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Direct linkRumberger, Russell W. – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2003
Two main instructional approaches have been used to educate English learners in California--English language development (ELD) together with academic instruction in the primary language (bilingual education), and ELD with or without Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE). Since the passage of Proposition 227 in June 1998,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition
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)
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. – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2003
Although the passage of Proposition 227 reduced the demand for bilingual teachers, an acute shortage of teachers qualified to deliver needed instructional services to English learners remains. In 1998, prior to the passage of 227, 43 percent of the teachers providing instructional services to English learners were not fully certified to provide…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, State Legislation, Educational Policy, Second Language Instruction
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
