Graduation rates differed by timing of English proficiency: 60 percent for middle-grades proficiency versus 68 percent for pre-sixth-grade proficiency¶
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q2 i? Only 60 percent of Hispanic ELL students who gained proficiency in the middle grades graduated within four years, versus 68 percent of those proficient before sixth grade. → Ninth Grade Course Performance Found to Be the Strongest Predictor of High School Graduation for Chicago English Language Learners 2012
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Ninth Grade Course Performance Found to Be the Strongest Predictor of High School Graduation for Chicago English Language Learners 2012¶
Ninth Grade Course Performance Found to Be the Strongest Predictor of High School Graduation for Chicago English Language Learners. (2012). University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research / National High School Center. http://www.betterhighschools.org
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Co-author Julia Gwynne states "Only 60 percent of Hispanic ELL students who gained proficiency in the middle grades graduated high school within four years," while those "proficient before sixth grade" had "a 68 percent graduation rate over four years."
"Only 60 percent of Hispanic ELL students who gained proficiency in the middle grades graduated high school within four years"
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Related Claims¶
- Course performance indicators predict ELL graduation better than ELL-specific indicators such as proficiency level or education interruptions — related
- Hispanic ELLs proficient before sixth grade performed better in ninth-grade courses than other Hispanic subgroups — related
- Long-term Hispanic ELLs had the worst course performance and graduation rates, with only 52 percent graduating within four years — related
- Hispanic ELLs new to CPS in middle or high school performed as well or better than any group in ninth grade but graduated at lower rates than all groups except long-term ELLs — related
- Hispanic students graduated at far lower rates than white and Asian ELL students despite similar course performance patterns — related
- Timing of English learner reclassification is associated with later outcomes such as high school graduation — a broader claim this one bears on
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Graduation rates differed by timing of English proficiency: 60 percent for middle-grades proficiency versus 68 percent for pre-sixth-grade proficiency |
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Graduation rates differed by timing of English proficiency: 60 percent for middle-grades proficiency versus 68 percent for pre-sixth-grade proficiency |
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