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Title:  Where Do English Language Learner Students Go to School? Student Distribution By Language Proficiency in Arizona
Description: Research suggests several circumstances in which a school may face greater challenges in effectively teaching its English Language Learner (ELL) students and in closing the achievement gap between ELL students and those who are native English speakers: if it has high concentrations of ELL students; if it has many socioeconomically disadvantaged students; or if it is located in an urban or rural, as opposed to suburban, area. Research also suggests that an open-enrollment program in a district may increase the concentrations of both ELL and socioeconomically disadvantaged students in some schools. This technical brief analyzes Arizona's 2007/08 student-level data to determine how concentrations of ELL students vary across its schools and vary by the school characteristics listed above.
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Cover Date: August 2010
Web Release: August 30, 2010
Publication #: REL 2010015
Center/Program: REL
Associated Centers: NCEE
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Type of Product: Technical Brief
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