Few States Meet No Child Left Behind Goals For English-Language Learners

Education Week (5/12, Zehr) reported, "Only 11 states met their accountability goals for English-language learners under" No Child Left Behind "in the 2007-08 school year," according to "a study commissioned by the US Department of Education." Also that year, "59 percent of school districts or district consortia that receive federal money for English-language-acquisition programs achieved all their goals for ELLs." According to Education Week, "Those are some of the findings included in three research briefs released this month by the Washington-based American Institutes for Research," which are "precursors to a much more comprehensive study evaluating implementation of Title III, the section of the NCLB law that authorizes aid for English-language-acquisition programs."