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WHY ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS ARE DROPPING
OUT OF SCHOOL
The implementation of New York State's new graduation requirements
has been an enormous challenge for the thousands of immigrant students
who are English Language Learners (ELLs) in New York City's public
high schools. The current outcomes for these students as a direct
result of these new requirements are extremely disturbing; more
ELL children are now dropping out than are graduating high school.
Under the new graduation standards, ELLs are required to pass the
English Language Arts (ELA) Regents -- an exam designed for native-born
English speaking children who have been learning English language
arts since elementary school. Advocates, parents and students, and
teachers and school administrators raised
concerns that the new policy, without major improvements in the
education provided to ELLs, would result in higher dropout rates.
http://www.advocatesforchildren.org/pubs/formulaforchange.html
Articles about English Language Learners:
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/ncbepubs/tasynthesis/framing/1commonpractices.htm
http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/Docs/CivilRightsCommission.htm
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