Making NCLB Work for English-Language Learners
Posted by on October 13, 2006
[posted from Public Education Network newsblast]
MAKING NCLB WORK FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS
A new report by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., examines the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) on students who are English language learners (ELLs). The report concludes that, while the law has not been implemented adequately and many states try to bypass the law by exempting ELLs from test score and student outcome reports, NCLB holds considerable promise for closing the achievement gap between ELLs and other students. The issue brief provides analysis and recommendations that can serve as a road map for policy-makers and school administrators for improving NCLB?s effectiveness for ELLs. Nearly half (45%) of the 8.8 million Latino students enrolled in U.S. public schools are ELL students. Nationally, 79% of limited-English-proficient students are Spanish-speaking.
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