Working with English Learner Data: A Primer

THE Journal: With ESSA, states are required to make information public about how students are doing in core areas, such as reading, math and graduation. Every state is developing a school rating system, and others are working on accountability dashboards that display specific district performance in multiple areas: test scores, test participation, school climate, graduation rates.... Yet, as school officials put more emphasis on community outreach as part of making the results of educational efforts more accessible, they need to know that the receiving public has some understanding about the data being shared.

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