More than a quarter of California LEAs offered no classroom language model for multilingual TK students, and 38% of those LEAs serve populations where a third or more students are English learners¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2029: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In 2022–23, 57% of LEAs provided English-only instruction with home language support, 10% offered dual language programs only, 5% a combination, 1% a home language program only, and 27% provided no classroom language model in TK. → Wang 2024 q2 i? LEAs offering no language model had, on average, 15% English learner enrollment (below the state average), but 38% of them had student populations in which one third or more students were English learners. → Wang 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Wang 2024¶

Wang, V., Leung-Gagné, M., Melnick, H., & Wechsler, M. E. (2024). Universal prekindergarten expansion in California: Progress and opportunities. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/597.103

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Descriptive survey results on TK classroom language models (Figure 2); respondents could select multiple options. The report states more than one fourth (27%) of LEAs did not provide any classroom language model to support multilingual students.

"fifty-seven percent of LEAs provided English-only instruction with home language support, 10% offered dual language programs only, 5% offered a combination of language models, and 1% offered a home language program only."

Wang 2024 (2)¶

Wang, V., Leung-Gagné, M., Melnick, H., & Wechsler, M. E. (2024). Universal prekindergarten expansion in California: Progress and opportunities. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/597.103

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Survey finding on the composition of LEAs offering no language model. The report frames these data as indicating "a need for support for serving multilingual learners," noting 59% of California children under 5 are multilingual learners.

"On average, these LEAs have an English learner enrollment of 15%, lower than the state average; however, 38% of them have student populations in which one third or more of the students are English learners."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Nearly half of California's UPK classrooms were stand-alone TK classes, but small LEAs were far less able to offer stand-alone TK than medium and large LEAs — related
• There was no common model for how LEAs planned to structure TK classes, with many planning stand-alone classes and many others combination classes — related
• Most LEAs planned English-only TK with home-language support or dual language programs, but 17% planned no language supports — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)