Students who started school as English learners but later shed that designation by becoming proficient in the language are more likely than their classmates to graduate from high school and enroll in college, all after post superior grade point averages in school.
That’s according to a new study from researchers at the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research that adds to a growing body of research finding that former English learners tend to outperform their peers who never received English language services. But the study, which examines the performance of English learners and former English learners in Chicago schools, also makes the case for more detailed data collection on the nation’s growing English-learner student population...