陈芳，女，本科毕业于北京外国语大学英语系。毕业后曾任英语全职教师4年。2002年赴美留学，就读于北卡罗来纳大学格林斯伯勒分校教育学院。2004年获课程与教学硕士学位。2004年至2006年任教美国北卡州吉尔福德校区，全职教授中文和英语语言艺术(English Language Arts)。2006年开始攻读博士并于2010年获教育研究、测量和评估博士学位。2010年底回国，就职华东师范大学英语系。主要研究方向为定量研究方法在教育领域的应用、语言测试、测量技术和测试效度等。开设有全英研究生课程：统计方法、二语习得、育测量理论、教育研究方法论。
目录
Chapter I Introduction 1.1 Statement of the Problem 1.2 Purpose of the Study and Research Questions 1.3 Theoretical Background 1.3.1 English Language Learners and the Inequality in Education 1.3.2 Language Proficiency in Academic Settings 1.3.3 Accommodation for ELLs 1.4 Chapter Summary 1.5 Assumptions of the Study 1.6 Limitations of the Study Chapter II Literature Review 2.1 Research on the Relationship between Language and Math Achievement 2.1.1 A Confirmed Relationship 2.1.2 A Changing Relationship 2.1.3 Other Variables of Interest 2.2 Limitations of Past Researches 2.2.1 Limitations in Research Designs 2.2.2 Limitations in Statistical Modeling 2.3 Quantile Regression: Basics and Applications 2.3.1 QRM in Equations 2.3.2 QRM Parameter Estimation 2.3.3 QRM Standard Error Calculation and Confidence Interval 2.3.4 Hypothesis Testing 2.3.5 QRM Goodness-of-fit Index 2.3.6 QRM Coefficients as Measures of Location, Scale and Skewness Shifts 2.4 QRM Applications in the Educational Field 2.5 Chapter Summary Chapter III Data and Modeling 3.1 Research Questions as a Review 3.2 Data 3.3 Models Chapter IV Results 4.1 Grade Level Results 4.1.1 Overall Model Fit 4.1.2 Individual Variable Effects 4.2 Longitudinal Results 4.2.1 Modeling Building 4.2.2 Results 4.3 Summary Chapter V Discussion 5.1 Implications 5.2 Limitations and Future Researches References Appendix A: Variable Summary Appendix B: Descriptive and Diagnostic Statistics Appendix C: Grade Level Model Comparison Statistics Appendix D: Grade Level Full Model Appendix E: Full Quantile Process Plot by Grade Appendix F: Khmaladez Test at Grade Level
