English Language Learners
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING ATThese bar graphs are similar to the Learning and Achievement: Assessments graphs, but in this case the graphs show the results for students currently enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) or bilingual-education programs only. The 100-point scale shows the state assessment results for all students in ESL or bilingual-education programs in the 11th grade. (State tests were administered at the high-school level only during 2004-05.) The dark, colored band at the top of each bar shows the percentage of the highest-scoring students. The dark gray band near the bottom indicates the percentage of the lowest scorers. The black band at the bottom shows those students eligible to take the tests, who, for whatever reason, did not. The numbers in the box below each bar show the percent of all high-school-level students in ESL or bilingual-education programs who reached proficiency, that is, who achieved the standard or achieved the standard with honors, and the percent of all high-school students in the state who reached proficiency. WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR You are hoping to see that all English Language Learners met or exceeded the state standard for proficiency and are represented only in the top two bands. If the proficiency level (percent proficient) of English Language Learners falls significantly below the statewide proficiency level, there is an “equity gap” for English Language Learners. These gaps must be closed.
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