Students designated as LTEL7 in California overwhelmingly began schooling at the lowest English proficiency levels (64% at Beginning vs. 40% of other ever-ELs)¶
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q2 i? Students designated as LTEL7 were 50% more likely to enter the California schooling system scoring at the most basic Beginning English proficiency level compared to their other ever-EL peers (64% vs. 40%). → Price 2024
Evidence¶
Price 2024¶
Price, H., Burns, D., Loewe, S., Shields, P., Kaplan, J., & Lee, H. (2024). Long-term English learners in California. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/496.998
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Analysis of CELDT data for students designated LTEL7 in 2022–23, all of whom began schooling when California used CELDT. The report states they were "50% more likely to enter the California schooling system scoring at the most basic" level. No inferential test reported.
"students designated as LTEL7 were 50% more likely to enter the California schooling system scoring at the most basic "Beginning" English proficiency level compared to their other ever-EL peers (64% vs. 40%, respectively; see figure 11)."
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Related Claims¶
- Boys are disproportionately represented among students designated as LTEL7 in California (56% vs. 51% of other ever-ELs) — related
- Students designated as LTEL7 are less likely to attend schools offering the Seal of Biliteracy (78.3% vs. 83.5% of other ever-ELs) — related
- Socioeconomic disadvantage is more prevalent among California students designated as LTEL7 (89%) than other ever-ELs (80%) — related
- Special education needs are much more prevalent among California students designated as LTEL7 (28%) than other ever-EL peers (11%) — related
- Rural and less populous California counties have higher proportions of ever-EL students designated as LTEL7, despite lower absolute numbers — related
- Large performance gaps on grades 6–8 and grade 11 CAASPP ELA and math tests, with LTEL7 students performing at lower levels than other ever-ELs — related
- Improvements in English proficiency acquisition occurred across all initial proficiency levels but were largest for students with the lowest initial scores, though large gaps remained by end of elementary school — related
- Graduation disparities: 69% of 12th-grade LTEL7 students attained a high school diploma compared to 86% of other ever-EL peers — related
- Most LTEL7 students in middle grades began California schooling in kindergarten, but by high school most entered after kindergarten — related
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Students designated as LTEL7 in California overwhelmingly began schooling at the lowest English proficiency levels (64% at Beginning vs. 40% of other ever-ELs) |
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Students designated as LTEL7 in California overwhelmingly began schooling at the lowest English proficiency levels (64% at Beginning vs. |
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