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Download full textRegional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
The "Effects of Reclassifying English Learner Students on Student Achievement in New Mexico" study examined being reclassified as fluent English proficient and achievement in English language arts and math in the first year after student reclassification. The study focused on achievement among English learner students in 2014/15-2018/19…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Direct linkHill, Laura E.; Weston, Margaret; Hayes, Joseph M. – Public Policy Institute of California, 2014
Former English Learner students who have improved their facility with English to such a degree that they have been reclassified by their school districts as fluent in the English language are among the best performing students in the state. Because these Reclassified Fluent English Proficient (RFEP) students have much better academic outcomes than…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Language Fluency, Academic Achievement
Houston Independent School District, 2014
The Texas Education Code requires school districts to provide every language minority student with the opportunity to participate in either a bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) program. This report summarizes the performance of students who participated in the district's Dual Language Bilingual Program. Included in the report are…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language)
Houston Independent School District, 2013
The Texas Education Code requires school districts to provide every language minority student with the opportunity to participate in either a bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) program. This evaluation report summarizes the performance of students who participated in two of the bilingual programs offered by the district during the…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language)
Abedi, Jamal; Hofstetter, Carolyn; Baker, Eva; Lord, Carol – 2001
This study compared the performance of 946 8th-grade students with different language proficiencies (limited English proficient [LEP], fluent English proficient [FEP], and initially fluent in English [IFE]) and language backgrounds on a 35-item math test (from the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Grade 8 Bilingual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Grade 8, Junior High Schools
McArthur, Edith K. – 1993
In 1989, the number of persons in the United States who spoke languages other than English at home was at an all-time high. This number has increased rapidly in recent years as immigration flows have brought in new residents who are native speakers of other languages. To accommodate persons who speak languages other than English, changes are being…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Demography, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
