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Download full textUmansky, Ilana M.; Valentino, Rachel A.; Reardon, Sean F. – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2015
One in five school-age children in the U.S. speaks a language other than English at home (Zeigler & Camarota, 2014). Roughly half of these emerging bilingual students (Garcia, 2009) are classified as English learners (ELs) when they enter school, meaning they do not meet state or district criteria for English proficiency (NCES, 2015). As the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Students, English Language Learners
Peer reviewedGallegos, Carol; Wise, Donald – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2011
This article discusses the decisions that school leaders must make to reclassify students as fluent and proficient in English and the implications that reclassification decisions could have for the future achievement of those students. The study examined the achievement gap between English learners and the overall student population and the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition
LOBAN, WALTER – 1961
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE REPORT WAS TO INVESTIGATE AND EVALUATE CHILDREN, K-6, IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT--ITS USE, CONTROL, AND EFFECTIVENESS IN ORAL, WRITTEN, AND READING COMMUNICATION. THE STUDY WAS ALSO CONCERNED WITH DEVELOPING FUNDAMENTAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS TO AID THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE FOR THE FUTURE. THE SAMPLES OF LANGUAGE…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Language Ability, Language Acquisition, Language Fluency
