C AND THEIR NON-EL PEERS IS MISLEADING...giving the impression that graduation rates are much lower...
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THE GAP GRADUATION RATES IN THE PAST, EDUCATORS AND RESEARCHERS COMPARED EL TO NON-EL OUTCOMES, GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT GRADUATION RATES ARE MUCH LOWER AMONG EL STUDENTS INSTEAD WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE FULL GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ENTERED SCHOOL AS ELS, WHICH SHOWS THAT EVER ELS GRADUATE AT A SIMILAR RATE TO THEIR NON-EL PEERS COVERAGE OF THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN ENGLISH LEARNERS (ELs) AND THEIR NON-EL PEERS IS MISLEADING EVER ENGLISH LEARNERS WE TOOK A NEW LOOK AT THE DATA AND INCLUDED A group called (Ever ELs) CURRENT EL STUDENTS FORMER EL STUDENTS + = RETHINKING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS ACHIEVEMENT GAP ELs NON-ELs GRADUATION RATES ACHIEVEMENT GAP EVER ELs NON-ELs IN FACT LOOKING AT ONLY CURRENT EL STUDENTS DOES NOT PROVIDE A COMPLETE PICTURE LOOKING AT THE FULL GROUP OF EVER ELS PROVIDES CRUCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT SCHOOL AND DISTRICT EFFECTIVENESS FORMER EL STUDENTS GRADUATE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN NON-EL STUDENTS EVER ELs MATTER 53% 76% 76% 76% 78% 71%
Transcript of C AND THEIR NON-EL PEERS IS MISLEADING...giving the impression that graduation rates are much lower...
In the past, Educators and Researcherscompared EL to non-EL outcomes,giving the impression that graduation ratesare much lower among EL students
THE GAP
GRADUATION RATES
IN THE PAST, EDUCATORS AND RESEARCHERS COMPARED EL TO NON-EL OUTCOMES,GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT GRADUATION RATES ARE MUCH LOWER AMONG EL STUDENTS
INSTEADWE SHOULD LOOK AT THE FULL GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ENTERED SCHOOL AS ELS,WHICH SHOWS THAT EVER ELS GRADUATE AT A SIMILAR RATE TO THEIR NON-EL PEERS
COVERAGE OF THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN ENGLISH LEARNERS (ELs)
AND THEIR NON-EL PEERS IS MISLEADING
EVER ENGLISH LEARNERS
WE TOOK A NEW LOOK AT THE DATA AND INCLUDED
A group called
(Ever ELs)
CURRENT EL STUDENTS
FORMER EL STUDENTS
+ =
RETHINKING THEACHIEVEMENT GAPFOR ENGLISH LEARNERS
ACHIEVEMENT GAP
ELs NON-ELs
GRADUATION RATES
ACHIEVEMENT GAP
EVER ELs NON-ELs
IN FACT
LOOKING AT ONLY CURRENT EL STUDENTS DOES NOT PROVIDE A COMPLETE PICTURELOOKING AT THE FULL GROUP OF EVER ELS PROVIDES CRUCIAL INFORMATION
ABOUT SCHOOL AND DISTRICT EFFECTIVENESS
FORMER EL STUDENTS GRADUATE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN NON-EL STUDENTS
EVER ELs MATTER
53%76%
76%
76%78%
71%
76%78% IN FACTFormer EL students graduate at a higher rate than non-EL students
NON ELEL NON ELEVER EL
