Summary of Impact and Results of LASERS
Findings from an evaluation of LASErS revealed evidence of promise for the program, including positive impacts on the test scores of grade 1 emergent multilingual students. The evaluators also found that LASErS:
- Increased capacity of approximately 99 teachers to engage emergent multilingual students and other students in high-quality literacy and science learning
- Increased capacity of nine coaches to support teachers of emergent multilingual students
- Improved speaking, listening, reading, writing, language, and science skills for 1,980 students—792 emergent multilingual students and 1,188 other students
- Promoted greater family engagement with school and community resources
- Improved teachers’ ability to facilitate a language-rich environment, support scientific learning, and engage students in the learning process when school leaders prioritized LASErS