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Download full textNastasia Schreiner; Aleksandr Shneyderman – Office of Assessment, Research, and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2024
To meet graduation requirements, public school students in Florida must participate in and pass any statewide, standardized assessments required for a standard diploma or earn identified concordant scores or comparative scores, as applicable, for the cohort year in which they entered in ninth grade (M-DCPS, 2024). One of the statewide assessments…
Descriptors: Scores, Graduation Requirements, Grade 10, Language Arts
Peer reviewedLauder, Scott – International TESOL & Technology Journal, 2022
Many institutions around the world use the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to assess test-takers' proficiency in English, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where a given Band score (or its equivalent) is required for direct entry to majors taught in English. However, despite the test's importance and despite being one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Grades (Scholastic), Student Characteristics
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2021
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page sheets on a variety of subjects. This fact sheet provides the following data on ELs in the United States over the 2017-2018 school year: (1) Percentage of Students Enrolled in K-12 Who Are English Learners; (2) English Language…
Descriptors: Profiles, Student Characteristics, English Language Learners, Kindergarten
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2012
This report describes Austin Independent School District English language learner (ELL) students who were more likely to exit the language program within 5 years of 1st-grade enrollment. A summary of student academic performance associated with successful program exit and long-term ELL status is provided.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, School Districts
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2010
This is a research brief of a longer report, also published as "Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language Summary Report, 2009-2010". Twenty-nine percent of students enrolled in Austin Independent School District were English language learners in 2009-2010. The majority of them (62%) continued to make progress in English…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2010
Twenty-nine percent of students enrolled in Austin Independent School District were English language learners in 2009-2010. The majority of them (62%) continued to make progress in English proficiency, and their state academic test (TAKS) performance continued to improve over the years.
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
CARROLL, JOHN B. – 1967
A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE LEVELS OF PROFICIENCY ATTAINED BY FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAJORS IN U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND OF THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATTAINMENTS OF THESE LEVELS. THE MLA FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTS FOR TEACHERS AND ADVANCED STUDENTS WERE ADMINISTERED IN 1965 TO 2,775 SENIORS MAJORING IN FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN,…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Students, FLES, Language Ability
Palmer, Ian C. – 1989
A study was undertaken to identify useful methods for measuring progress in English language proficiency among students at the Yemen-America Language Institute (YALI) in Sana'a, Yemen. The study examined factors critical to such progress as well as the profiles of student attitudes and demographic characteristics. A questionnaire was administered…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attendance Patterns, Cognitive Style, Dependents
Title VII Midwest Multifunctional Resource Center - Service Area 5, Des Plaines, IL. – 1990
This annotated bibliography includes citations of 197 documents, monographs, reports, handouts, curricular materials, articles, bibliographies, newsletters, and publishers' catalogs related to English literacy instruction for secondary school limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. An introductory section describes the types of information…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Needs, English (Second Language)
Thain, John W. – 1994
Two studies at the Defense Language Institute (California) investigated the contribution of several variables to prediction of post-language-training proficiency: (1) scores on a general vocational aptitude battery and a language aptitude battery, both used to screen potential students; (2) scores on other cognitive measures not used in the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Anxiety, English, Federal Programs
Keegan, Peter J. – 1997
The report presents results of a 1996 national survey of New Zealand concerning the provision of Maori language instruction at all levels (early childhood, elementary (primary), secondary, and postsecondary (tertiary)), enrollment rates, student characteristics, and teacher characteristics and qualifications. Data are organized in these…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Supply, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Berube, Barney; And Others – 1990
Responses to over 100 of the most frequently-asked questions about the education of language-minority students are presented for Maine school personnel. The book has 12 sections. The first lists and defines common acronyms, and the second addresses various aspects of student evaluation, including: identification of limited-English-proficient (LEP)…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Resources
Foley, Kathryn Shred; And Others – 1987
The annotated bibliography of research on Canadian core French programs, in which French is taught as a regular subject in English-language schools, provides a comprehensive summary of empirical research since 1970. It includes research reports from school boards, reports of government-funded research, unpublished theses, published books, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Class Size, Core Curriculum
