Ilana M. Umansky

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 604 citations indexed

About

Ilana M. Umansky is a scholar working on Education, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilana M. Umansky has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 604 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Education, 17 papers in Linguistics and Language and 7 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Ilana M. Umansky's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (17 papers), School Choice and Performance (10 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 papers). Ilana M. Umansky is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (17 papers), School Choice and Performance (10 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 papers). Ilana M. Umansky collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Ilana M. Umansky's co-authors include Sean F. Reardon, Karen D. Thompson, Hanna Dumont, Joseph R. Cimpian, Emiliana Vegas, Megan Hopkins, Dafney Blanca Dabach, Jennifer C. Lee, Rebecca M. Callahan and Rachel A. Valentino and has published in prestigious journals such as American Educational Research Journal, Exceptional Children and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

In The Last Decade

Ilana M. Umansky

25 papers receiving 550 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Reclassification Patterns Among Latino English Learner Students in Bilingual, Dual Immersion, and English Immersion Classrooms

2014 181 citations Ilana M. Umansky, Sean F. Reardon American Educational Research Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ilana M. Umansky United States	11	417	310	155	112	90	26	604
Julie Maxwell-Jolly United States	9	529 1.3×	314 1.0×	168 1.1×	105 0.9×	105 1.2×	12	731
Sara E. N. Kangas United States	10	275 0.7×	185 0.6×	94 0.6×	49 0.4×	66 0.7×	20	413
Belinda Bustos Flores United States	15	565 1.4×	245 0.8×	166 1.1×	101 0.9×	186 2.1×	47	783
Charmian Kenner United Kingdom	15	319 0.8×	318 1.0×	214 1.4×	148 1.3×	116 1.3×	30	634
Amanda K. Kibler United States	18	434 1.0×	416 1.3×	433 2.8×	199 1.8×	127 1.4×	75	874
Rita Elaine Silver Singapore	13	227 0.5×	176 0.6×	200 1.3×	120 1.1×	92 1.0×	43	536
Patriann Smith United States	14	275 0.7×	216 0.7×	130 0.8×	38 0.3×	224 2.5×	50	496
Dinah Volk United States	11	385 0.9×	321 1.0×	206 1.3×	139 1.2×	147 1.6×	27	622
Eliane Rubinstein‐Ávila United States	13	196 0.5×	143 0.5×	142 0.9×	54 0.5×	97 1.1×	28	389
Jennifer F. Samson United States	8	260 0.6×	82 0.3×	54 0.3×	175 1.6×	40 0.4×	8	407

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Umansky, Ilana M., et al.. (2024). Beyond English Instruction: A multistate analysis of Lau ’s unfulfilled promise of access to core content. Bilingual Research Journal. 47(4). 504–531.

Umansky, Ilana M., et al.. (2023). Resource for Self-Determination or Perpetuation of Linguistic Imposition: Effects of English Learner Classification Among Alaska Native Students*. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 46(1). 3–33. 1 indexed citations

Umansky, Ilana M., et al.. (2022). Canaried in the Coal Mine: What the Experiences and Outcomes of Students Considered Long-term English Learners Teach us About Pitfalls in English Learner Education…and What We Can Do About It. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR). 28(1). 122–147. 13 indexed citations

Umansky, Ilana M., et al.. (2022). Indigenous Students and English Learner Identification: A Fifty-State Policy Review. Educational Policy. 37(7). 1989–2025. 2 indexed citations

Thompson, Karen D., et al.. (2022). Improving Understanding of English Learner Education Through an Expanded Analytic Framework. Educational Policy. 37(5). 1315–1348. 9 indexed citations

Umansky, Ilana M., Karen D. Thompson, James Soland, & Amanda K. Kibler. (2022). Understanding newcomer English learner students’ English language development: Comparisons and predictors. Bilingual Research Journal. 45(2). 180–204. 4 indexed citations

Umansky, Ilana M. & Hanna Dumont. (2021). English Learner Labeling: How English Learner Classification in Kindergarten Shapes Teacher Perceptions of Student Skills and the Moderating Role of Bilingual Instructional Settings. American Educational Research Journal. 58(5). 993–1031. 18 indexed citations

Hopkins, Megan, et al.. (2021). “It’s Created by a Community”: Local Context Mediating Districts’ Approaches to Serving Immigrant and Refugee Newcomers. AERA Open. 7. 8 indexed citations

Umansky, Ilana M., et al.. (2021). “A sentencing”: veteran educators’ perceptions of a constriction of English learner students’ opportunities across grade spans. International Multilingual Research Journal. 15(3). 267–291. 4 indexed citations

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Umansky, Ilana M., Megan Hopkins, & Dafney Blanca Dabach. (2020). Ideals and Realities: An Examination of the Factors Shaping Newcomer Programming in Six U.S. School Districts. Leadership and Policy in Schools. 19(1). 36–59. 10 indexed citations

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Thompson, Karen D., et al.. (2020). Examining Contexts of Reception for Newcomer Students. Leadership and Policy in Schools. 19(1). 10–35. 9 indexed citations

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Umansky, Ilana M., et al.. (2020). State English learner education policy: A conceptual framework to guide comprehensive policy action. Education Policy Analysis Archives. 28. 17–17. 8 indexed citations

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Umansky, Ilana M., Rebecca M. Callahan, & Jennifer C. Lee. (2020). Making the Invisible Visible: Identifying and Interrogating Ethnic Differences in English Learner Reclassification. American Journal of Education. 126(3). 335–388. 14 indexed citations

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Umansky, Ilana M. & Hanna Dumont. (2019). English Learner Labeling: How English Learner Status Shapes Teacher Perceptions of Student Skills & the Moderating Role of Bilingual Instructional Settings. 7 indexed citations

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Umansky, Ilana M.. (2018). According to Plan? Examining the Intended and Unintended Treatment Effects of EL Classification in Early Elementary and the Transition to Middle School. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 11(4). 588–621. 12 indexed citations

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Umansky, Ilana M., Rachel A. Valentino, & Sean F. Reardon. (2016). The Promise of Two-Language Education.. Educational leadership. 73(5). 10–17. 9 indexed citations

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Umansky, Ilana M.. (2016). Leveled and Exclusionary Tracking. American Educational Research Journal. 53(6). 1792–1833. 80 indexed citations

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Umansky, Ilana M.. (2016). To Be or Not to Be EL. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 38(4). 714–737. 66 indexed citations

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Umansky, Ilana M., Sean F. Reardon, Kenji Hakuta, et al.. (2015). Improving the Opportunities and Outcomes of California's Students Learning English: Findings from School District-University Collaborative Partnerships. Policy Brief 15-1.. 2 indexed citations

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Umansky, Ilana M. & Emiliana Vegas. (2007). Inside Decentralization: How Three Central American School-based Management Reforms Affect Student Learning Through Teacher Incentives. The World Bank Research Observer. 22(2). 197–215. 15 indexed citations

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