June 2008 > School News

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Federal Report Concludes CREDE Best for English-Language Learners

A What Works Clearinghouse study shows that the Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence or CREDE-developed program tops the field in elementary education for English-Language Learners.

CREDE was ranked first in reading achievement and second in English language development by the Clearinghouse, which is administered by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education.

The Clearinghouse evaluated 73 studies of 32 programs focused on improving English language literacy and/or academic achievement of elementary school students who are English Language Learners. Only 12 programs met the WWC evidence standards.

Based on CREDE’s five Standards for Effective Pedagogy, Instructional Conversations and Literature Logs, as it is titled in the report [pdf], describes the comparative success of these programs in terms of average student improvement in reading, and average student improvement in English language development. Improvement in both literacy and English language are parallel goals of the CREDE program.

The Instructional Conversations and Literature Logs was developed by William Saunders and Claude Goldenberg as a CREDE project during its national center phase. The English Language Learners report was released last July, but knowledge of it only came to the attention of the authors in May.

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