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Direct linkGandara, Patricia; Maxwell-Jolly, Julie; Rumberger, Russell W. – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2008
This document is an extension of "Resource Needs for California's English Learners" and is the result of deliberations from several informal meetings and two formal meetings of major stakeholders in the area of English Learner (EL) education. Its intent is to suggest a series of policy options, based on data examined in the initial…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Minority Groups, English (Second Language)
Gandara, Patricia; Rumberger, Russell W. – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: According to U.S. Census figures, 11 million elementary and secondary students of immigrant families were enrolled in the public schools in October 2005, representing 20% of all students, and this figure is expected to grow in the coming years. Most of these students enter school as English learners (ELs), and most ELs have…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Bilingual Education, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
Gandara, Patricia; Rumberger, Russell W. – Education Finance and Policy, 2008
This article explores the components of an "adequate" education for linguistic minority students in California and attempts to distinguish these from the components of an adequate education for low-income students who are native English speakers. About 1.6 million students were classified as English learners (ELs) in California in 2006.…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Language Minorities, English (Second Language), Educational Objectives
Gandara, Patricia; Rumberger, Russell W. – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2006
This paper examines the amount and type of resources that linguistic minority students--those students who come from households where a language other than English is spoken--need to meet the same challenging standards and to have the opportunity to achieve the same educational outcomes as other students. In this paper we first describe the nature…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Minority Groups, Limited English Speaking, Educational Objectives
Download full textRumberger, Russell W.; Tran, Loan – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
This study examined participation in preschool and its relationship with the cognitive and social development of language-minority students. Although there is a large body of research that demonstrates the cognitive and social benefits of attending preschool (Barnett, 1995; Gorey, 2001; National Research Council, Committee on Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Child Health, Social Development, Non English Speaking, English
Rumberger, Russell W. – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2006
One of the most important indicators of educational performance is the high school dropout rate. Reducing dropout rates and improving high school graduation rates are important goals for both educators and policymakers. Yet there is a great deal of controversy about how best to measure dropout and graduation rates. This issue of EL Facts provides…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Race, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate
Rumberger, Russell W. – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2003
Enrollment of language minority students continues to outpace overall enrollment growth. In the ten-year period from 1991-92 to 2001-02, California's public schools added more than one million students, an increase of 20 percent. In the same period, the number of English learners (ELs) increased by 44 percent and the number of Fluent English…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Minority Group Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedRumberger, Russell W.; Larson, Katherine A. – Sociology of Education, 1998
Documents the extent of differences in educational achievement among a cohort of Mexican-American students in a large, urban middle school. Analyzes this information using two theoretical perspectives, socioeconomic and sociocultural, and a conceptual framework of the roles of social and academic behavior on educational achievement. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Educational Attainment, Educational Background
Rumberger, Russell W. – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2005
Researchers, policymakers, and practitioners are often interested in a number of demographic characteristics of students, such as race and ethnicity, language background, immigration status, and poverty. For example, the federal "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) legislation requires schools and districts to report student test scores…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Race, Poverty, Federal Legislation
Rumberger, Russell W. – 2000
The proportion of California's limited English speaking students is increasing rapidly. Language minority students represent more than one-third of all students in California public schools. The most central educational outcome for these students is English proficiency. Research varies on how long it takes for students to become English…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English Only Movement, English (Second Language)
Rumberger, Russell W.; Gandara, Patricia – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2000
An increasing number of students entering California's schools come from non-English speaking backgrounds. Although some of these language minority students enter school already proficient in English, the majority do not. These students are now referred to as English learners. There are several reasons why Californians need to pay careful…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, English (Second Language), Language Minorities, Language Proficiency
The Growth of California's Linguistic, Racial, and Ethnic Populations, 1986-2013. EL Facts, Number 6
Rumberger, Russell W. – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2005
California's school-age population is becoming more linguistically, racially, and ethnically diverse. Between 1986-87 and 2003-04, the enrollment of linguistic minority students--students from households where a language other than English is regularly spoken--increased 120 percent in California's public schools, or six times as fast as the 19…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Enrollment Trends, Enrollment
