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ERIC Number: EJ1232379
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
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A Matter of Time: Variations in High School Course-Taking by Years-as-EL Subgroup
Johnson, Angela
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v41 n4 p461-482 Dec 2019
English learners (ELs) lag behind their peers in academic achievement and attainment, partly due to limited exposure to academic content. Prior studies that examine high school course-taking find significant course access gaps between ELs and non-ELs but provide little information on the relation between course-taking and time spent as an EL. This study improves upon previous research by addressing this dimension of heterogeneity and reporting detailed by-subject analyses. I use student-level data (N = 41,343) from a unique district in California with a large number of Chinese and Spanish ELs. I find substantial heterogeneity in general and advanced course-taking based on time spent as an EL. But differences disappear once eighth grade test scores are taken into consideration.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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