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Flores, Stella M.; Batalova, Jeanne; Fix, Michael – Migration Policy Institute, 2012
About 5.3 million English Language Learners (ELLs)--students whose primary language is not English and whose English language skills are not sufficient to keep up with classes conducted only in English--are enrolled in PK-12 public schools across the United States. The number of these students increased dramatically in ten years, from 3.5 million…
Descriptors: State Standards, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Tests
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2011
Ninth-grade predictors of dropout risk among Austin Independent School District's English language learner students included the following: having an attendance rate below 90%, being 16 years or older, earning less than 5 course credits, attending a Title I campus and scoring beginning or intermediate on the state's English proficiency assessment…
Descriptors: Language Tests, At Risk Students, Dropouts, Predictor Variables
Yang, Hua; Urrabazo, Theresa; Murray, Wayne – 2001
The rapid increase in the number of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students is especially significant in the nation's large urban school districts. The numbers of LEP students in special, bilingual education programs has exploded due to the constant stream of immigrants into the United States and the inability of so many children, even those who…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Bilingual Education Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education