English Learners' initial ELP level influences the expected time frame for attaining the English-proficient criterion, supporting refined time-to-proficiency criteria¶

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Currency · newest study 2012 · checked against its sources 2026-10-18 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Students' initial ELP level influences the expected time frame for attaining the English-proficient criterion, so more refined time-to-English-proficiency criteria can be derived by initial proficiency level and grade cluster. → Cook 2012

Evidence¶

Cook 2012¶

Cook, G., Linquanti, R., Chinen, M., & Jung, H. (2012). National Evaluation of Title III Implementation Supplemental Report—Exploring Approaches to Setting English Language Proficiency Performance Criteria and Monitoring English Learner Progress. American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/index.html

q2 · i? · associational · r2

The executive summary describes Chapter III, where a descriptive approach and an event history approach with various adjustments are applied and compared for EL students in different grade clusters with different initial ELP levels, using Education Agency 1 longitudinal data from 2003–04.

"As students' initial ELP level influences the expected time frame for their attaining the English-proficient criterion, these data are used to illustrate the ways in which more refined time-to-English-proficiency criteria could be derived."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Reading and Language — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
English-Learner Status — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

A 1997 conference paper reports, citing Sticht, a positive correlation between preschool oral language skills and later reading achievement — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
There is a conceptual disconnect between meeting the Title III English proficient standard and exiting EL status under Title I — related
In both analysis years and all tested grades, EL students reach a 50 percent chance of SBAC ELA proficiency within ELPAC overall PL 4 — related
Timing of English learner reclassification is associated with later outcomes such as high school graduation — related

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