Chicago Tribune
A newly released study from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research found that English-learning school students who were more proficient in the language by the ninth grade scored higher and graduated at higher rates than late-arriving learners who continued their language studies into high school.
Marisa de la Torre, Managing Director and Senior Research Associate at the UChicago Consortium on School Research conducted a previous study that observed the outcomes of English learners — students whose native language is not English — from Kindergarten to eighth grade...