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Download full textEducation Commission of the States, 2020
The population of English learners (ELs) in K-12 schools continues to grow. Between the 2009-10 and 2014-15 school years, the percentage of English learners increased in over half of the states, and in 2017, English learners made up 10.1% of the total student population. Research suggests that in their transition to English, non-native speakers…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedHsin, L.; Rapaport, A.; Osman, D.; Kilborn, M.; Pierson, A.; Garrett, R. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
These are the appendixes for the report, "English Proficiency and the Pandemic: How Texas English Learner Students Fared during the COVID-19 Pandemic. REL 2023-144." This study examined levels of English proficiency before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among English learner students in grades 3-12 in Texas. In 2020-2021, nearly…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
Mark Murphy; Angela Johnson – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
This study examines the effects of English Learner (EL) status on subsequent Special Education (SPED) placement. Through a research-practice partnership, we link student demographic data and initial English proficiency assessment data across seven cohorts of test takers and observe EL and SPED programmatic participation for these students over…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Identification, English Learners, Special Education
Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
The "English Language Development among American Indian English Learner Students in New Mexico" study examined ways to better understand progress toward English proficiency among American Indian English learner students. The study examined two statewide cohorts of American Indian students identified as English learner students at initial…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Greenberg Motamedi, Jason – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2015
This Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest descriptive study examines how long it took English learner students to gain English proficiency and reclassify as former English learner students at elementary schools in seven Seattle-area school districts. Analyzing test scores of 17,733 students, the study found that the average time to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Classification, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
These are the appendixes for the report "Alaska Native Students as English Learner Students: Examining Patterns in Identification, Classification, Service Provision, and Reclassification." The study sought to inform Alaska stakeholders about the identification, classification, service provision, and reclassification patterns of Alaska…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Indigenous Populations
Haas, Eric; Tran, Loan; Huang, Min; Yu, Airong – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2015
The purpose of this study was to understand the learning trajectories of the growing numbers of English learner students in Arizona, especially those who struggle to pass state English language arts and math content tests. This study followed three cohorts of English learner students in Arizona (kindergarten, grade 3, and grade 6) over six school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Uro, Gabriela; Barrio, Alejandra – Council of the Great City Schools, 2013
English Language Learners (ELLs) are among the fastest-growing demographic group in U.S. public schools. There are numerous recent reports documenting this phenomenon. Some reports estimate the numbers of ELLs enrolled in U.S. public schools, and other reports approximate the growth in ELL enrollment over the past five to ten years. Still, there…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Public Schools, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2012
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education commissioned this paper to explore several questions about students who are English language learners (ELL) in Massachusetts: (1) For how many years is a typical ELL student in Massachusetts classified as limited English proficient (LEP)?; (2) How much variation is there in a the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Limited English Speaking, Classification, Student Characteristics
Kim, Jinok – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
This report examines enrollment history, achievement gaps, and persistence in school for ELL students and reclassified ELL students as compared to non-ELL students. The study uses statewide individual-level data sets merged from students' entry to exit in the state's public school system for graduate cohorts of 2006, 2007, and 2008. Analytic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students, High School Students
Kim, Jinok; Herman, Joan L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2010
In English Language Learners' (ELLs) reclassification, the tension between assuring sufficient English language proficiency (ELP) in mainstream classrooms and avoiding potential negative consequences of protracted ELL status creates an essential dilemma. This study assesses the validity of existing systems in terms of gross consequences of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Limited English Speaking, Language Proficiency
Houston Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Accountability. – 1997
Descriptive information is provided about students in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) (Texas) with limited English proficiency (LEP) and the educational programs designed to serve those students. In Fall 1996 the HISD identified 58,425 LEP students, of whom 94.9% reported Hispanic ethnicity. The remaining students reported over 60…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classification, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
