English Language Learners (ELLs)

View/download Assessments, Characteristics, and Native Language of English Language Learners (2 pages, 50KB)

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

These graphs are similar to Learning and Achievement: Assessments. They depict the assessment scores on the 2005-06 and 2006-07 NECAP tests for elementary schools and middle schools and the 2005-06 NSREs and the 2005-06 Rhode Island Alternate Assessment for high schools. But these bar graphs show the results only for English Language Learners, that is, for students enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) or bilingual-education programs or who have matriculated out of those programs within the past two school years.

The 100-point scale represents 100% of the English Language Learners who participated in the state assessments. For the elementary schools and the middle schools, the section of each bar above the dividing line shows the percentage of all English Language Learners who achieved proficiency. For the high schools, the numbers in box below each bar show the percentage of all English Language Learners who achieved the standard as well as the percentage of all students statewide who did so.

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.

Characteristics of the Student Population in Rhode Island

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These two pie charts present information about the characteristics of English Language Learners in Rhode Island. English Language Learners include students in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, students in bilingual programs, and students who have left these programs within the past two years. The students who have left the programs within the past two years are still being monitored as well as tested for proficiency in English.

The first chart shows what percentage of the English Language Learner population is enrolled in bilingual-education programs and what percentage is enrolled in ESL programs. The second chart shows the ethnicity of English Language Learners in Rhode Island.

Further Information

Coming soon: A report on the performance of English Language Learners on the Access test, which measures the proficiency that nonnative speakers have attained in English.