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- Title
Fully Accounting for English Learner Performance: A Key Issue in ESEA Reauthorization.
- Authors
Hopkins, Megan; Thompson, Karen D.; Linquanti, Robert; Hakuta, Kenji; August, Diane
- Abstract
This article presents a set of recommendations that promote a more nuanced, meaningful accountability policy for English learners in the next authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The authors argue that the ESEA reauthorization must strengthen the law’s capacity-building purpose so that federal, state, and local leaders support continued attention, direction, and innovation in effectively educating ELs. The recommendations put forth in this article focus on monitoring both current and former ELs, establishing time frames for the attainment of English language proficiency, and setting expectations for academic achievement that are reflective of English language proficiency level and time in the state’s school system.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States. Elementary &; Secondary Education Act of 1965; ENGLISH as a foreign language; LIMITED English-proficient students; LEGAL status of limited English-proficient students; EDUCATIONAL standards; ACADEMIC achievement; GOVERNMENT policy; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL law &; legislation
- Publication
Educational Researcher, 2013, Vol 42, Issue 2, p101
- ISSN
0013-189X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3102/0013189X12471426