, 5:30 to 7:00am CST), Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Floor: North Building, Lobby Level, Marriott Grand Ballroom 6.

Alison L.  Bailey, Mikyung Kim Wolf, Anahit Pogossian and Laura Ballard will present The Pragmatic Arrangements of ELP Standards and Assessments: Content Analyses and Teacher Perceptions on Mon, April 25, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT (2:30 to 4:00pm PDT), Manchester Grand Hyatt, Floor: 3rd Level, Seaport Tower, Cortez Hill C.

Eve Ryan, Alison L.  Bailey, Michelle Lynn Luna and Clemence Darriet will present “Progression of French Oral Language in a U.S. Dual-Immersion Program: Descriptive and Bayesian Approaches” on Sun, April 24, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT (8:00 to 9:30am PDT), San Diego Convention Center, Floor: Upper Level, Sails Pavillion.

Mikyung Kim Wolf, Hanwook (Henry) Yoo, Laura Ballard, Florencia Tolentino and Alison L. Bailey will present Understanding the Relationship Between English Language Proficiency and Academic Performance of English Learners on Mon, April 25, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT (Tue, April 26, 5:30 to 7:00am CST), Manchester Grand Hyatt, Floor: 3rd Level, Seaport Tower, Cortez Hill C.

Janet Cerda and Clemence Darriet will present The Road to Dynamic Multilingualism: A 10-Year Historical Case Study of a Community School’s Development on Sat, April 23, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT (Sun, April 24, 2:30 to 4:00am CST), San Diego Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B.

Clemence Darriet and Janet Cerda will present Translanguaging and Instruction in a Growing Middle/High School Dual-Language Program on Mon, April 25, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT (Tue, April 26, 2:30 to 4:00am CST), Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Floor: North Building, Lobby Level, Marriott Grand Ballroom 6.

Congratulations to this year’s graduate, Laura Machado and Junyao Zhang who successfully received their M.A. in Education. Congratulations!