Case Study

Achieving Academic Competency in More Than One Language

Overview

English Learners Access Grade-Level Math

Pascagoula-Gautier School District has the second-highest English Learner population in Mississippi. In 2018, as part of an effort to help all students build their academic language and access grade-level content, the district transitioned to a new instructional framework that included research-based, discourse-driven Ready Mathematics.
  • District:Pascagoula-Gautier School District
  • Subject:Mathematics, Literacy
  • Grade:K–12
  • Topic:Academic Achievement, Access and Outcomes, Culturally Responsive Teaching, Differentiating Instruction, Growth Goals, Implementation and Practice, Multilingual Learners, Remote Learning

Testimonials

We have students who are extremely successful and have been through the program . . . kudos to all the people who have worked with them and all the systems that were in place to support them.

— Belinda Dammen, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District

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